Our Fighting Forces #42

(February 1959)

The Magic Card! (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Bernard Baily

Inks

Bernard Baily

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy

Characters

Pete; Pete's friends

Synopsis

Pete's friends are playing records, reading books, making costumes, and working on remote controls, all thanks to items they borrowed with their library cards.

Keywords

Library

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. "Published as a public service in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly, coordinating organization for national health, welfare and recreation agencies of the U.S."

Sorry - Wrong Hill! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher

Pencils

Ross Andru (sourced)

Inks

Mike Esposito

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

war

Characters

Sarge; Joe; soldiers

Synopsis

A company tasked to take a vital hill loses the Sarge and the map before even reaching the beach. Joe takes the lead as the company captures hill after hill, looking for the right one.

Keywords

Army; bazooka; World War II

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

First in Aviation! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; aviation

Characters

Orville Wright; pilots

Reprints

• in All-American Men of War (DC, 1952 series) #106 (November-December 1964)
• in Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #161 (February-March 1972) [condensed]

Keywords

Airplane; aviation; educational; fact

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

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Statement required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as amended....

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

The Flash / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Combat Corner / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

? [as Combat Corner Editor]

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

War correspondent

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers George Wade, Sydney Lauter, Len Strave, and Roy Harper. Combat Corner letters and replies during this period involved factual questions on military matters, rather than discussion of the stories and issues.

Bull's-Eye Fort! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Haney

Pencils

Russ Heath (signed) (sourced)

Inks

Russ Heath (signed) (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

war

Characters

American air crew; German officers

Synopsis

Germans track a lone B-17 on a mission, but fail to destroy it despite numerous attacks.

Keywords

B-17; World War II

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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Let 'Em Have It! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; military

Characters

Soldiers of the 59th Infantry Regiment

Synopsis

The 59th Infantry is constituted in 1917 and fights in several campaigns in France. Re-erected in 1942, then broken into battalions, the men of the 59th fight in Europe during World War II.

Keywords

Army; educational; fact

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Combat Corner / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

War correspondent

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers Bill Henry, Mickey Collins, and Conrad Helfter. Combat Corner letters and replies during this period involved factual questions on military matters, rather than discussion of the stories and issues.

Fire Jumper! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Mort Drucker (sourced)

Inks

Mort Drucker (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

war

Characters

Paratrooper; German soldiers

Synopsis

A lone paratrooper fights Germans by using fire-fighting techniques he learned as a fire jumper (smoke jumper).

Keywords

Army; fire fighter; fire fighting; fire jumper; firefighter; firefighting; paratrooper; smoke jumper; World War II

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Private Pete / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh boy, a desk job!

Genre

humor; military

Characters

General; Sergeant; Private Pete

Synopsis

When the unit evacuates, Private Pete has to rescue his desk.

Reprints

• from Here's Howie Comics (DC, 1952 series) #15 (May-June 1954)

Keywords

Army

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

150 Civil War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)