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Issue Details

Issue #52
Published September 1957
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Robert Kanigher (actual)
Notes Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Schwartz kept editorial records for Robert Kanigher, who edited this issue. Pencils and inks originally credited to Joe Kubert, but art experts agree it is Jerry Grandenetti (added by Greg Fischer, August 2008).

Cover Details - "Call for a Tank"

Genre War
Pencils Jerry Grandenetti
Inks Jerry Grandenetti
Notes Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Schwartz kept editorial records for Robert Kanigher, who edited this issue. Pencils and inks originally credited to Joe Kubert, but art experts agree it is Jerry Grandenetti (added by Greg Fischer, August 2008).

8 page story "Call for a Tank"

Genre War
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Joe Kubert
Inks Joe Kubert
Notes Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (added by Greg Fischer, August 2008).
Reprinted in Our Fighting Forces (DC, 1954 series) #136 (March-April 1972)

6 page story "The Big Sweep"

Genre War
Script France Herron
Pencils Russ Heath
Inks Russ Heath
Notes Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (added by Greg Fischer, August 2008).

4 page story "How Does He Do It?"

Genre War
Script Bob Haney
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Mike Esposito
Notes Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, show Ross Andru as being paid for the pencils and inks for this story, however Mike Esposito worked with Ross and scholars agree he inked this story (added by Greg Fischer, August 2008).

6 page story "Battle Arithmetic"

Genre War
Script Bob Haney
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Mike Esposito
Notes Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, show Ross Andru as being paid for the pencils and inks for this story, however Mike Esposito worked with Ross and scholars agree he inked this story (added by Greg Fischer, August 2008).
Reprinted in Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #53