DC Special Series #18

(Fall 1979)

Table of Contents (Table of Contents)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Includes logo from front cover.

Target -- Sgt. Rock! (Table of Contents)

Sgt. Rock / comic story / 17.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

Joe Kubert

Inks:

Joe Kubert

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Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Sgt. Rock; Bulldozer; Major Otto Von Strupp; Ice Cream Soldier; Wild Man; Sunny; Bates; Clack-Clack; Bean Pole; Curly; German soldiers

Synopsis:

During some running skirmishes with Major Von Strupp's troops, Sgt. Rock receives a head injury that allows the Germans to brainwash him into thinking the Germans are Easy Company. This temporarily confuses Easy Company, but they hit Sgt. Rock in such a way that he comes to and helps capture Major Von Strupp.

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• from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #124 (November 1962)

War Words (Table of Contents)

filler / 0.33 page (report information)

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Pencils:

Ross Andru ?

Inks:

Mike Esposito ?

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Content Information

Genre:

war

Synopsis:

Illustrated definitions of "pontoon" and "barrage."

Indexer Notes

Appears at bottom of page 8 of story sequence 1.

The Big Marker! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Script:

Bob Haney

Pencils:

Russ Heath

Inks:

Russ Heath

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Genre:

war

Characters:

Santa Claus Patrol

Synopsis:

A scout for the patrol tries to leave markers of enemy activity on a snow-covered mountain, but nature keeps erasing them.

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• from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #76 (November 1958)

Broomstick Pilot! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Script:

France Herron [as Eddie Herron]

Pencils:

John Severin

Inks:

John Severin

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Content Information

Genre:

war

Synopsis:

A pilot flys his Flying Fortress so low that he is able to escape all attacking planes and successfully bomb a sub pen while sneaking in from sea level.

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• from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #69 (April 1958)

Who Is Haunting the Haunted Chateau? (Table of Contents)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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Script:

Sheldon Mayer

Pencils:

Alex Toth

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Alex Toth

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Content Information

Genre:

war; occult

Characters:

Captain Towers; Herbie Lang; Cecile L'Oiseau (ghost); Gaston; United States soldiers; German soldiers

Synopsis:

Two airmen are flying in a damaged plane and the captain dumps the sergeant into a haunted chateau and crash lands himself. When they meet again years later, the sergeant reveals what happened when he met the ghost of the chateau.

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• from Weird War Tales (DC, 1971 series) #10 (January 1973)

Jackpot Target! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

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Script:

Bob Haney

Pencils:

Jack Abel

Inks:

Jack Abel

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Content Information

Genre:

war

Synopsis:

Account of P.T. 105 chasing a Japanese battle cruiser, and ending in both ships being sunk.

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• from Our Fighting Forces (DC, 1954 series) #40 (December 1958)

Mine-Hunters! (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

war

Synopsis:

Description of mine detecting aparatus known as an "octopus."

War Bluff! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

Morris Waldinger

Pencils:

Morris Waldinger

Inks:

Morris Waldinger

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Letters:

Morris Waldinger

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Sgt. Harry J. Adams

Synopsis:

Account of Harry J. Adams' performing the largest one-man capture during WWI.

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• from Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series) #167 (December 1961)

Tanks (Table of Contents)

Battle Album / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

Sam Glanzman

Pencils:

Sam Glanzman

Inks:

Sam Glanzman

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Content Information

Genre:

war

Synopsis:

Information on four historical tank designs.

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• from G.I. Combat (DC, 1957 series) #151 (December-January 1971-72)

3 Graves to Home! (Table of Contents)

Enemy Ace / comic story / 13.67 pages (report information)

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Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

Joe Kubert (signed)

Inks:

Joe Kubert (signed)

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Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Hans Von Hammer [Enemy Ace]

Synopsis:

Von Hammer is injured in France and must walk back to Germany. He receives unwitting help from relatives of his victims on the way.

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• from Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #150 (April-May 1970)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

General Little / filler / 0.33 page (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Little General; Mr. Flegenheimer

Synopsis:

The Little General and his friends feign starvation in front of the ice cream parlor to convince Mr. Flegenheimer to give them 2 scoops of ice cream in their sodas.

Indexer Notes

Appears at bottom of page 6 of story sequence 11.

Patrol to Nowhere! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Script:

Bob Haney

Pencils:

Mort Drucker

Inks:

Mort Drucker

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Content Information

Genre:

war

Synopsis:

A new soldier on desert patrol has difficulty telling what is real and what is a mirage.

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• from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #79 (February 1959)

Deliver: One Tank! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Script:

Bob Haney

Pencils:

Russ Heath

Inks:

Russ Heath

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Content Information

Genre:

war

Synopsis:

A tank delivery crew runs into so much enemy fire that they deliver a badly damaged tank.

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• from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #63 (October 1957)

Iwo Jima (Table of Contents)

Table-Top Dioramas / activity / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

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Pencils:

Sam Glanzman (signed)

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Sam Glanzman (signed)

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Content Information

Genre:

war

Indexer Notes

Cut-outs to create dioramas of a beach attack and Iwo Jima scenes, with info about Iwo Jima.

Frogman Fury! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Script:

Hank Chapman

Pencils:

Ross Andru

Inks:

Mike Esposito

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Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Frogman Brannigan

Synopsis:

Brannigan manages to destroy a Japanese airplane, combat craft, and sub while underwater, and retrieve the destroyed sub's propeller for use as a repair part for his own sub.

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• from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #102 (January 1961)

Warriors Who Hate War (Table of Contents)

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Script:

Mike W. Barr

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typeset

Content Information

Genre:

war

Synopsis:

Editorial about the DC war stories being anti-war, using examples of Sgt. Rock, Hans Von Hammer, and The Unknown Soldier.

Appointment in Prague (Table of Contents)

Unknown Soldier / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

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Script:

Archie Goodwin

Pencils:

Jack Sparling

Inks:

Jack Sparling

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Editing:

Archie Goodwin

Content Information

Characters:

The Unknown Soldier; Harry (dies); Anton Vladchek (dies); Josef Vladchek (dies)

Synopsis:

Flashback of the origin, training and first mission of the Unknown Soldier.

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• from Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #171 (July 1973)

Indexer Notes

Splash page includes black-and-white photos. Special thanks listed for Joe Kubert, but not stated what it is for.

Bombshell Battle Bulletin! (Table of Contents)

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Illustrated promo for subscriptions to Sgt. Rock, Men of War, and Unknown Soldier, with mail-in coupon. 12 issues for $4.00.

The Little Books That Pack a Big Punch! (Table of Contents)

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Inside back cover. Promo for DC Digests. Covers to Batman and Jonah Hex are depicted.

[Previews] (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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Joe Kubert ?

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Joe Kubert ?

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Genre:

war

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Illustration and previews of the stories in the issue.