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Issue: Our Fighting Forces #42
Publication Date: February 1959
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Issues: #42 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 Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/09/1958
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Robert Kanigher (actual)
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 standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Assets2
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Sorry-- Wrong Hill!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jerry Grandenetti
Inker(s): Jerry Grandenetti
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: war
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Magic Card!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily
Inker(s): Bernard Baily
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Character(s): Pete; Pete's friends
Synopsis: Pete's friends are playing records, reading books, making costumes, and working on remote controls, all thanks to items they borrowed with their library cards.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. "Published as a public service in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly, coordinating organization for national health, welfare and recreation agencies of the U.S."
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Sorry - Wrong Hill!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Kanigher
Penciller(s): Ross Andru
Inker(s): Mike Esposito
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Sarge; Joe; soldiers
Synopsis: A company tasked to take a vital hill loses the Sarge and the map before even reaching the beach. Joe takes the lead as the company captures hill after hill, looking for the right one.
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Pages: 12.67
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
Character(s): Andy
First Line: Said a daring young ski-champ named Andy...
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Ad for Tootsie Rolls
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First in Aviation!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, non-fiction
Character(s): Orville Wright; pilots
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Pages: 0.67
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Statement required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as amended....
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Flash
Character(s): The Flash [Barry Allen]; the Mirror Master
First Line: Just one second!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for The Flash # 105
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Combat Corner Editor]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Combat Corner
Character(s): War correspondent
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from readers George Wade, Sydney Lauter, Len Strave, and Roy Harper. Combat Corner letters and replies during this period involved factual questions on military matters, rather than discussion of the stories and issues.
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Bull's-Eye Fort!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Haney
Penciller(s): Russ Heath (signed)
Inker(s): Russ Heath
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): American air crew; German officers
Synopsis: Germans track a lone B-17 on a mission, but fail to destroy it despite numerous attacks.
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Pages: 5.67
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Pop
Character(s): Wynn; Lynn
First Line: There was a hoop whirler named Wynn...
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Ad for Tootsie Rolls
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Let 'Em Have It!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: military, non-fiction
Character(s): Soldiers of the 59th Infantry Regiment
Synopsis: The 59th Infantry is constituted in 1917 and fights in several campaigns in France. Re-erected in 1942, then broken into battalions, the men of the 59th fight in Europe during World War II.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Combat Corner
Character(s): War correspondent
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from readers Bill Henry, Mickey Collins, and Conrad Helfter. Combat Corner letters and replies during this period involved factual questions on military matters, rather than discussion of the stories and issues.
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Fire Jumper!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Mort Drucker
Inker(s): Mort Drucker
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Paratrooper; German soldiers
Synopsis: A lone paratrooper fights Germans by using fire-fighting techniques he learned as a fire jumper (smoke jumper).
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Fudge
Character(s): Submarine captain
First Line: A captain came in on the tide...
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Ad for Tootsie Rolls
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Private Pete
Character(s): General; Sergeant; Private Pete
First Line: Oh boy, a desk job!
Synopsis: When the unit evacuates, Private Pete has to rescue his desk.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
First Line: Do you want spending money?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Stephens Credit Sales
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jowett Institute
Character(s): Jim Norman; John Sill; John Jackson; Nellie
First Line: My pal!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for Jowett Institute.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Union soldiers; Confederate soldiers
First Line: 150 Civil War soldiers!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for toy soldiers from Josely Co.

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