Issue Details

Issue	#56
Published	January 1958
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth, Robert Kanigher (uncredited)

Cover Details - "The D.I. -- and the Sand Fleas"

Genre	War
Pencils	Joe Kubert
Inks	Joe Kubert
Notes	Pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (20 January 2008)

12 page story "The D.I. -- and the Sand Fleas!"

Synopsis	A Drill Instructor turns a bunch of raw recruits into real Marines. WWII story
Genre	War
Script	Robert Kanigher
Pencils	Joe Kubert
Inks	Joe Kubert
Notes	Sgt. Rock prototype. Pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (20 January 2008)
Reprinted	in Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales (DC, 1964 series) #1 (Winter 1964); Sgt. Rock's Combat Tales (DC 2005 series) #1; in Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales Replica Edition (DC, 2000 series) #1

6 page story "Combat Mile"

Genre	War
Pencils	Ross Andru
Inks	Mike Esposito
Notes	Pencils credit from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (20 January 2008)

6 page story "20,000 Foot Curtain"

Genre	War
Script	Bob Haney
Pencils	Russ Heath
Inks	Russ Heath
Notes	Pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (20 January 2008)
Reprinted	in All-American Men of War (DC, 1953 series) #117