America at War: The Best of DC War Comics #[nn]

(October 1979)

Introduction (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Michael Uslan

Pencils:

repros of various covers

Letters:

typeset

Boy Commandos No. 4 Fall 1943 (Table of Contents)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Reprints:

• from Boy Commandos (DC, 1942 series) #4 (Fall 1943)

Indexer Notes

intro to the 1940's section

[The Origin of Blackhawk] (Table of Contents)

Blackhawk / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

Pencils:

Charles Cuidera

Inks:

Charles Cuidera

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; war

Reprints:

• from Military Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1 (August 1941)

[Experimental Mission] (Table of Contents)

Hop Harrigan / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jon L. Blummer

Pencils:

Jon L. Blummer

Inks:

Jon L. Blummer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Joe Orlando

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

Reprints:

• from All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #48 (March 1943)

The Romance of Rip Carter (Table of Contents)

Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby; Joe Simon

Inks:

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson

Content Information

Genre:

war; adventure

Reprints:

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #82 (December 1943)

[Clark Kent Tries to Join the Army] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Jack Burnley

Inks:

Jack Burnley

Letters:

?

Editing:

Joe Orlando

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprints:

• from Superman dailies (McClure Syndicate, 1939 series) 1943.02.15 - 1943.02.19

I Sustain the Wings (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mort Weisinger

Pencils:

Joe Shuster

Inks:

Jack Burnley

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprints:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #25 (November-December 1943)

G.I. Combat #54 Nov 1957 (Table of Contents)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

Jerry Grandenetti

Inks:

Jerry Grandenetti

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Joe Orlando; Jack C. Harris

Content Information

Reprints:

• from G.I. Combat (DC, 1957 series) #54 (November 1957)

Indexer Notes

intro to the 1950's section

Push-Button War (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

France Herron

Pencils:

John Severin

Inks:

John Severin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Reprints:

• from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #67 (February 1958)

The Rock and the Wall! (Table of Contents)

Sgt. Rock / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

Joe Kubert

Inks:

Joe Kubert

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Joe Orlando; Jack C. Harris

Content Information

Genre:

War

Characters:

Easy Company (intro); Sgt. Rock; Joe Wall

Synopsis:

Joe Wall, the "Wall" of Easy learns that walls may fall but Rocks do not.

Reprints:

• from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #83 (June 1959)

Our Fighting Forces #49 Oct 1959 (Table of Contents)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

Jerry Grandenetti

Inks:

Jerry Grandenetti

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Reprints:

• from Our Fighting Forces (DC, 1954 series) #49 (September 1959)

Blind Gunner! (Table of Contents)

Gunner & Sarge / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

Jerry Grandenetti

Inks:

Jerry Grandenetti

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Joe Orlando; Jack C. Harris

Content Information

Genre:

war

Reprints:

• from Our Fighting Forces (DC, 1954 series) #49 (September 1959)

T.N.T. Spotlight (Table of Contents)

Mlle. Marie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

Mort Drucker

Inks:

Mort Drucker

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Reprints:

• from Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #87 (November 1959)

Our Army at War #112 Nov 1961 (Table of Contents)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

Joe Kubert

Inks:

Joe Kubert

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Dennis O'Neil

Content Information

Reprints:

• from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #112 (November 1961)

Indexer Notes

intro to the 1960's

Introducing -- the Haunted Tank (Table of Contents)

Haunted Tank / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

Russ Heath

Inks:

Russ Heath

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Haunted Tank (first appearance); Jeb Stuart (first appearance); Arch Asher (first appearance); Rick Rawlins (first appearance); Slim Stryker (first appearance); General Jeb Stuart (first appearance; ghost)

Synopsis:

The Haunted Tank takes on several German Tiger tanks in a small town, managing to destroy them even though the little Stuart tank is outclassed.

Reprints:

• from G.I. Combat (DC, 1957 series) #87 (April-May 1961)

Indexer Notes

Reprint of the first Haunted Tank story.

Killer Of The Skies! (Table of Contents)

Enemy Ace / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

Joe Kubert

Inks:

Joe Kubert

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Enemy Ace [Hans von Hammer]; The Hunter (Canadian Ace)

Synopsis:

The Enemy Ace faces off agains The Hunter, a Canadian Ace, over No-Man's Land.

Reprints:

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #57 (July-August 1965)

What's the Color of Your Blood? (Table of Contents)

Sgt. Rock / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

Joe Kubert

Inks:

Joe Kubert

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

War

Reprints:

• from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #160 (November 1965)

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 #160 where this story originally appeared.

The Killing Ground (Table of Contents)

War That Time Forgot / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

Neal Adams

Inks:

Neal Adams

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Reprints:

• from Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #134 (August-September 1967)

Our Fighting Forces #102 Aug 1966 (Table of Contents)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

Joe Kubert

Inks:

Joe Kubert

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Reprints:

• from Our Fighting Forces (DC, 1954 series) #102 (August 1966)

Cold Steel for a Hot War! (Table of Contents)

Capt. Hunter / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

Jack Abel

Inks:

Jack Abel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Robert Kanigher

Content Information

Genre:

war

Reprints:

• from Our Fighting Forces (DC, 1954 series) #102 (August 1966)

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 Fighting Forces #102 where this story originally appeared

Army at War #1 (Table of Contents)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Kubert

Inks:

Joe Kubert

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Reprints:

• from Army at War (DC, 1978 series) #1 (October-November 1978)

Indexer Notes

intro to the 1970's

The Glory Boys (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

Alex Toth

Inks:

Alex Toth

Colors:

?

Letters:

Alex Toth

Content Information

Reprints:

• from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #235 (August 1971)

Our Army at War #233 June 1971 (Table of Contents)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

Joe Kubert

Inks:

Joe Kubert

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Reprints:

• from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #233 (June 1971)

Head-Count (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

Joe Kubert

Inks:

Joe Kubert

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

War

Reprints:

• from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #233 (June 1971)

Kamikaze (Table of Contents)

USS Stevens / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sam Glanzman

Pencils:

Sam Glanzman

Inks:

Sam Glanzman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Reprints:

• from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #235 (August 1971)

Star Spangled War Stories #183 Nov-Dec 1974 (Table of Contents)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Orlando

Pencils:

Joe Kubert

Inks:

Joe Kubert

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Reprints:

• from Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #183 (November-December 1974)

8,000 to One (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

David Michelinie

Pencils:

Gerry Talaoc

Inks:

Gerry Talaoc

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Reprints:

• from Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #183 (November-December 1974)

The Pool (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Len Wein; Marv Wolfman

Pencils:

Russ Heath

Inks:

Russ Heath

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Reprints:

• from Weird War Tales (DC, 1971 series) #3 (January-February 1972)

DC War Comics Bibliography (Table of Contents)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Michael Uslan

Letters:

typeset

Index to DC's 1950s Frontier War Comics (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Michael Uslan

Letters:

typeset