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Issue Details

Issue #83
Published June 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Bob Kanigher
Notes Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics, erroneously attributes this cover to Joe Kubert (30 January 2008).

Cover Details - "The Rock and the Wall!"

Genre war
Pencils Jerry Grandenetti
Inks Jerry Grandenetti
Notes Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics, erroneously attributes this cover to Joe Kubert (30 January 2008).

10 page Sgt. Rock story "The Rock and the Wall!"

Characters Easy Company; Sgt. Rock; Joe Wall
Synopsis Joe Wall, the "Wall" of Easy learns that walls may fall but Rocks do not.
Genre War
Script Bob Kanigher
Pencils Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks Joe Kubert (signed)
Reprinted in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #7 (February 1965); in Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #280 (May 1975); in America at War: The Best of DC War Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1979 series) #[nn] (October 1979); in Sgt. Rock Archives, The (DC, 2002 series) #1 (2002); in Sgt. Rock's Combat Tales (DC, 2005 series) #1

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll ad"

1 page public service announcement "Fred Finds a Way!"

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

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Star Spangled War Stories #81"

5 page story "Flying Baby-Sitter"

Synopsis Flying a mission, the bombardier becomes baby sitter. The baby? His bomb-sight. Baby must be protected.
Script Bob Haney
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Mike Esposito
Notes Pencils credit from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (30 January 2008).

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Pops ad"

1 page filler "Crests of the Army"

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

7 page story "The D-Day Sun"

Synopsis A frogman, a pilot, and a commando all have important missions to accomplish before the sun can rise on D-Day.
Script Bob Haney
Pencils Mort Drucker
Inks Mort Drucker
Notes Pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (30 January 2008).

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Fudge ad"