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Issue: Star Spangled War Stories #40
Publication Date: December 1955
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Issues: #40 of 202 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/25/1955
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Robert Kanigher (uncredited)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Desert Duel!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Irv Novick (signed)
Inker(s): Irv Novick (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: war
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics; the original indexer credited by the pencils and inks to Jerry Grandenetti.
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Draw Me!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Art Instruction, Inc.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Desert Duel!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Kanigher
Penciller(s): Jerry Grandenetti
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 1
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Iceberg War!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Haney
Penciller(s): Ross Andru
Inker(s): Mike Esposito
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Pencils credit confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics; the original indexer credited the pencils and inks to Irv Novick.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Irwin Hasen
Penciller(s): Irwin Hasen
Inker(s): Irwin Hasen
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, war
Feature(s): Private Diary
First Line: Monday: Dear Diary, on my first jump behind enemy lines...
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T.N.T. Trail!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Reed
Penciller(s): Bob Brown
Inker(s): Bob Brown
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. We formerly credited the script to David V. Reed in error.
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Up-Periscope!

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 2
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Penciller(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Private Battle!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Herron
Penciller(s): Irv Novick
Inker(s): Irv Novick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics; the original indexer credited the pencils to Ross Andru and the inks to Mike Esposito.
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kings' Knights
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How a Nation Is Born - Your United Nations at Work

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, opinion
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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