(April 1966)

DC, 1952 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly; (semi-monthly, Feb.)
On-sale Date
1966-02-01
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

On-sale date from copyright registration.

The Order Was Written in Blood! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
war
Characters
Sgt. Rock
Reprints
Keywords
machine guns; United States Army; Wehrmacht; World War II

Half a Sergeant! (Table of Contents: 1)

Sgt. Rock / comic story / 14.67 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Schwartz kept editorial records for Robert Kanigher, who edited this issue.

Story in two parts: Part One (5.67 pp.) & Part Two (9 pp.).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

First in War! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
September 8, 1756--
Genre
non-fiction; war
Synopsis
Four firsts: September 8, 1756, first battle on what is now American soil; October 23, 1917, first American artillery shot in World War I; September 17-26, 1941, First Allied Airborne Army carried out its first World War II mission; and November 7, 1944, launching of the first V-2 robot bomb on London.
Reprints
Keywords
6th Field Artillery; Holland; Lake George N. Y.; Operation Market; V-2; World War I; World War II

What's Your B. Q*? (*Brotherhood Quotient) (Table of Contents: 3)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Bernard Baily
Inks
Bernard Baily
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
non-fiction; advocacy

Indexer Notes

Public service announcement promoting Brotherhood Week (February 20-26). Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly. Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated April 1959.

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

Direct Currents / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

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

Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Job Number
6378
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I notice your car never leaves the slot track.
Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Tips for slot-car racing.

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

Readers -- Sound Off! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher (signed as R. K.)
Pencils
Joe Kubert
Inks
Joe Kubert
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Vincent Escadero (Atlantic City, N.J.), Robert Roberts Castden (San Francisco, Calif.), (Miss) Randy Soronazi (Philadelphia, Pa.), and Ernest Jelkins (Peoria, Ill.). Letters include comments on Capt. Storm, G.I. Robot, and characters from Star-Spangled War Stories, in addition to Sgt. Rock.

The Joker Is Death! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
Howard Liss
Pencils
Jack Abel
Inks
Jack Abel
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Schwartz kept editorial records for Robert Kanigher, who edited this issue.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Order Was Written in Blood!
    Sgt. Rock
  2. 1. Half a Sergeant!
    Sgt. Rock
  3. 2. ["September 8, 1756--"]
    First in War!
  4. 3. What's Your B. Q*? (*Brotherhood Quotient)
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Direct Currents
  6. 5. ["I notice your car never leaves the slot track."]
    Cap's Hobby Hints
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Readers -- Sound Off!
  8. 7. The Joker Is Death!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Karsten S.
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore