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Issue Details

Issue #379
Published August 1983
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.60 USD
Pages 36
Editing Joe Kubert

Cover Details

Characters Sgt. Rock
Genre War
Pencils Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks Joe Kubert (signed)

14 page Sgt. Rock story "The Taste of Blood"

Characters Sgt. Rock; Easy Company [Bulldozer; Jackie Johnson; Little Sure Shot; Ice Cream Soldier; Worry-Wart; Wildman; 4-Eyes; Canary; Short Round; Long Round; Wheeler; Lt. O'Brien (Death); Thompson (Death); Kelly (Death); Corporal Levy (Death)]
Synopsis Wheeler wants a field-commission so much he kills Lt. O'Brien during battle. When he realizes Sgt. Rock saw the incident he tries to kill Sgt. Rock.
Genre War
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Frank Redondo
Inks Frank Redondo
Colors Tatjana Wood
Letters Esphid Mahilum

1 page TSR advertisement "Star Frontiers"

Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Larry Elmore (signed)
Inks Larry Elmore (signed)
Notes Ad for the Star Frontiers role-playing game.

2 page Battle Album story "8-Ball Squadron"

Characters Ensign George "Tex" Gay
Synopsis The Battle of Midway and the 8-Ball Squadron.
Genre war
Pencils Jack Arata (signed)
Inks Jack Arata (signed)

2 page Take Ten letters page

Letters Typeset
Notes Revealed that Sgt. Rock's dog-tag number is 409966

5 page story "What Are We Fighting For?"

Synopsis German soldiers search a French farmhouse for a downed American pilot.
Genre War
Script Jack C. Harris
Pencils Rex Lindsey
Inks Rex Lindsey
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Andy Kubert
Notes World War II story.

1 page Meanwhile... promo (ad from the publisher)

Script Dick Giordano
Letters Typeset
Notes Includes a mention on the death of Frank Chiaramonte.

2 page story "Up Front"

Characters A Sergeant takes his squad on a "Top Secret" mission, to get the cook a chicken.
Genre War; Humor
Script Bill Roussert
Pencils Bill Roussert (signed)
Inks Bill Roussert (signed)
Notes Credits from Comic Reader 211