Unknown Soldier #256 [Direct]
(October 1981)

DC, 1977 Series
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Volume
30
Price
0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-06-30
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Mike W. Barr (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Unknown Soldier / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Job Number
C-689
First Line of Dialogue or Text
When Adolf Hitler invades London, the Faceless Warrior must stop him...
Genre
war
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The War Below the War! (Table of Contents: 1)

Unknown Soldier / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Dick Ayers
Inks
Gerry Talaoc
Colors
Bob LeRose
Letters
Esphid Mahilum
Genre
war
Characters
Unknown Soldier

Indexer Notes

Story continues next issue.

Lights... Camera... Crime! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Batman; Hostess Cup Cakes / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Death March! (Table of Contents: 3)

Dateline: Frontline / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Burkett
Pencils
Ric Estrada
Inks
Ric Estrada
Colors
Bob LeRose
Letters
Pierre Bernard Jr.
Genre
war
Synopsis
Wayne at the Bataan Death March. Wayne escapes the Philippines at the end of the story.

Bushido (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Utley
Pencils
Denys Cowan
Inks
Dan Adkins
Colors
Bob LeRose
Letters
John Costanza
Editing
Len Wein
Genre
war

Indexer Notes

WWII Marine story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Captain Fear / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
David Michelinie
Pencils
Walter Simonson
Inks
Walter Simonson
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
John Workman
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It is spring, 1748...
Genre
adventure; historical
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Captain Fear defeats a Ninja.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Confidential Comments / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mike W. Barr; Robin Snyder
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-855
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["When Adolf Hitler invades London, the Faceless Warrior must stop him..."]
    Unknown Soldier
  2. 1. The War Below the War!
    Unknown Soldier
  3. 2. Lights... Camera... Crime!
    Batman; Hostess Cup Cakes
  4. 3. Death March!
    Dateline: Frontline
  5. 4. Bushido
  6. 5. ["It is spring, 1748..."]
    Captain Fear
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Confidential Comments
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