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Issue: Star Spangled War Stories #103
Publication Date: June 1962
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Issues: #103 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 Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/24/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (3 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 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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Doom at Dinosaur Island!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ross Andru
Inker(s): Mike Esposito
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction, war
Feature(s): The War That Time Forgot
Character(s): Mac; Joe the G.I. Robot
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The War That Time Forgot #1 published July 2007
as Star Spangled War Stories #103 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Tomorrow's Stars Appear Today!

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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Doom at Dinosaur Island!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Kanigher
Penciller(s): Ross Andru
Inker(s): Mike Esposito
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, war
Feature(s): The War That Time Forgot
Character(s): Mac; Joe the G.I. Robot; giant Japanese robot
Synopsis: A corporal and his robot soldier buddy continue the fight against a giant enemy robot and pterodactyls.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The War That Time Forgot #1 published July 2007
as Doom at Dinosaur Island! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 14.67
Disclose Notes: This story continues from the previous issue. Story in two parts of 6 pages and 8.67 pages.

First use of the phrase "Dinosaur Island."
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): 100 Toy Soldiers
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Pages: 0.5
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Grit Publishing Co.
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Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 6 of the previous story sequence.
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Your Pass to New Worlds!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: Frank takes his friends to the public library where they are impressed with the different kinds of books that can teach them new things.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

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More Startling Than Today's Science Fiction...

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ross Andru
Inker(s): Mike Esposito
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Metal Men
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: house ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #38 [second appearance of the Metal Men]
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The "Ozarks"... World War II Battle Story of the 102nd Infantry Division

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Writer(s): Morris Waldinger
Penciller(s): Morris Waldinger
Inker(s): Tommy Nicolosi
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: military, non-fiction
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Sgt. Rock's Combat Corner
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Stars and Stripes Against Swastikas!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jerry Grandenetti
Inker(s): Jerry Grandenetti
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Synopsis: German and American skiers from the 1938 Olympics meet again as ski troopers racing against each other to retrieve a briefcase containing Nazi war plans lost in a plane crash in the mountains.
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Pages: 9.67
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Wheet! Wheet!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert
Inker(s): Joe Kubert
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hawkman
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Disclose Notes: house ad for The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #42, on sale April 26
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Feature(s): Palisades Amusement Park
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Big-Big-Big News About a Small-Small-Small Super-Hero!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Atom
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Disclose Notes: house ad for The Atom (DC, 1962 series) #1, on sale April 24
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Salada; Junket
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For the Best in Comics Entertainment

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Best Values Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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