Star Spangled War Stories #112

(December 1963-January 1964)

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Norton Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Dinosaur Sub-Catcher! (Table of Contents: 2)

The War That Time Forgot / comic story / 14.33 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher

Pencils

Ross Andru

Inks

Mike Esposito

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That dinosaur fisherman'll crack open the sub...

Genre

adventure; war

Characters

UDT Team 7 frogmen; submarine crew

Synopsis

A half-dead frogman is rescued by a sub in the Arctic. How can he tell what happened when no one will believe?... The mission started in the Pacific, but the sub was sent to the polar ice cap to check a weather station. In the Arctic, frogmen encounter a coelacanth, sea serpent, swimming dinosaur and more. They take pictures that show only water, so the sub thinks they suffer "rapture of the deep". At the weather station, an ice-covered dinosaur grabs the sub. Setting off a charge drops the sub back in the ocean. The frogman is rescued, the sub safe, but nobody believes them!

Reprints

• in Showcase Presents: The War That Time Forgot (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([July] 2007)

Keywords

coelacanth; dinosaurs; frogmen; sea serpent; submarine

Indexer Notes

Story in two parts: Part One (5.67 pp.) & Part Two (8.67 pp.).

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Our Army at War; Sgt. Rock / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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Giant Superman Annual; Giant Batman Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Your Free Trip Around the World! (Table of Contents: 5)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

advocacy

Indexer Notes

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

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G.I. Combat; Metal Men / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[French ace Guynemer, Army ships, range finders, stopping tanks with grenades] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Robert Kanigher [as Sgt. Rock]

Pencils

Joe Kubert

Inks

Joe Kubert

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Sgt. Rock answers questions about French ace Guynemer, Army ships, range finders, stopping tanks with grenades.

Indexer Notes

Letters from Bruce Davidson, Leslie Miller, Don Westermann, Calvin Hopper.

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Regimental Crests! / illustration / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Morris Waldinger

Pencils

Morris Waldinger

Inks

Tom Nicolosi

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Because its home base is Wisconsin...

Genre

non-fiction; military

Never Too Late! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Morris Waldinger

Pencils

Morris Waldinger

Inks

Tom Nicolosi

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; military

No Escape from Stalag 7! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Abel

Inks

Jack Abel

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That, Sergeant -- is the only way you... can escape from Stalag 7!

Genre

war

Characters

US tank crew; Nazi officer and guards

Synopsis

The Sarge is noted for getting out of tight squeezes, but when their tank is surrounded, the GIs surrender and end up in Stalag 7. The only way to "escape" is in coffins strapped to a Nazi tank. The Sarge tries digging a tunnel and grabbing a motorcycle, but some informer leaks their plans. Then Sarge disappears. The coffin-bearing tank returns - and opens fire on the camp! Sarge was the "informer" to lull the Nazis. He rode out in a coffin, captured the tank, and came back to the rescue of his men!

Keywords

POWs; stalag; tanks

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The Brave and the Bold / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

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Littleton Coin Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Zenith Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Task Force / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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126 World War II Fighting G.I.'s and Commandos / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Fly-Over Chicane (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Gilbert Auto-rama / advertisement / 1 page (report information)