(March-April 1960)

DC, 1954 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1960-01-19
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Robert Kanigher

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

An Iron Egg for Sarge! (Table of Contents)

Gunner and Sarge / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jerry Grandenetti
Inks
Jerry Grandenetti
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
war
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Jowett Institute of Body Building / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

An Egg for Sarge! (Table of Contents: 2)

Gunner and Sarge / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Jerry Grandenetti
Inks
Jerry Grandenetti
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
war
Characters
Sarge; Gunner
Synopsis
Sarge is so tired of k-rations that he's opening fire on them. So he and Gunner go in search of an enemy outpost with "real" food. Their first attack gets them fish heads and rice. But eventually they end up serving eggs made of TNT to the enemy...grenades!

Coast Guard Almanac! (Table of Contents: 3)

cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; history; war

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately following page 6 of the previous story sequence.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Wilson Chemical Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Buzzy's "Famous Books" Quiz (Table of Contents: 5)

Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Ruben Moreira
Inks
Ruben Moreira
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
advocacy; teen

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.

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

Sgt. Route-Step O'Malley / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Irwin Hasen
Pencils
Irwin Hasen
Inks
Irwin Hasen
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
When are you chowhounds gonna learn...
Genre
humor
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Appears after the Gunner & Sarge story.

Fighting Switch! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Jack Abel
Inks
Jack Abel
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
war
Characters
UDT Lt. Charley "Fish" Neal; Ed "Wings" Francis
Synopsis
Pilot Ed is flying frogman Charley on a mission to deliver a special torpedo to a Japanese destroyer. Unfortunately, Charley gets shot and has to stay with the plane, leaving Ed to frogman duty. Then Ed gets shot and Charley has to fly the duo back to base.

No Step Backward (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; war

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Sgt. Rock's Combat Corner / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher (signed as Rock, Sergeant)
Pencils
Joe Kubert
Inks
Joe Kubert
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Bob Kleber and Dennis Elrod.

G.I. Shock Absorbers (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
war
Characters
Tom West; Harry West
Synopsis
Assigned to delay the advance of shock troops, the Wests become "Shock Absorbers."

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

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Jack Liebowitz
Letters
typeset

Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

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

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

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

Zenith Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

American Seed Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. An Iron Egg for Sarge!
    Gunner and Sarge
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Jowett Institute of Body Building
  3. 2. An Egg for Sarge!
    Gunner and Sarge
  4. 3. Coast Guard Almanac!
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Wilson Chemical Co.
  6. 5. Buzzy's "Famous Books" Quiz
    Buzzy
  7. 6. ["When are you chowhounds gonna learn..."]
    Sgt. Route-Step O'Malley
  8. 7. Fighting Switch!
  9. 8. No Step Backward
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Sgt. Rock's Combat Corner
  11. 10. G.I. Shock Absorbers
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
  13. 12. Treasure Chest of Fun
    Honor House Products Corp.
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Zenith Company
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    American Seed Co.
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