Sgt. Rock's Combat Tales
#1
[Direct Sales]
([November] 2005)
DC,
2005 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 9.99 USD; 13.50 CAD
- Pages
- 132
- On-sale Date
- 2005-09-08
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC [swirl]
- ISBN
-
1-4012-0794-4
- Barcode
- 761941251103 00111
- Editing
- Robert Kanigher (Original Editor); Scott Nybakken (Collected Edition Editor)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
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The Rock!
comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- The Rock
- Synopsis
- "The Rock" was a boxer who refused to stay down who became a one-man army when he refused to stay down and held the line against the German Army.
- Reprints
-
from G.I. Combat (DC, 1957 series) #68 (January 1959)
-
Indexer Notes
This is a prototype of the "Sgt Rock" character.
The D.I. -- and the Sand Fleas!
comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- A Drill Instructor turns a bunch of raw recruits into real Marines. WWII story
- Reprints
- from G.I. Combat (DC, 1957 series) #56 (January 1958)
-
Indexer Notes
Sgt. Rock prototype.
The Rock and the Wall!
Sgt. Rock / comic story / 10.5 pages
- 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)
-
Laughter On Snakehead Hill!
Sgt. Rock / comic story / 10.5 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Sgt. Rock; Easy Company
- Synopsis
- Sgt. Rock and Easy company hold Snakehead Hill against everything the German army can throw at them.
- Reprints
- from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #84 (July 1959)
-
Gun Jockey!
comic story / 12.5 pages
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- A P-38 Pilot, a Submarine Commander and a Combat Infantryman all believe they are nothing more than gun jockeys.
- Reprints
- from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #82 (May 1959)
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Calling Easy Co.!
Sgt. Rock / comic story / 12.5 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Sgt. Rock; Sid; Mack; Al; Nick
- Synopsis
- Sgt. Rock sends four men to hold No-Return Hill overnight until Easy Company can move up.
- Reprints
- from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #87 (October 1959)
-
The Hard Way!
Sgt. Rock / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Sgt. Rock; Sig; "The Kid"
- Synopsis
- Sarge recounts to a new recruit, "The Kid", the tale of Sig who had to be left behind. Later "The Kid" is left behind after he is wounded.
- Reprints
- from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #88 (November 1959)
-
Silent Fish
comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Tom
- Synopsis
- A Frogman is helped by a shark when he is attacked by a Japanese Sub and Japanese Frogmen. WWII story.
- Reprints
- from Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #72 (August 1958)
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No Shot From Easy!
Sgt. Rock / comic story / 12.5 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Sgt. Rock; Larry; Steve; Vic
- Synopsis
- While trapped in a shellhole during an artillery attack, Sgt. Rock relates stories of men in Easy Company who fought without firing a shot.
- Reprints
- from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #89 (December 1959)
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Sgt. Rock -
1.
The Rock!
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2.
The D.I. -- and the Sand Fleas!
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3.
The Rock and the Wall!
Sgt. Rock -
4.
Laughter On Snakehead Hill!
Sgt. Rock -
5.
Gun Jockey!
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6.
Calling Easy Co.!
Sgt. Rock -
7.
The Hard Way!
Sgt. Rock -
8.
Silent Fish
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9.
No Shot From Easy!
Sgt. Rock -
10.
3 Stripes Hill!
Sgt. Rock
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Lou Mazzella
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
- Bjorn Wallin
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