G.I. Combat #229 [Direct]
(May 1981)

DC, 1957 Series
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Volume
30
Price
1.00 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Murray Boltinoff (editor)

Issue Notes

A Bell for Dying / The Barefoot G.I.s (Table of Contents)

The Haunted Tank / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
B-4530
First Line of Dialogue or Text
2 Haunted Tank Thrillers
Genre
war

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Do Only Cowards Quit? (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Kashdan (credited as G. Kashdan)
Pencils
Dick Ayers (signed)
Inks
Dick Ayers (signed)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
B-4501
First Line of Dialogue or Text
As some wounded G.I.s stagger through dense tropical shrubbery...
Genre
war
Keywords
Nazis

Indexer Notes

inside front cover

A Bell for Dying (Table of Contents: 2)

The Haunted Tank / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Sam Glanzman
Inks
Dick Ayers
Colors
Adrienne Roy (credited as Adrienn)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (credited as Gaspar)

Job Number
B-4382
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Unique among all the tanks in World War II is the Haunted Tank...
Genre
war
Characters
The Haunted Tank; Jeb Stuart

Indexer Notes

Divided in 2 parts: "Highway to Hell" and "The Last Assault!".

The Walking Booby Trap (Table of Contents: 3)

OSS / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher (credited as Kanigher)
Pencils
E. R. Cruz (signed)
Inks
E. R. Cruz (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Esphid Mahilum

Job Number
B-4368
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The first German jets to appear in the skies over Europe flashed past our B-17s like thunderbolts...
Genre
war
Characters
Carson; Ingrid

Eyes of a Traitor (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Kashdan
Pencils
Edgar Bercasio
Inks
Edgar Bercasio
Colors
Bob LeRose
Letters
Esphid Mahilum

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sometimes your best buddy can turn out to have the...
Genre
war
Characters
Lt. Dave Markham

Indexer Notes

binoculars

Assault of the Centurymen (Table of Contents: 5)

Famous Fighting Outfits / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Murray Boltinoff (credited as M. B.)
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It was a clammy-cool wet day Nov. 1, 1944 when an infantryman facing German lines at Rambervillers...
Genre
non-fiction; military; war

1 Shot That Killed 100 (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
David Allikas
Pencils
Madzhie Sangalang (credited as Madzhie B. Sangalang)
Inks
Madzhie Sangalang (credited as Madzhie B. Sangalang)
Colors
?
Letters
Esphid Mahilum

Job Number
B-4167
First Line of Dialogue or Text
April 1940... The tiny city of Marennes falls as Hitler's Wehrmacht rolls relentlessly through France...
Genre
war
Characters
Dumont; Jacques; Andre

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

Let's Make Tracks... / letters page / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
Ed Hannigan (credited as Ed); Murray Boltinoff (signed as M. B.)
Pencils
Sam Glanzman ? (illustration)
Inks
Sam Glanzman ? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
B-4435

Indexer Notes

Letters from Robin Snyder, Gregg Stamey, Jr., Bob LeRose, Sam Katz.

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

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Substitute Corpse (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Kashdan
Pencils
Vic Catan (credited as Vicatan Jr.)
Inks
Vic Catan (credited as Vicatan Jr.)
Colors
?
Letters
Esphid Mahilum

Job Number
B-4429
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Cornered by the enemy and desperate, he was a dead man... unless he could find a...
Genre
war
Characters
Capt. Mike Fillmore; Sgt. Wilson; Cpl. Hannaberry

The Bare-Footed G.I.'s (Table of Contents: 10)

The Haunted Tank / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Sam Glanzman (credited as Glanzman)
Inks
Dick Ayers (credited as Ayers)
Colors
Bob LeRose
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (credited as Gaspar)

Job Number
B-4378
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm the ghostly guardian of the Haunted Tank! Any soldier who's ever been in combat...
Genre
war
Characters
The Haunted Tank; J.E.B. Stuart; Jeb Stuart; Gus Gray; Rick; Slim Stryker
Keywords
Nazis

Deadly Questions! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Dick Ayers
Inks
Dick Ayers
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
B-4425
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Belgium, 1945, and a lone figure trudges through the snow...
Genre
war

Indexer Notes

inside back cover

Belt-Buckle Booby Trap! (Table of Contents: 12)

All About Small Arms Combat Album / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Murray Boltinoff (credited as Bill Bolt)
Pencils
Sam Glanzman
Inks
Sam Glanzman
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Of all the special purpose weapons created during World War II, the German belt-buckle gun was surely the most exotic.
Genre
war

Indexer Notes

back cover

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. A Bell for Dying / The Barefoot G.I.s
    The Haunted Tank
  2. 1. Do Only Cowards Quit?
  3. 2. A Bell for Dying
    The Haunted Tank
  4. 3. The Walking Booby Trap
    OSS
  5. 4. Eyes of a Traitor
  6. 5. Assault of the Centurymen
    Famous Fighting Outfits
  7. 6. 1 Shot That Killed 100
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Let's Make Tracks...
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
  10. 9. Substitute Corpse
  11. 10. The Bare-Footed G.I.'s
    The Haunted Tank
  12. 11. Deadly Questions!
  13. 12. Belt-Buckle Booby Trap!
    All About Small Arms Combat Album
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • CTGarry
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Stangas
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore