(November 1962)

DC, 1952 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1962-08-30
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 (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of September 4 in Star Spangled War Stories #105.

Target -- Sgt. Rock! (Table of Contents)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Kubert
Inks
Joe Kubert
Colors
Jack Adler (color and wash effects)
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
war
Reprints

Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Target -- Sgt. Rock! (Table of Contents: 2)

Sgt. Rock / comic story / 17.33 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. [Bulldozer; Ice Cream Soldier; Wildman (cameo); Sunny (cameo); Bates (death); Clack-Clack (death); Beanpole (death); Curly (death)]; Major Otto Von Strupp
Synopsis
Rock goes into shock and is disoriented after falling off a building. A German commander takes advantage to convince Rock that he's on their side and to lead an attack on Easy.
Reprints
Keywords
brain-washed; Germans; machine guns; tanks

Indexer Notes

Story in two parts of 7.67 pages and 9.67 pages.

Tootsie Roll Makes History! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

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

Health Myths Debunked! (Table of Contents: 5)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
advocacy

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately following the previous sequence.

Take Arms! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Julius Schwartz
Pencils
Morris Waldinger
Inks
Tom Nicolosi
Colors
?
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Genre
non-fiction; war
Reprints

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the previous story sequence.

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

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

World War II Fuel Supplies... (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; war

Tiki Gods (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Tiki Gods / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

104 Kings' Knights (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

104 Kings' Knights / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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 Don Gole, Ed Wolf, Conrad Wright, Fred Wooley, and Stephen Wink.

Flattop Tank! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 6.67 pages (report information)

Script
Hank Chapman
Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Irv Novick
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
war

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

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Batman; World's Finest Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Target -- Sgt. Rock!
    Sgt. Rock
  2. 1. Treasure Chest of Fun
    Honor House Products
  3. 2. Target -- Sgt. Rock!
    Sgt. Rock
  4. 3. Tootsie Roll Makes History!
    Tootsie Roll
  5. 4. ["Meet Chronos the man who mastered time!"]
    The Atom
  6. 5. Health Myths Debunked!
  7. 6. Take Arms!
  8. 7. ["I'm a fudge judge..."]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  9. 8. World War II Fuel Supplies...
  10. 9. Tiki Gods
    Tiki Gods
  11. 10. 104 Kings' Knights
    104 Kings' Knights
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Sgt. Rock's Combat Corner
  13. 12. Flattop Tank!
  14. 13. ["Your eyes may play tricks... but not your taste!"]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  15. 14. ["Batman's new secret identity!"]
    Batman; World's Finest Comics
  16. 15. ["Skinny or fat, 15, 20, 30 or 40 years of age..."]
    American Body Building Club
  17. 16. ["For real shootin' fun with a real gun feel..."]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
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