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Issue: Star Spangled War Stories #138
Publication Date: April 1968
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Issues: #138 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: 02/13/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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The Slayers and the Slain!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEnemy Ace Archives #1 [First Printing] published December 2002
as Star Spangled War Stories #138 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Enemy Ace #1 published April 2008
as Star Spangled War Stories #138 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Art of Joe Kubert #[nn] published January 2011
as Star-Spangled War Stories #138 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Slayers and the Slain!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): The Hangman [Count Andre De Sevigne] (French Ace); Wilhelm Kunz; Schmidt (von Hammer's Orderly)
First Line: As fast as I could
Synopsis: Enemy Ace faces The Hangman, the top French ace and his all-black Spad, and barely survives being shot down. Story continues in the next issue.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagStar Spangled War Stories #161 published February 1972
as The Slayers and the Slain! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMacao #3 published January 1987
as Der rote Baron [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMagnum #2/1987 published February 1987
as Drapsmenn og ofre! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSgt. Rock #17 [Direct] published October 1991
as The Slayers and the Slain! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEnemy Ace Archives #1 [First Printing] published December 2002
as The Slayers and the Slain! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Enemy Ace #1 published April 2008
as The Slayers and the Slain! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Schwartz kept editorial records for Robert Kanigher, who edited this issue.

Story across 23 pages in three parts of 7.5, 7.5, and 7 pages
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
First Line: When does Deadman abandon his hunt for the Hook?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #211, on sale February 29
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by Thomas Ochiltree; Dan Kezlinko; Richard J. Jason; Ricky Lloyd.
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The Flashiest News of the Year

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #178 [80 Page Giant #G-46]
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Can I take care of Timmy for you this afternoon, Mrs. Balk?
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMars-serien [Metall-klanen] #10 published January 1969
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Job Number: 6627
Disclose Notes: Short story that includes a plug for Monogram's Book Hill Express Hearse model kit.
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Statement of October 1, 1967
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 160,000
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 180,600
Owners: National Periodical Publications, Inc., Estate of Harry Donenfeld, J.S. Liebowitz, P.H. Sampliner, Irwin Donenfeld, S. U. Sampliner, Sonia Mondschein, all at 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: listing of DC comics on sale in late February 1968; includes cover art from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #211 and Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #146

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