Star Spangled War Stories #86

(October 1959)

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Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

A Medal for Marie! (Table of Contents: 2)

Mlle. Marie / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher

Pencils

Mort Drucker

Inks

Mort Drucker

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

war

Characters

Mlle. Marie; French Resistance; Nazis

Synopsis

Marie is trapped in a farmhouse by a tank, but must call in her own coordinates to a circling bomber to bomb an underground artillery gun. She reflects on how her grandfather had to call in a strike, and used smoke signals. And how her father had to call in a strike using a mirror heliograph. Finally she calls in the bombing, plays dead, then circles and kills the tank - and its burning smoke marks the target, which she barely escapes. For bravery, the Resistance gives her a "medal", all they could find, a single red rose.

Reprints

• in Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #164 (February 1966)
• in Brûlant (Arédit-Artima, 1967 series) #20 (mars 1972) [N&B et recadré/B&W and reframed]

Second to None! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Morris Waldinger

Pencils

Morris Waldinger

Inks

Tom Nicolosi

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; war

Synopsis

History of the 305th Infantry Regiment.

Keywords

305th Infantry Regiment

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Colorfoto Natural Color Photos / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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40 Foreign and American Cars / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

It's Fun to Learn! (Table of Contents: 6)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Bernard Baily

Inks

Bernard Baily

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy

U-Boat to Nowhere! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Haney

Pencils

Russ Heath

Inks

Russ Heath

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

war

Synopsis

A Nazi sub steers for Shipwreck Rock to meet a supply ship: they're out of everything. While a USN frogman steers a tiny sailboat to Shipwreck Rock to meet a destroyer. He sinks the Nazi supply ship with a TNT charge. The U-boat arrives and sinks the destroyer with its last torpedo. Then they fire on the frogman, then try to kill him with compressed air. He swims under a shark and blows the sub - and survives to be rescued by a PBY plane.

Reprints

• in Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #177 (February-March 1967)
• in Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #3 (novembre 1970)

Keywords

frogman

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Our Fighting Forces / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Combat Corner Editor answers readers' questions about Tommy guns, German jets, and Omaha Beach.

Combat Kayo List! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Haney

Pencils

Jack Abel

Inks

Jack Abel

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

war

Synopsis

In snow-bound Europe, "Old Iron Hat", the general, shows up and demands a major draw up an itemized list of every weapon on hand. The company, meanwhile, gets attacked by tanks and Stukas, using up all their ammo and weapons - forcing the major to revise his list! When "Old Iron Hat" arrives, the battlefield is littered with wreckage and his "list" itemizes a Nazi tank, half-track, and Stuka bomber!

Hit the Combat Trail (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Our Army at War / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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Zenith Stamps / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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