(February-March 1961)
DC,
1952 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1960-12-20
- 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 (editor)
Issue Notes
Indexed with help from Mike Shawaluk. On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Guinea Pig Patrol!
The War That Time Forgot / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; war
- Characters
- Marve; Augie; Stack
- Reprints
-
in G.I. War Tales (DC, 1973 series) #1 (March-April 1973) - in Showcase Presents: The War That Time Forgot (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([July] 2007)
-
- Keywords
- dinosaurs; parachutes; pterodactyls
Indexer Notes
Pencil credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. These records also show "Andru" for inker credits.
You Asked for It!
Aquaman and Aqualad / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
inside front cover; house ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #30
Guinea Pig Patrol!
The War That Time Forgot / comic story / 12.67 pages
- Genre
- adventure; war
- Characters
- Marve; Augie; Stack; unnamed Lieutenant; Leo (killed); Charlie (killed?); Nick; Hank Howard;
- Synopsis
- A paratrooper is fished from the ocean, haunted and catatonic. A new group of paratroopers is sent out on the same route to find the menace, "Flying Guinea Pigs". They're attacked by pterodactyls, giant eels, lambeosaurs, and more, in the sky and water. Grenades and help from a fighter plane send the dinos packing, and the "guinea pigs" are picked up by a PT boat.
- Reprints
- in G.I. War Tales (DC, 1973 series) #1 (March-April 1973) [page 7 omitted in reprint]
- in Showcase Presents: The War That Time Forgot (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([July] 2007)
-
- Keywords
- dinosaurs; paratroopers; pterodactyls
Indexer Notes
Pencil credits and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. These records also show "Andru" for inker credits.
Story in two parts of 6 pages and 6.67 pages.
[no title indexed]
The Brave and the Bold; Hawkman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Who is Hawkman...
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately following page 6 of the previous story sequence.
Our American Heritage
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.
Screaming Eagle... Battle Story of the 101st Airborne Division
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; military
The Human Torpedo!
comic story / 5.67 pages
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- A new "tinfish tender" on a sub is assigned torpedoes 1 and 2. He waits for the order as battle with a Japanese cruiser rages above and below. But when he fires his torps, the first one circles and damages the sub's rudder, and the second bumps along the hull. Feeling it's his fault, the sailor dons frogman gear and guides the torp through depth charges and shellfire to sink the Japanese cruiser. The sub's "secret weapon" is a "human torpedo"!
- Keywords
- Frogman
Indexer Notes
Pencil and inks credits, and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Sgt. Rock's Combat Corner / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ratings on WW2 subs; Squad Leaders; FH-1 Phantom
- Synopsis
- Sgt Rock thanks many letter writers by name, then answers questions about ratings on WW2 subs; squad leader orders; and the FH-1 Phantom, first jet to land on a carrier.
Gunner from the Past!
comic story / 5.67 pages
- Script
- Bob Haney
- Pencils
- Russ Heath (signed) (sourced)
- Inks
- Russ Heath (signed) (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- military; war
- Characters
- "Pop"; "Mac"; The Captain; various unnamed crew members
- Synopsis
- An aging World War I gunner wants to fly one last mission against the Nazis. The captain doesn't like it, but says it's too late to turn back. "Pop" does a decent job, but when the plane is damaged and the flight crew incapacitated, there is no one left to fly the plane -- except "Pop."
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Guinea Pig Patrol!
The War That Time Forgot -
1.
You Asked for It!
Aquaman and Aqualad -
2.
Guinea Pig Patrol!
The War That Time Forgot -
3.
["Who is Hawkman..."]
The Brave and the Bold; Hawkman -
4.
Our American Heritage
-
5.
[no title indexed]
Our Army at War -
6.
Screaming Eagle... Battle Story of the 101st Airborne Division
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7.
The Human Torpedo!
-
8.
[no title indexed]
G.I. Combat; TNT Trio -
9.
["Ratings on WW2 subs; Squad Leaders; FH-1 Phantom"]
Sgt. Rock's Combat Corner -
10.
Gunner from the Past!
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11.
[no title indexed]
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12.
[no title indexed]
Revolutionary War Soldiers -
13.
[no title indexed]
Frontier Cabin -
14.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes -
15.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
16.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Martin Burch
- Nick Caputo
- John Censullo
- Peter Croome
- Clayton Emery
- Donald Dale Milne
- J.D. Sebastian
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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