Unknown Soldier #259 [Direct]
(January 1982)

DC, 1977 Series
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Volume
31
Price
0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-10-06
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Mike W. Barr (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Capt. Storm; Unknown Soldier / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Job Number
C-752
Genre
war
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We Who Are About to Die... (Table of Contents: 1)

Unknown Soldier / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Dick Ayers
Inks
Gerry Talaoc
Colors
Bob LeRose
Letters
Esphid Mahilum
Job Number
J-7679
Genre
war
Characters
Unknown Soldier
Synopsis
The Unknown Soldier travels to Italy to recover a special isotope.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Confidential Comments / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Robin Snyder (credited as RS)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-889

Voices (Table of Contents: 3)

Bob Kanigher's Gallery of War / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Dan Spiegle
Inks
Dan Spiegle
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
J-7703
Genre
war

Indexer Notes

Civil War story.

You Can't Bury the Dead, Part Three: Shootout at Torpedo Alley! (Table of Contents: 4)

Capt. Storm / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Adrian Gonzales (credited as Adrian Gonzalez)
Inks
Sam Grainger
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
J-7634
Genre
war
Characters
Captain Storm; John Kennedy
Synopsis
Captain Storm saves John Kennedy, and kills the Japanese commander that destroyed his first command.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Capt. Storm; Unknown Soldier
  2. 1. We Who Are About to Die...
    Unknown Soldier
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Confidential Comments
  4. 3. Voices
    Bob Kanigher's Gallery of War
  5. 4. You Can't Bury the Dead, Part Three: Shootout at Torpedo Alley!
    Capt. Storm
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  • Peter Croome
  • CTGarry
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jim Stangas
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
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