Sgt. Rock
#379
[Direct]
(August 1983)
DC,
1977 Series
- Volume
- 32
- Price
- 0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1983-04-26
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Editing
- Joe Kubert (editor)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
The Taste of Blood!
Sgt. Rock / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Kubert (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- C-364
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Sgt. Rock
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The Taste of Blood
Sgt. Rock / comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Robert Kanigher (credited)
- Pencils
- Frank Redondo (credited)
- Inks
- Frank Redondo (credited)
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood (credited)
- Letters
- Esphid Mahilum (credited as Esphidy)
- Job Number
- J-8728
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Sgt. Rock; Easy Company [Bulldozer; Jackie Johnson; Little Sure Shot; Ice Cream Soldier; Worry-Wart; Wildman; 4-Eyes; Canary; Short Round; Long Round; Wheeler; Lt. O'Brien (death); Thompson (death); Kelly (death); Corporal Levy (death)]
- Synopsis
- Wheeler wants a field commission so much he kills Lt. O'Brien during battle. When he realizes Sgt. Rock saw the incident he tries to kill Sgt. Rock.
8-Ball Squadron
Battle Album / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Arata (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Arata (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- war; non-fiction; military
- Characters
- Ensign George "Tex" Gay
- Synopsis
- The Battle of Midway and the 8-Ball Squadron.
[no title indexed]
Take Ten / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert (illustration)
- Inks
- Joe Kubert (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-1394
Indexer Notes
Revealed that Sgt. Rock's dog-tag number is 409966
What Are We Fighting For?
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- J-8604 ?
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- German soldiers search a French farmhouse for a downed American pilot.
Indexer Notes
World War II story.
Up Front
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Bill Bossert (signed) (see notes)
- Pencils
- Bill Bossert (signed) (see notes)
- Inks
- Bill Bossert (signed) (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-8801
- Genre
- humor; war
- Synopsis
- A Sergeant takes his squad on a "Top Secret" mission, to get the cook a chicken.
Indexer Notes
Credits from the Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #211 (June 1983).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Taste of Blood!
Sgt. Rock -
1.
The Taste of Blood
Sgt. Rock -
2.
Star Frontiers
TSR -
3.
8-Ball Squadron
Battle Album -
4.
[no title indexed]
Take Ten -
5.
What Are We Fighting For?
-
6.
[no title indexed]
Meanwhile... -
7.
Up Front
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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