(August-September 1971)

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Price
0.25 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1971-06-10
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
DC [character]
Editing
Joe Kubert (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration. Printed in the U.S.A.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Haunted Tank / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
K-636
First Line of Dialogue or Text
That tower's comin' down -- -- on us!
Genre
war
Characters
Sgt. Rock; Lt. Jeb Stuart; German soldiers
Reprints
Keywords
Tank

Leave the Fighting to Us! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Haunted Tank / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher (credited)
Pencils
Russ Heath (credited)
Inks
Russ Heath (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
K-540
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Inside the clanking sweat-box of the Gen. Stuart M-3 tank...
Genre
war
Characters
Lt. Jeb Stuart; General JEB Stuart; Slim; Sgt. Paul Levy; Nick; American soldiers; German concentration camp guards; concentration camp prisoners; David Levy
Synopsis
Some of the soldiers despise the new replacement, an observant Jewish sergeant. When he shows great valor and accomplishes the mission at the cost of his life, they're forced to reconsider.
Reprints
Keywords
Anti-Semitism; concentration camp; tank; World War II

Last Man -- Last Shot! (Table of Contents: 2)

Sgt. Rock / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese ?
Editing
Robert Kanigher (original editor)

Job Number
K-641
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Easy's neck -- depends on Hopeless -- tossin' that grenade -- a second after he stopped breathin'!
Genre
war
Characters
Sgt. Rock; replacements; Ziggy; Wild Man; Ice Cream Soldier; Hopeless; German soldiers
Synopsis
New replacements freeze in combat, but follow through when Rock himself is wounded.
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 Our Army At War #152, where this story was originally published.

Story across 25 pages in three parts of 7.67 pages, 4.67 pages, and 11.67 pages.

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

Let's Make Tracks... / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Kubert
Pencils
Joe Kubert (illustration)
Inks
Joe Kubert (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
K-652

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Mark Bartusch, Tedd Kessler, Martin Granger, Al Hart, and Ron Wainwright.

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

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["That tower's comin' down -- -- on us!"]
    The Haunted Tank
  2. 1. Leave the Fighting to Us!
    The Haunted Tank
  3. 2. Last Man -- Last Shot!
    Sgt. Rock
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Let's Make Tracks...
  5. 4. ["Dear fans: Let's stop and rap for a second... we owe you an explanation!"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Nick Caputo
  • CTGarry
  • Merlin Haas
  • Kirk House
  • Bob Hughes
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore