DC Special Series
#18 - Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales
(Fall 1979 (November 1979))
DC,
1977 Series
- Volume
- 3
- Price
- 0.95 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- four times a year
- On-sale Date
- 1979-07-05
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC Blue Ribbon Digest
- Barcode
- 0709893174211
- Editing
- Paul Levitz (editor); Joe Orlando (managing editor)
Issue Notes
Indicia date is Fall 1979, date on cover is November.
Cover is dated November, the same as DC Special Series #19.
On sale date from the 1979 Library of Congress copyright records (cocatalog.loc.gov). Date given as July 5 in Comics Journal #47, DC Coming Attractions #32, and in a house ad in Weird War Tales #79. Date given as July 3 in Comic Reader #170.
Cover is dated November, the same as DC Special Series #19.
On sale date from the 1979 Library of Congress copyright records (cocatalog.loc.gov). Date given as July 5 in Comics Journal #47, DC Coming Attractions #32, and in a house ad in Weird War Tales #79. Date given as July 3 in Comic Reader #170.
[no title indexed]
Sgt. Rock / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Kubert (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- C-157
- Genre
- war
Target -- Sgt. Rock!
Sgt. Rock / comic story / 17.34 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Sgt. Rock; Bulldozer; Major Otto Von Strupp; Ice Cream Soldier; Wild Man; Sunny; Bates; Clack-Clack; Bean Pole; Curly; German soldiers
- Synopsis
- During some running skirmishes with Major Von Strupp's troops, Sgt. Rock receives a head injury that allows the Germans to brainwash him into thinking the Germans are Easy Company. This temporarily confuses Easy Company, but they hit Sgt. Rock in such a way that he comes to and helps capture Major Von Strupp.
- Reprints
-
from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #124 (November 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
Story in two parts of 7.67 and 9.67 pages.
[Pontoon, Barrage]
War Words / cartoon / 0.33 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; war
- Synopsis
- Illustrated definitions of "pontoon" and "barrage."
- Reprints
- from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #76 (November 1958)
-
Indexer Notes
Appears at bottom of page 8 of the Sgt. Rock story.
The Big Marker!
comic story / 5.67 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Santa Claus Patrol
- Synopsis
- A scout for the patrol tries to leave markers of enemy activity on a snow-covered mountain, but nature keeps erasing them.
- Reprints
- from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #76 (November 1958)
-
Broomstick Pilot!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- A pilot flys his Flying Fortress so low that he is able to escape all attacking planes and successfully bomb a sub pen while sneaking in from sea level.
- Reprints
- from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #69 (April 1958)
-
Who Is Haunting the Haunted Chateau?
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense; war
- Characters
- Captain Towers; Herbie Lang; Cecile L'Oiseau (ghost); Gaston; United States soldiers; German soldiers
- Synopsis
- Two airmen are flying in a damaged plane and the captain dumps the sergeant into a haunted chateau and crash lands himself. When they meet again years later, the sergeant reveals what happened when he met the ghost of the chateau.
- Reprints
- from Weird War Tales (DC, 1971 series) #10 (January 1973)
-
Jackpot Target!
comic story / 5.67 pages
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- Account of P.T. 105 chasing a Japanese battle cruiser, and ending in both ships being sunk.
- Reprints
- from Our Fighting Forces (DC, 1954 series) #40 (December 1958)
-
Mine-Hunters!
comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- Description of mine detecting aparatus known as an "octopus."
- Reprints
- from Our Fighting Forces (DC, 1954 series) #40 (December 1958) [top half only]
-
War Bluff!
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Sgt. Harry J. Adams
- Synopsis
- Account of Harry J. Adams' performing the largest one-man capture during WWI.
- Reprints
- from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #63 (October 1957)
-
Tanks
Battle Album / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Sam Glanzman
- Pencils
- Sam Glanzman (signed)
- Inks
- Sam Glanzman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- Information on four historical tank designs.
- Reprints
- from G.I. Combat (DC, 1957 series) #151 (December 1971-January 1972)
-
3 Graves to Home!
Enemy Ace / comic story / 13.34 pages
- Script
- Joe Kubert
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Kubert (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Hans Von Hammer [Enemy Ace]
- Synopsis
- Von Hammer is injured in France and must walk back to Germany. He receives unwitting help from relatives of his victims on the way.
- Reprints
- from Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #150 (April-May 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Pages 6 and 14 are 2/3-pages.
[no title indexed]
General Little / comic story / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Only one scoop goes in my ice cream sodas!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Little General; Mr. Flegenheimer
- Synopsis
- The Little General and his friends feign starvation in front of the ice cream parlor to convince Mr. Flegenheimer to give them 2 scoops of ice cream in their sodas.
- Reprints
- from All-American Men of War (DC, 1952 series) #14 (October 1954) [abbreviated]
-
Indexer Notes
Appears at bottom of page 6 of the Enemy Ace story.
Patrol to Nowhere!
comic story / 5.67 pages
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- A new soldier on desert patrol has difficulty telling what is real and what is a mirage.
- Reprints
- from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #79 (February 1959)
-
Deliver: One Tank!
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- A tank delivery crew runs into so much enemy fire that they deliver a badly damaged tank.
- Reprints
- from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #63 (October 1957)
-
Iwo Jima
Table-Top Diorama / activity / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sam Glanzman (signed)
- Inks
- Sam Glanzman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Genre
- war
- Reprints
- from G.I. Combat (DC, 1957 series) #156 (October-November 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
Cut-outs to create dioramas of a beach attack and Iwo Jima scenes, with info about Iwo Jima.
Frogman Fury!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Frogman Brannigan
- Synopsis
- Brannigan manages to destroy a Japanese airplane, combat craft, and sub while underwater, and retrieve the destroyed sub's propeller for use as a repair part for his own sub.
- Reprints
- from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #102 (January 1961)
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Warriors Who Hate War
text article / 1 page
- Script
- Mike W. Barr
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- Editorial about the DC war stories being anti-war, using examples of Sgt. Rock, Hans Von Hammer, and The Unknown Soldier.
Appointment in Prague
Unknown Soldier / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Archie Goodwin
- Pencils
- Jack Sparling
- Inks
- Jack Sparling
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Archie Goodwin (original editor)
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- The Unknown Soldier; Harry (dies); Anton Vladchek (dies); Josef Vladchek (dies)
- Synopsis
- Flashback of the origin, training and first mission of the Unknown Soldier.
- Reprints
- from Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #171 (July 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Splash page includes black-and-white photos. Special thanks listed for Joe Kubert, but not stated what it is for.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Sgt. Rock -
1.
Table of Contents
-
2.
Target -- Sgt. Rock!
Sgt. Rock -
3.
[Pontoon, Barrage]
War Words -
4.
The Big Marker!
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5.
Broomstick Pilot!
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6.
Who Is Haunting the Haunted Chateau?
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7.
Jackpot Target!
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8.
Mine-Hunters!
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9.
War Bluff!
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10.
Tanks
Battle Album -
11.
3 Graves to Home!
Enemy Ace -
12.
["Only one scoop goes in my ice cream sodas!"]
General Little -
13.
Patrol to Nowhere!
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14.
Deliver: One Tank!
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15.
Iwo Jima
Table-Top Diorama -
16.
Frogman Fury!
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17.
Warriors Who Hate War
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18.
Appointment in Prague
Unknown Soldier -
19.
Bombshell Battle Bulletin!
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20.
The Little Books That Pack a Big Punch!
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21.
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