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Issue: Our Fighting Forces #68
Publication Date: May 1962
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Issues: #68 of 181 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/27/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Robert Kanigher
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U.S.; later Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Col. Hakawa's Birthday Party!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jerry Grandenetti
Inker(s): Jerry Grandenetti
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Gunner & Sarge
Character(s): Gunner; Sarge
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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For the Best in Comics Entertainment

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Col. Hakawa's Birthday Party!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Kanigher
Penciller(s): Irv Novick
Inker(s): Irv Novick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Gunner & Sarge
Character(s): Gunner; Sarge; Pooch; Colonel Hakawa
Synopsis: A new Japanese commander, Colonel Hakawa, "invites" Sarge and his men to his birthday party in an attempt to ambush them.
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In Content Item: FlagOur Army at War #203 published February 1969
as Col. Hakawa's Birthday Party! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12.67
Disclose Notes: This story is the source for the Roy Lichtenstein painting "Flatten -- Sand fleas!"
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Feature(s): Our Army at War; Sgt. Rock
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Pages: 0.33
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Time-Out for Talk!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
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Pages: 1
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: informational, war
Feature(s): Army Corps Insignia!
First Line: The numerical designation of the XI Army Corps is depicted...
Synopsis: Insignia and brief history of XI Army Corp, XXIII Army Corp, XVI Army Corp and XXI Army Corp.
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The Blind Snowbird

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Haney
Penciller(s): Jack Abel
Inker(s): Jack Abel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): American Private; Nazi Engineer
Synopsis: An American PFC captures a Nazi engineer and forces him to lead him back to his platoon while snowblind. WWII story.
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, war
Feature(s): Private Pete
First Line: We go on a 20-mile hike in the morning!
Synopsis: Private Pete has a 20-mile hike rained out.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #71 published January 1953
as 20-Mile hike and it's raining [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Feature(s): Mystery in Space; Adam Strange
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jaro Stamp Co.; Maxim Stamp Co., Inc.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sgt. Rock's Combat Corner
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Loser Take All!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hank Chapman
Penciller(s): Jack Abel
Inker(s): Jack Abel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Synopsis: US fighter pilot is shot down and has to outwit a German tank. WWII story.
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Pages: 5.67
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Showcase; Metal Men
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Pages: 0.33
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Palisades Amusement Park
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"Arms Are the Guardian of the Peace"

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Genres: non-fiction, war
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Penciller(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Best Values Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): 150 Civil War Soldiers
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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