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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