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Issue Details

Issue #18
Published Fall 1979
Frequency four times a year
Cover Price 0.95 USD
Pages 100
Editing Paul Levitz

Cover Details

Genre war
Pencils Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks Joe Kubert (signed)

1 page credits "Table of Contents"

Letters typeset
Notes Includes logo from front cover.

18 page Sgt. Rock story "Target -- Sgt. Rock!"

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.
Genre war
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Joe Kubert
Inks Joe Kubert
Reprinted from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #124 (November 1962)

Half page filler "War Words"

Synopsis Illustrated definitions of "pontoon" and "barrage."
Genre war
Pencils Ross Andru ?
Inks Mike Esposito ?
Notes Appears at bottom of page 8 of story sequence 1.

6 page story "The Big Marker!"

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.
Genre war
Script Bob Haney
Pencils Russ Heath
Inks Russ Heath
Reprinted From Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #76 (November 1958)

6 page story "Broomstick Pilot!"

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.
Genre war
Script France Herron [as Eddie Herron]
Pencils John Severin
Inks John Severin
Reprinted from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #69 (April 1958)

10 page story "Who Is Haunting the Haunted Chateau?"

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.
Genre war; occult
Script Sheldon Mayer
Pencils Alex Toth
Inks Alex Toth
Reprinted from Weird War Tales (DC, 1971 series) #10 (January 1973)

6 page story "Jackpot Target!"

Synopsis Account of P.T. 105 chasing a Japanese battle cruiser, and ending in both ships being sunk.
Genre war
Script Bob Haney
Pencils Jack Abel
Inks Jack Abel
Reprinted from Our Fighting Forces (DC, 1954 series) #40 (November 1958)

Half page filler "Mine-Hunters!"

Synopsis Description of mine detecting aparatus known as an "octopus."
Genre war

1 page story "War Bluff!"

Characters Harry J. Adams
Synopsis Account of Harry J. Adams' performing the largest one-man capture during WWI.
Genre war
Script Morris Waldinger
Pencils Morris Waldinger
Inks Morris Waldinger
Letters Morris Waldinger
Reprinted from ?

2 page Battle Album story "Tanks"

Synopsis Information on four historical tank designs.
Genre war
Script Sam Glanzman
Pencils Sam Glanzman
Inks Sam Glanzman
Reprinted from G.I. Combat (DC, 1957 series) #151 (December 1971-January 1972)

14 page Enemy Ace story "3 Graves to Home!"

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.
Genre war
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks Joe Kubert (signed)
Reprinted from Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #150 (April-May 1970)

Half page General Little filler

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.
Genre humor
Notes Appears at bottom of page 6 of story sequence 11.

6 page story "Patrol to Nowhere!"

Synopsis A new soldier on desert patrol has difficulty telling what is real and what is a mirage.
Genre war
Script Bob Haney
Pencils Mort Drucker
Inks Mort Drucker
Reprinted from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #79 (February 1959)

4 page story "Deliver: One Tank!"

Synopsis A tank delivery crew runs into so much enemy fire that they deliver a badly damaged tank.
Genre war
Script Bob Haney
Pencils Russ Heath
Inks Russ Heath
Reprinted from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #63 (October 1957)

2 page Table-Top Dioramas activity

Genre war
Pencils Sam Glanzman (signed)
Inks Sam Glanzman (signed)
Notes Cut-outs to create dioramas of a beach attack and Iwo Jima scenes, with info about Iwo Jima.

6 page story "Frogman Fury!"

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.
Genre war
Script Hank Chapman
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Mike Esposito
Reprinted from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #102 (January 1961)

1 page text article "Warriors Who Hate War"

Synopsis Editorial about the DC war stories being anti-war, using examples of Sgt. Rock, Hans Von Hammer, and The Unknown Soldier.
Genre war
Script Mike W. Barr
Letters typeset

13 page Unknown Soldier story "Appointment in Prague"

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.
Script Archie Goodwin
Pencils Jack Sparling
Inks Jack Sparling
Editing Archie Goodwin
Notes Splash page includes black-and-white photos. Special thanks listed for Joe Kubert, but not stated what it is for.
Reprinted from Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #171 (July 1973)