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Issue: Star Spangled War Stories #91
Publication Date: June 1960
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Issues: #91 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: 04/26/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Indexed with help from Mike Shawaluk. 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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The Train of Terror!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): US Paratrooper; Mlle. Marie (mentioned)
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Pages: 1
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Test Your Talent!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Train of Terror!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: war
Character(s): Mlle. Marie; French Resistance fighters; Colonel Von Ekt; Nazis; Captain Allan
First Line: Shoot ze lights out -- or we are feenished!
Synopsis: Marie's forces need ammo, but a Nazi truck is booby trapped and explodes. Her signal to Army HQ is jammed by Von Ekt. Army HQ needs to find and destroy new Nazi dreadnaught [sic] tanks. Captain Allan parachutes in, but he and Marie are spotlighted and gassed... Near the super-tanks, Marie and Allan are put aboard a Nazi ammunition train. The Underground tries to flag it, but are showered with grenades. Marie kisses Allan as a distraction. They overpower the guard and highball the train to jump the tracks and destroy the tanks. Marie is a mess. "The cutest coal miner I ever saw!"
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Pages: 13
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[untitled]

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First Line: Be my guest at the 5 ring Hunt Bros....
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Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 8 of the previous story sequence.
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Be Your Own Boss!

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Genres: opinion
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Pages: 1
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Battle Story of the 3rd Marine Division... World War II

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Genres: non-fiction, war
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Cry "Wolf" Mission!

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Genres: war
Character(s): Davey Lee (frogman); Ben Lee (skipper and frogman)
Synopsis: In the Pacific, Davey Lee, frogman, slides under a sub net but gets blasted. Skipper Ben, his brother, sends out Davey and another frogman, but the net is gone! He's told not to "cry wolf!" They find a quiet sub and detonate it. But USN destroyers keep getting sunk. Finally they find an electrified net, enemy frogmen, and the killer sub and blow it up. The enemy used a dummy sub and kept moving it. But "The third try was it!"
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In Content Item: FlagG.I. Combat #148 published June 1971
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[untitled]

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Synopsis: Sgt Rock answers questions about 155mm tank guns, M2 carbine fire rates, and classes of combat troops.
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Disclose Notes: Letters from Joseph Cleary, Peter Wembly, and Lloyd Drexel.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): The Brave and the Bold; Justice League of America; Showcase; Rip Hunter... Time Master
First Line: The readers' choice!
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Iron Cross vs Bronze Star!

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Genres: war
Character(s): Nazi Corporal Langer; American PFC Jack Hall
First Line: For the man who stood like an iron statue...
Synopsis: Two soldiers on opposite sides... Nazi Cpl Langer stands like an iron statue and blows a tank, earning an Iron Cross... PFC Jack Hall desperately holds a position and receives a Bronze Star... The two men converge on a stone tower for an observation post. They battle. The Nazi sneers as the American ducks and dives. But in a final fight in the dark, "Iron is brittle... and it breaks." The GI reflects how the medals themselves really did the fighting.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Do you want spending money?
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Wilson Chemical Co.
First Line: Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men!
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First Line: We'll ripple your body with muscles...
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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