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Issue Details

Issue #189
Published February 1968
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Robert Kanigher

Cover Details - "The Mission Was Murder"

Characters Sgt. Rock
Genre War
Pencils Joe Kubert
Inks Joe Kubert

7 page Sgt. Rock story "The Mission Was Murder Part One"

Characters Sgt. Rock; Easy Company; Unit 3 [Henri]
Genre war
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Joe Kubert
Inks Jack Abel
Notes Introduction to the Teenage underground fighters of Unit 3. Credits for script, 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.

5 page Sgt. Rock story "The Mission Was Murder Part Two"

Characters Sgt. Rock; Easy Company; Unit 3
Genre War
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Joe Kubert
Inks Jack Abel

6 page story "Tag For A Tail Gunner"

Genre War
Script France Herron
Pencils Arthur Peddy
Inks Arthur Peddy
Notes Noted as A Demand Classic.
Reprinted from Our Fighting Forces (DC, 1954 series) #1 (DC, October-November 1954).

8 page story "You Can't Bust A Sergeant"

Genre war
Script Howard Liss
Pencils Jack Sparling
Inks Jack Sparling
Notes Credits for script, 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.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Direct Currents"

Characters Superman; Bob Hope
Genre Fact; news; bulletin
Pencils Neal Adams
Letters typeset
Notes Features reviews of titles available. Contains two house ads of Action Comics #358 and The Adventures of Bob Hope #109.

1 page letters page "Readers--Sound Off!"

Characters Sgt. Rock (in masthead)
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Joe Kubert
Inks Joe Kubert
Letters typeset
Notes Fan letter from Guy Lillian.