The Losers Special #1 [Direct]
([September] 1985)

DC, 1985 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
1.25 USD; 1.60 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
52
On-sale Date
1985-05-14
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Murray Boltinoff (credited) (editor); Tom Condon (credited) (managing editor)
Color
Color
Dimensions
Standard Modern Age U. S.
Binding
saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
one-shot

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #16.
This issue has variants:

Losers Die Twice (Table of Contents)

The Losers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed as Joe Kubert)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed as Joe Kubert)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war; adventure
Characters
Sgt. Rock [Frank Rock]; The Losers [Captain Storm; Gunner; Johnny Cloud; Sarge; Pooch (a dog)]; Lt. Jeb Stuart
Reprints
Keywords
Crisis on Infinite Earths; Haunted Tank
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Losers Die Twice! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Losers / comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher (credited)
Pencils
Judith Hunt (credited); Sam Glanzman (credited)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited as Michael Esposito)
Colors
Jerry Serpe (credited)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (credited) (signed as gaspar [cursive])
Job Number
B-4881
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Easy calling back.
Genre
war; adventure
Characters
The Losers: Billy / Pooch (death); Gunner (death); Sarge (death); Captain Storm (death)
Louis "Little Sure Shot" Kiyahani (cameo); Sgt. Frank Rock (cameo); Jeb Stuart (cameo); Andy (death); Wise Owl; Billy (death)
Synopsis
The Losers must take out a rocket launcher that has Sgt. Rock and Easy Company pinned down. On the mission, the Losers recall their origins, with their individual losses leading to them joining as a team. The Losers succeed in destroying the rockets, but at the cost of their lives.
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Keywords
Crisis on Infinite Earths; Easy Company; Haunted Tank

Indexer Notes

Death of the Losers.

This story is broken into 4 chapters:
Chapter 1 ...Countdown at Hells' Corner! (11 pages)
Chapter Two ...A Marine Called Pooch! (12 pages)
Chapter 3 Spirit of the Dead (8 pages)
Conclusion: Night of Fire (9 pages)

The Losers (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Robert Greenberger (credited as Bob Greenberger)
Letters
typeset
Job Number
B-4897
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You have just read the last mission of The Losers.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Feature explaining how The Losers Special and The Losers connection to Crisis on Infinite Earths came to be.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Losers Die Twice
    The Losers
  2. 1. Losers Die Twice!
    The Losers
  3. 2. The Losers
  4. 3. ["Recently, I finished a three-part series of Meanwhile... columns..."]
    Meanwhile...
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Bob Hughes
  • Darrel McCann
  • John Monagle
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jason Sacks
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
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