Showcase #45
(July-August 1963)

DC, 1956 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Bi-Monthly
On-sale Date
1963-05-29
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Robert Kanigher (editor)

Issue Notes

Only Sgt. Rock tryout.

On-sale date from Blackhawk #186 and copyright registration.

Sergeants Aren't Born--! (Table of Contents)

Sgt. Rock / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Russ Heath
Inks
Russ Heath
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
war
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Sergeants Aren't Born--! (Table of Contents: 2)

Sgt. Rock / comic story / 23.67 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Joe Kubert
Inks
Joe Kubert
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
war
Reprints

Indexer Notes

From the strip in Our Army at War. Origin retold. Story in four parts: unnumbered part one (5.67 pp.), Part Two (5.67 pp.), Part Three (5.67 pp.), Part 4 (6.67 pp.).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

80 Page Giant Magazine; Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Regimental Shields / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The five Mohawk arrowheads...
Genre
non-fiction; war; military

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the main story sequence.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Zenith Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

A Tree Grows on Second Street (Table of Contents: 9)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Genre
advocacy

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 13 of the main story sequence.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Sgt. Rock's Combat Corner / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher (credited as Sgt. Rock)
Pencils
Joe Kubert
Inks
Joe Kubert
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Roy Winters, Conrad Weitz, Jimmy Westlake, Bruce D. Wheeler, Don Sunderling, Peter Steiner.

On the page between page 18 and page 19 of the main story sequence.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Sea Devils / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Fight Global Air Battles with Planes of All Nations (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

116 Planes of All Nations / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Convoy Terror / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Task Force / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Sergeants Aren't Born--!
    Sgt. Rock
  2. 1. ["Hi! Boys and girls, here is your big chance..."]
  3. 2. Sergeants Aren't Born--!
    Sgt. Rock
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    80 Page Giant Magazine; Batman
  6. 5. ["The five Mohawk arrowheads..."]
    Regimental Shields
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Zenith Stamps
  10. 9. A Tree Grows on Second Street
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Sgt. Rock's Combat Corner
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Sea Devils
  14. 13. Fight Global Air Battles with Planes of All Nations
    116 Planes of All Nations
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Convoy Terror
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Task Force
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    American Body Building Club
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Matthew Head
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore