G.I. Combat
#87
(April-May 1961)
DC,
1957 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1961-02-14
- 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
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[Dead End!]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Russ Heath (signed)
- Inks
- Russ Heath (signed)
- Colors
- Jack Adler (washtone)
- Genre
- war
Indexer Notes
Pencil and ink credit confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Honor House Prod. Corp. / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Introducing -- the Haunted Tank
The Haunted Tank / comic story / 18 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- The Haunted Tank crew: Arch Asher (introduction); Rick Rawlins (introduction); Slim Stryker (introduction); General J.E.B. Stuart (introduction, ghost); Jeb Stuart (introduction)
- Synopsis
- The Haunted Tank takes on several German Tiger tanks in a small town, managing to destroy them even though the little Stuart tank is outclassed.
- Reprints
-
in Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #216 (February-March 1970) - in America at War: The Best of DC War Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1979 series) (1979)
- in America at War: The Best of DC War Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1979 series) (October 1979)
- in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #12 (August 1981)
- in Sgt. Rock Special (DC, 1988 series) #11 (March 1991)
- in Showcase Presents: Haunted Tank (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([August] 2006)
- in DC Goes to War (DC, 2020 series) ([August] 2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Pencil and inks credits, and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[Deadline, Pearl Diver]
Army Slang! / cartoon / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; military
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately following page 6 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Zenith Company / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately following page 6 of the previous story sequence.
A Salute to Our American Indians!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Private Pete / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- These maneuvers with real ammunition are dangerous!
- Genre
- humor; military
- Reprints
- from Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #3 (November 1952)
-
in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #60 (1961)
-
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately following page 12 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Grit Publishing Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately following page 12 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Showcase; Aquaman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 13 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Sgt. Rock's Combat Corner / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert (illustration)
- Inks
- Joe Kubert (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Dead End!
comic story / 5.67 pages
- Genre
- war
Indexer Notes
Pencil and inks credits, and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Our Army at War; Sgt. Rock / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert (illustration)
- Inks
- Joe Kubert (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[Dead End!]
-
1.
[no title indexed]
Honor House Prod. Corp. -
2.
Introducing -- the Haunted Tank
The Haunted Tank -
3.
[Deadline, Pearl Diver]
Army Slang! -
4.
[no title indexed]
Zenith Company -
5.
A Salute to Our American Indians!
-
6.
["These maneuvers with real ammunition are dangerous!"]
Private Pete -
7.
[no title indexed]
Grit Publishing Co. -
8.
[no title indexed]
Showcase; Aquaman -
9.
[no title indexed]
Sgt. Rock's Combat Corner -
10.
World War II Battle Story of... The 4th Marine Division
-
11.
Dead End!
-
12.
[no title indexed]
Our Army at War; Sgt. Rock -
13.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
14.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
15.
[no title indexed]
American Seed Co.
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- Matthew Head
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- Mike Nielsen
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