(July 1975)

Seaboard, 1975 Series
 
Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1975-04-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Atlas Comics
Brand
Atlas Comics [separate triangular A]
Editing
Larry Lieber (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from Comic Reader #117.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Thorne (signed)
Inks
Frank Thorne (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (lettering, logo design, see notes)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yvette must be inside...
Genre
war
Characters
Sgt. Hawk; White Cloud (U.S. soldier); Goldberg (U.S. soldier); Yvette Duchamps (French Underground leader); German soldiers

Indexer Notes

Logo design credit from Todd Klein via his Facebook posting Comics Logos B #55: BLAZING BATTLE TALES FEATURING SGT. HAWK on 12 May 2021.

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The One-Armed Beast (Table of Contents: 1)

Sgt. Hawk / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
John Albano (credited)
Pencils
Pat Broderick (credited)
Inks
Jack Sparling (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war
Characters
Sgt. Hawk (first appearance); White Cloud (U.S. soldier, first appearance); Goldberg (U.S. soldier, first appearance); Yvette Duchamps (French Underground leader); Major Kelly; The One-Armed Beast (German Colonel, death); German soldiers

Indexer Notes

A Sgt. Rock / Easy Company derivative.

The Sky Demon! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Sky Demon / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
John Albano (credited)
Pencils
Al McWilliams (credited)
Inks
Al McWilliams (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Al McWilliams (credited)
Genre
war
Characters
Adolf Hitler; The Sky Demon [Captain Vip Gunner] (first appearance); Lt. General Sands; Skipper; Haley; Captain Beckman (German freighter captain, death); German Navy sailors; German Air Force pilots

Bronze Star Winner... Pvt. William Swanson (Table of Contents: 3)

Blazing Battle Tales Salutes / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
John Albano (credited)
Pencils
John Severin (credited)
Inks
John Severin (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Alan Kupperberg (credited)
Genre
war
Characters
Pvt. William Swanson
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Yvette must be inside..."]
    Sgt. Hawk
  2. 1. The One-Armed Beast
    Sgt. Hawk
  3. 2. The Sky Demon!
    The Sky Demon
  4. 3. Bronze Star Winner... Pvt. William Swanson
    Blazing Battle Tales Salutes
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