(June-July 1972)

DC, 1952 Series
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Volume
21
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1972-04-11
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
DC [character]
Editing
Joe Kubert (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Action Comics #412 and Comic Reader #83.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Unknown Soldier / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed as Joe Kubert)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed as Joe Kubert)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
K-912
Genre
war
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Cover Thumbnail for Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #163
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Kill the General! (Table of Contents: 1)

Unknown Soldier / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Dan Spiegle (signed); Joe Kubert (Page 1 only)
Inks
Dan Spiegle (signed); Joe Kubert (Page 1 only)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
K-818
Genre
war
Synopsis
Unknown Soldier prevents an assassination attempt on Gen. Eisenhower during the Battle of the Bulge.
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The Ace Who Died Twice! (Table of Contents: 2)

Balloon Buster / comic story / 15.34 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
K-917
Genre
war
Characters
Lt. Steve Savage, the Balloon Buster
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Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Schwartz kept editorial records for Robert Kanigher, who edited All-American Men of War #114 where this story originally appeared.

Story in two parts of 6.67 and 8.67 pages.

Sgt. Storm Cloud (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
David Kahn
Pencils
Carmine Infantino (signed)
Inks
Carmine Infantino (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
K-916
Genre
war
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Indexer Notes

WWII Infantry story.

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

Via Air Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
K-918

Misnomers of War! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Morris Waldinger
Pencils
Morris Waldinger
Inks
Tom Nicolosi
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
K-930
Reprints
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Unknown Soldier
  2. 1. Kill the General!
    Unknown Soldier
  3. 2. The Ace Who Died Twice!
    Balloon Buster
  4. 3. Sgt. Storm Cloud
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Via Air Mail
  6. 5. Misnomers of War!
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  • Bob Hughes
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
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