Star Spangled War Stories #108

(April-May 1963)

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

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

Dinosaur D-Day! (Table of Contents: 2)

The War That Time Forgot / comic story / 16.67 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher

Pencils

Ross Andru

Inks

Mike Esposito

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Lieutenant! Look what's coming out of those LSTs!

Genre

adventure; war

Characters

Lieutenant; Sergeant; "Sad Sack Snafus"

Synopsis

A bottom-of-the-barrel lieutenant and sergeant are given a squad of "sad sack snafus" and sent to police (clean up) battlefields. On (Dinosaur) island, they clean up smashed materiel after a battle. The only action is waiting on LSTs that went missing. The LSTs land: and dinosaurs debark! The soldiers fight dinosaurs with junk weapons and a Japanese tank. Finally pushed to the surf, they shove a floating mine at the dinosaurs and blow up the last. "They'll have to strike a new kind of medal for the fight you and your men put up here!"

Reprints

• in Showcase Presents: The War That Time Forgot (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([July] 2007)

Keywords

dinosaurs

Indexer Notes

Story in three parts of 5.67 pages, 6 pages, and 5 pages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Our Fighting Forces; Our Army at War / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

National Radio Institute Home Study Course / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Salute to Our Fellow Citizens of Puerto Rico! (Table of Contents: 5)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; advocacy

Indexer Notes

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

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

Infantry Nicknames / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Morris Waldinger

Pencils

Morris Waldinger

Inks

Tom Nicolosi

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Because the shoulder patch of the 1st Infantry Division...

Genre

non-fiction; military

Indexer Notes

On the page between page 12 and page 13 of the previous story sequence.

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

Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Missile Attack / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[German 88s, amphibious ships, M-24 tank, corps numbers] (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

Synopsis

Sgt. Rock answers questions about German 88s, amphibious ships, M-24 tank, corps numbers.

Indexer Notes

Letters from Wally Moses, Roy Fletcher, H.T., and Roger Wheeler.

Jump Into Two Wars! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Haney

Pencils

Joe Kubert (signed)

Inks

Joe Kubert (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

All we must do is stop a whole Nazi tank division...

Genre

war

Characters

Paratrooper Lieutenant; French advisor; paratroopers; Charles Martel (Charlemagne); French knights; Moors

Synopsis

Night before D-Day, a scared lieutenant prepares to jump with paratroopers where Charles Martel AKA Charlemagne drove the Moors from France. He bangs his head jumping... And lands at the feet of Charlemagne in 732 AD! His gun jams, but he helps win the battle by circling to a mill dam and blowing it up with a grenade. He's conked by debris... And lands in the same spot, on D-Day, as Nazi tanks advance. Remembering the mill, Lt. circles and blows it up with a bazooka, washing out the tanks. "How did you know?" "You could say... I 'dreamed' it..."

Reprints

• in Our Fighting Forces (DC, 1954 series) #121 (September-October 1969)

Keywords

Charles Martel (Charlemagne); Moors

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The Brave and the Bold; Strange Sports Stories / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

104 Kings' Knights / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Tootsie Roll / 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) /

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)