(February 1975)

Seaboard, 1975 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1974-12-17
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Atlas Comics
Brand
Atlas Comics [separate triangular A]
Editing
Larry Lieber (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from Comic Reader #113.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Sgt. Stryker's Death Squad / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al McWilliams (signed)
Inks
Al McWilliams (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I must reach that grenade!
Genre
war
Characters
Sgt. Ben Stryker
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Reborn in Battle (Table of Contents: 1)

Sgt. Stryker's Death Squad / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Archie Goodwin
Pencils
Al McWilliams
Inks
Al McWilliams
Colors
?
Letters
Al McWilliams
Genre
war
Characters
Turk Ankrum (first appearance, pro-wrestler); Ice Marko (first appearance, gangster); Duke Ripley (first appearance, circus acrobat); Lee Shigeta (first appearance, judo expert); Sgt. Ben Stryker (first appearance, origin, as acting sergeant only); Andy Kenton (Ben's girlfriend's little brother, death); Lieutenant (death); Sgt. Bloom (death); Laurie Kenton (Ben's girlfriend, in flashback); Dr. Stryker (Ben's father, in flashback); Mrs. Engstrom (in flashback); Mrs. Engstrom's newborn (in flashback)

Indexer Notes

Origin part 1 of 2. Formation of the Death Squad, headed by Ben Stryker and consisting of four arrested soldiers.

Bounty (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Archie Goodwin
Pencils
Jack Sparling
Inks
Jack Sparling
Colors
?
Letters
Alan Kupperberg
Genre
war
Characters
Wade Jessup (death); Lew "Stoney" Stoneham (death)

What's Happening with Atlas (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Editor's discussion of Atlas Comics

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["I must reach that grenade!"]
    Sgt. Stryker's Death Squad
  2. 1. Reborn in Battle
    Sgt. Stryker's Death Squad
  3. 2. Bounty
  4. 3. What's Happening with Atlas
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