Issue Details

Issue	#[nn]
Published	October 1979
Cover Price	6.95
Pages	247
Editing	Michael Uslan

Cover Details

Pencils	Joe Kubert
Inks	Joe Kubert

8 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Introduction"

Script	Michael Uslan
Pencils	repros of various covers
Letters	typeset

1 page cover reprint (on interior page) "Boy Commandos No. 4 Fall 1943"

Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Jack Kirby
Notes	intro to the 1940's section
Reprinted	from Boy Commandos (DC, 1942 series) #4 (Fall 1943)

11 page Blackhawk story "The Origin of Blackhawk"

Genre	adventure; war
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Charles Cuidera
Inks	Charles Cuidera
Reprinted	from Military Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1 (August 1941)

6 page Hop Harrigan story "Experimental Mission"

Genre	aviation
Script	Jon L. Blummer
Pencils	Jon L. Blummer
Inks	Jon L. Blummer
Editing	Joe Orlando
Reprinted	from All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #48 (March 1943)

12 page Boy Commandos story "The Romance of Rip Carter"

Genre	war; adventure
Script	Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Pencils	Jack Kirby; Joe Simon
Inks	Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Letters	Howard Ferguson
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #82 (December 1943)

4 page Superman story "Clark Kent Tries to Join the Army"

Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Jack Burnley
Inks	Jack Burnley
Editing	Joe Orlando
Reprinted	from Superman dailies (McClure Syndicate, 1939 series) 1943.02.15 - 1943.02.19

12 page Superman story "I Sustain the Wings"

Genre	superhero
Script	Mort Weisinger
Pencils	Joe Shuster
Inks	Jack Burnley
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #25 (December 1943)

1 page cover reprint (on interior page) "G.I. Combat #54 Nov 1957"

Script	Robert Kanigher
Pencils	Jerry Grandenetti
Inks	Jerry Grandenetti
Editing	Joe Orlando; Jack C. Harris
Notes	intro to the 1950's section
Reprinted	from G.I. Combat (DC, 1957 series) #54 (November 1957)

6 page story "Push-Button War"

Script	France Herron
Pencils	John Severin
Inks	John Severin
Reprinted	from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #67 (February 1958)

11 page Sgt. Rock story "The Rock and the Wall!"

Characters	Easy Company (intro); Sgt. Rock; Joe Wall
Synopsis	Joe Wall, the "Wall" of Easy learns that walls may fall but Rocks do not.
Genre	War
Script	Robert Kanigher
Pencils	Joe Kubert
Inks	Joe Kubert
Editing	Joe Orlando; Jack C. Harris
Reprinted	from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #83 (June 1959)

1 page cover reprint (on interior page) "Our Fighting Forces #49 Oct 1959"

Script	Robert Kanigher
Pencils	Jerry Grandenetti
Inks	Jerry Grandenetti
Reprinted	from Our Fighting Forces (DC, 1954 series) #49 (October 1959)

13 page Gunner & Sarge story "Blind Gunner!"

Genre	war
Script	Robert Kanigher
Pencils	Jerry Grandenetti
Inks	Jerry Grandenetti
Editing	Joe Orlando; Jack C. Harris
Reprinted	from Our Fighting Forces (DC, 1954 series) #49 (October 1959)

11 page Mlle. Marie story "T.N.T. Spotlight"

Genre	war
Script	Robert Kanigher
Pencils	Mort Drucker
Inks	Mort Drucker
Reprinted	from Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #87 (November 1959)

1 page cover reprint (on interior page) "Our Army at War #112 Nov 1961"

Script	Robert Kanigher
Pencils	Joe Kubert
Inks	Joe Kubert
Editing	Dennis O'Neil
Notes	intro to the 1960's
Reprinted	from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #112

18 page Haunted Tank story "Introducing -- the Haunted Tank"

Characters	Haunted Tank (first appearance); Jeb Stuart (first appearance); Arch Asher (first appearance); Rick Rawlins (first appearance); Slim Stryker (first appearance); General Jeb Stuart (first appearance; ghost)
Synopsis	The Haunted Tank takes on several German Tiger tanks in a small town, managing to destroy them even though the little Stuart tank is outclassed.
Genre	war
Script	Robert Kanigher
Pencils	Russ Heath
Inks	Russ Heath
Notes	Reprint of the first Haunted Tank story.
Reprinted	from G.I. Combat (DC, 1957 series) #87 (May 1961)

24 page Enemy Ace story "Killer Of The Skies!"

Characters	Enemy Ace [Hans von Hammer]; The Hunter (Canadian Ace)
Synopsis	The Enemy Ace faces off agains The Hunter, a Canadian Ace, over No-Man's Land.
Genre	war
Script	Robert Kanigher
Pencils	Joe Kubert
Inks	Joe Kubert
Reprinted	from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #57

15 page Sgt. Rock story "What's the Color of Your Blood?"

Genre	War
Script	Robert Kanigher
Pencils	Joe Kubert
Inks	Joe Kubert
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 Our Army At War #160 where this story originally appeared.
Reprinted	from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #160 (November 1965)

14 page War That Time Forgot story "The Killing Ground"

Script	Robert Kanigher
Pencils	Neal Adams
Inks	Neal Adams
Reprinted	from Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #134

1 page cover reprint (on interior page) "Our Fighting Forces #102 Aug 1966"

Script	Robert Kanigher
Pencils	Joe Kubert
Inks	Joe Kubert
Reprinted	from Our Fighting Forces (DC, 1954 series) #102 (August 1966)

18 page Capt. Hunter story "Cold Steel for a Hot War!"

Genre	war
Script	Robert Kanigher
Pencils	Jack Abel
Inks	Jack Abel
Editing	Robert Kanigher
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 Our Fighting Forces #102 where this story originally appeared
Reprinted	from Our Fighting Forces (DC, 1954 series) #102 (August 1966)

1 page cover reprint (on interior page) "Army at War #1"

Pencils	Joe Kubert
Inks	Joe Kubert
Notes	intro to the 1970's
Reprinted	from Army at War (DC, 1978 series) #1

6 page story "The Glory Boys"

Script	Robert Kanigher
Pencils	Alex Toth
Inks	Alex Toth
Letters	Alex Toth
Reprinted	from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #235 (August 1971)

1 page cover reprint (on interior page) "Our Army at War #233 June 1971"

Script	Robert Kanigher
Pencils	Joe Kubert
Inks	Joe Kubert
Reprinted	from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #233 (June 1971)

12 page Sgt. Rock story "Head-Count"

Genre	War
Script	Robert Kanigher
Pencils	Joe Kubert
Inks	Joe Kubert
Reprinted	From Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #233 (June 1971)

4 page USS Stevens story "Kamikaze"

Genre	war
Script	Sam Glanzman
Pencils	Sam Glanzman
Inks	Sam Glanzman
Reprinted	from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #235 (August 1971)

1 page cover reprint (on interior page) "Star Spangled War Stories #183 Nov-Dec 1974"

Script	Joe Orlando
Pencils	Joe Kubert
Inks	Joe Kubert
Reprinted	from Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #183 (November-December 1974)

13 page Unknown Soldier story "8,000 to One"

Script	David Michelinie
Pencils	Gerry Talaoc
Inks	Gerry Talaoc
Reprinted	from Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #183 (November-December 1974)

6 page story "The Pool"

Script	Len Wein; Marv Wolfman
Pencils	Russ Heath
Inks	Russ Heath
Reprinted	from Weird War Tales (DC, 1971 series) #3 (February 1972)

3 page text article "DC War Comics Bibliography"

Script	Michael Uslan
Letters	typeset

1 page text article "Index to DC's 1950s Frontier War Comics"

Script	Michael Uslan
Letters	typeset