(July 1962)

DC, 1952 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1962-05-01
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Robert Kanigher (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Battle Tags of Easy Co.! (Table of Contents)

Sgt. Rock / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jerry Grandenetti
Inks
Jerry Grandenetti
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
war
Reprints
Keywords
tank

For the Best in Comics Entertainment (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Battle Tags for Easy Co.! (Table of Contents: 2)

Sgt. Rock / comic story / 14.67 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
war
Characters
Sgt. Rock; Easy Co. [Ice Cream Soldier; Bulldozer; Wildman; Sunny (cameo); Tag-a-long; Green Apple]
Synopsis
When a new recruit threatens to panic under enemy attack, Rock distracts him by telling stories of how Ice Cream Soldier, Wildman, and Bulldozer got their nicknames.
Reprints
Keywords
bazooka; Germans; grenades; machine gun; nicknames; tank

Indexer Notes

Story in two parts of 6 pages and 8.67 pages.

Army Bread-Line! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; war

Indexer Notes

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

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

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

Superman Says... "Be a Good Citizen!" (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
advocacy; superhero

Indexer Notes

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

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

Star Spangled War Stories; Our Fighting Forces / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

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 Wayne Gillis, Chris Garman, Nat Stapansky, and Billy Whitmer.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Batman; Detective Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Army Operations -- World War II (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; war

The Fort Had a Heart! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Russ Heath
Inks
Russ Heath
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
war

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

Sea Devils / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Magic Art Reproducer / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Task Force (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Task Force / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Midwest Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Battle Tags of Easy Co.!
    Sgt. Rock
  2. 1. For the Best in Comics Entertainment
  3. 2. Battle Tags for Easy Co.!
    Sgt. Rock
  4. 3. Army Bread-Line!
  5. 4. ["Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park..."]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  6. 5. Superman Says... "Be a Good Citizen!"
    Superman
  7. 6. ["For the very best..."]
    Star Spangled War Stories; Our Fighting Forces
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Sgt. Rock's Combat Corner
  9. 8. ["Batman unmasked!"]
    Batman; Detective Comics
  10. 9. Army Operations -- World War II
  11. 10. The Fort Had a Heart!
  12. 11. ["Whirl on an undersea roller coaster..."]
    Sea Devils
  13. 12. ["Draw any person in one minute"]
    Magic Art Reproducer
  14. 13. Task Force
    Task Force
  15. 14. ["Skinny or fat, 15, 20, 30 or 40 years of age..."]
    American Body Building Club
  16. 15. ["It's easy to have plenty of extra money..."]
    Midwest Cards
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Matthew Head
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore