Our Fighting Forces
#135
(January-February 1972)
DC,
1954 Series
- Volume
- 19
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1971-11-09
- 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.
[no title indexed]
The Losers / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Kubert (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- K 746
- Genre
- war; adventure
- Characters
- Losers [Captain Storm; Gunner; Sarge]
- Reprints
-
in Showcase Presents: The Losers (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([June] 2012)
-
Death Picks a Loser!
The Losers / comic story / 14 pages
- Job Number
- K 737
- Genre
- war; adventure
- Characters
- Losers [Captain Storm; Gunner; Sarge; Johnny Cloud]; Ona Tomsen (intro)
- Synopsis
- A fortune teller predicts the death of one of the Losers. They are sent to Norway to help organize the resistance against the Nazis and Captain Storm is killed. Ona Tomsen becomes a member of the Losers.
- Reprints
-
in Brûlant (Arédit-Artima, 1967 series) #38 (novembre 1975) - in Showcase Presents: The Losers (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([June] 2012)
-
Indexer Notes
Captain Storm is apparently killed but returns later having survived the explosion.
Mine Layer
Battle Album / illustration / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sam Glanzman (signed)
- Inks
- Sam Glanzman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- K-703
- Genre
- non-fiction; war; military
- Synopsis
- Information about WWII mine laying ships.
John Mitchell
Medal of Honor / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Norman Maurer
- Pencils
- Norman Maurer (signed)
- Inks
- Norman Maurer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- K-758
- Genre
- war; historical
- Characters
- John Mitchell
- Synopsis
- The story of how John Mitchell received the Medal of Honor during the Boxer Rebellion.
- Reprints
- in Green Lantern (Arédit-Artima, 1972 series) #12 (janvier 1976) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]]
-
The Mormon Battalion!
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- K-413
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Captain James Allen; Brigham Young; Josh; Billy; Dr. Sanderson; Colonel Cooke
- Synopsis
- Mormons are recruited in Iowa to join the war against Mexico. They march all the way to California only to find there is nobody to fight.
Combat Log Book!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Ed Herron
- Pencils
- Russ Heath (signed)
- Inks
- Russ Heath (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- K-719
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- A new pilot realizes that the log book doesn't tell the whole story.
- Reprints
- from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #68 (March 1958)
-
Killer Clock!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Ed Herron
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino (signed)
- Inks
- Carmine Infantino (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- K-780
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- American soldiers find everything in town is shot up except for a lone alarm clock that is still ticking.
- Reprints
- from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #22 (May 1954)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Losers -
1.
Death Picks a Loser!
The Losers -
2.
Mine Layer
Battle Album -
3.
John Mitchell
Medal of Honor -
4.
[no title indexed]
Mail Call! -
5.
The Mormon Battalion!
-
6.
Combat Log Book!
-
7.
Killer Clock!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Mark Boyer
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
- Bjorn Wallin
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