G.I. Combat
#68
(January 1959)
DC,
1957 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1958-11-20
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Robert Kanigher (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Rock!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- war
- Reprints
-
in The Sgt. Rock Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([June] 2002) - in Showcase Presents: Sgt. Rock (DC, 2007 series) #1 (2007 [January 2008])
-
Indexer Notes
Cover pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics.
The Rock!
comic story / 12.67 pages
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Kubert (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- 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
- in Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #242 (February 1972)
-
in Federal Comics Starring Batman and... (Federal, 1983 series) #[nn] ([July 1984] ?) - in The Sgt. Rock Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([June] 2002)
- in Sgt. Rock's Combat Tales (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([November] 2005)
- in Showcase Presents: Sgt. Rock (DC, 2007 series) #1 (2007 [January 2008])
-
Indexer Notes
This is a prototype of the "Sgt Rock" character.
Write Your Own Book!
comic story / 5.67 pages
- Script
- Bob Haney
- Pencils
- Russ Heath (signed)
- Inks
- Russ Heath (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- war
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics.
Air Force "Operations"
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; military
- Reprints
- in All-American Men of War (DC, 1952 series) #116 (July-August 1966)
-
[no title indexed]
Combat Corner / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Morris Waldinger (illustration)
- Inks
- Tom Nicolosi (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Battle Flare
comic story / 5.67 pages
- Genre
- war
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Rock!
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1.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
2.
The Rock!
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3.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
Equal to the Task!
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5.
[no title indexed]
Columbia -
6.
Do You Know the Legend of Superman?
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7.
Write Your Own Book!
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8.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll Pop -
9.
Formula for Success!
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10.
Air Force "Operations"
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11.
[no title indexed]
Combat Corner -
12.
Battle Flare
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13.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll Fudge -
14.
[no title indexed]
Garcelon Stamp Co. -
15.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles -
16.
[no title indexed]
National Radio Institute -
17.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Gregory Fischer
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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