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Issue Details

Issue #85
Published August 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Bob Kanigher

Cover Details - "Ice Cream Soldier!"

Genre war
Pencils Jerry Grandenetti
Inks Jerry Grandenetti
Notes Cover pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (2 February 2008).
Reprinted in Sgt. Rock Archives, The (DC, 2002 series) #1

10 page Sgt. Rock story "Ice Cream Soldier!"

Synopsis Phil Mason, a timid kid, unprepared for combat, has been nicknamed by the rest of Easy Company as "Ice Cream Soldier" because they think he is most likely to melt in combat. But on the day he stands on a frostbitten foot on a frozen lake and takes down two tanks he proves that there is nothing hard about fighting on ice for an Ice Cream Soldier.
Genre war
Script Bob Kanigher
Pencils Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks Joe Kubert (signed)
Reprinted in G.I. Combat (DC, 1957 series) #150 (October-November 1971); in Sgt. Rock Special (DC, 1988 series) #7 (March 1990); in Sgt. Rock Archives, The (DC, 2002 series) #1

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll ad"

1 page Peter Porkchops public service announcement "Tips on Summer Fun"

Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Rube Grossman
Inks Rube Grossman
Letters Ira Schnapp

Half page filler "War Words"

Half page advertisement "Palisades Park ad"

Characters Superman

4 page story "G.I. Cage"

Synopsis The story of a captured American soldier and his escape from an enemy POW camp.
Genre war
Script Hank Chapman
Pencils Jerry Grandenetti
Inks Jerry Grandenetti
Notes Pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (2 February 2008).

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Pops ad"

1 page filler "Brave but True"

1 page Combat Corner letters page

Letters typeset

7 page story "Something for the Sarge"

Synopsis When their Sergeant is wounded on a mission, three soldiers try to make good on his training in order to finish the mission.
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 (2 February 2008).
Reprinted in G.I. Combat (DC, 1957 series) #144 (October-November 1970)

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Fudge ad"