(November-December 1973)

DC, 1973 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1973-08-14
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
DC [circle]
Editing
Allan Asherman (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #99.

The Three Frogmen! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Russ Heath
Inks
Russ Heath
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Job Number
Q-179
Genre
war
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Indexer Notes

Cover signed in original, but new lead-in to "The Three Frogmen!" covers it up.

Cover Thumbnail for Four-Star Battle Tales (DC, 1973 series) #5
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Soldier's Luck! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Wood
Pencils
Bernie Krigstein (credited as B. Krigstein)
Inks
Bernie Krigstein (credited as B. Krigstein)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
Q-176
Genre
war
Characters
Willie Kearns
Synopsis
A scarf from Mom does more than keep a soldier warm in Korea.
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Keywords
Korean War

Indexer Notes

Artist credited on first panel.

No Sunset for a Jet! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Russ Heath (signed as Russ Heath [big R long-tailed H])
Inks
Russ Heath (signed as Russ Heath [big R long-tailed H])
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
Q-175
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The sun sets on the infantryman--
Genre
aviation; war
Synopsis
An F-80 pilot uses a solar eclipse to his advantage.
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The Three Frogmen (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Mort Drucker (signed as Mort Drucker)
Inks
Mort Drucker (signed as Mort Drucker)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Job Number
Q-177
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The mission was marked top secret-- and impossible!
Genre
war
Characters
Mack; Bull; Jack
Synopsis
Three of the Navy's leading frogmen are called upon to perform a dangerous mission, but what is the mission?
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Science-Fiction Warfare (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Allan Asherman (credited)
Job Number
Q-178
First Line of Dialogue or Text
No matter how you look at them, wars are terrible things.
Genre
science fiction; war
Synopsis
Brief recap of science-fictional war stories.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Three Frogmen!
  2. 1. Soldier's Luck!
  3. 2. No Sunset for a Jet!
  4. 3. The Three Frogmen
  5. 4. Science-Fiction Warfare
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Howard Bender
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • CTGarry
  • Del Gruber
  • Denys Howard
  • Bob Hughes
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • J.D. Sebastian
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
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