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Issue Details

Issue #81
Published May 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Robert Kanigher
Notes Julius Schwartz's editorial records, supplied to the GCD by DC comics, indicate that Jerry Grandinetti was paid for this cover (29 January 2008)

Cover Details - "Khaki Mosquito!"

Genre War
Pencils Russ Heath
Inks Russ Heath
Notes Julius Schwartz's editorial records, supplied to the GCD by DC comics, indicate that Jerry Grandinetti was paid for this cover (29 January 2008)

12 page story "Khaki Mosquito"

Synopsis Is war a "man-to-man" battle, or more like unseen men trying to swat enemy "mosquitoes" they never see?
Genre War
Script Bob Haney
Pencils Jerry Grandenetti
Inks Robert Stuart
Notes Pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics; the original indexer credited the inks to Jerry Grandinetti (29 January 2008)

Half page advertisement "Tootise Roll ad"

1 page Aviation Almanac filler

Genre War
Script Morris Waldinger
Pencils Morris Waldinger
Inks Tom Nicolisi

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Showcase #20"

1 page public service announcement "Do You Make Life Hard for Yourself?"

Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily
Letters Ira Schnapp

5 page story "Ace on a Wall"

Synopsis A soldier chooses the Air Force to avoid "walls" and finds that even in the sky, he's in danger of being "walled in."
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 (29 January 2008)

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Pops ad"

1 page advertisement "Clyde Beatty and Cole Bros Circus at Palisades Amusement Park"

Characters Superman; Emmett Kelly

1 page Combat Corner letters page

Letters typeset

5 page story "Boot Hill for Baker"

Synopsis A group of soldiers fresh from Boot Camp, try to graduate from being called "boots" by taking an enemy hill.
Genre War
Script Bob Haney
Pencils Jack Abel
Inks Jack Abel
Notes Pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (29 January 2008)

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Fudge ad"