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Issue: Our Fighting Forces #17
Publication Date: January 1957
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Issues: #17 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: 11/04/1956
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Credits for 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.
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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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The Unsinkable Gun!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: war
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First Line: Automatic firing BB machine gun
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Disclose Notes: Sold by Honor House Products.
Inside front cover.
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Anchored Frogman!

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Genres: war
First Line: There's more room under the waves...
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In Content Item: FlagOur Army at War #225 published November 1970
as Anchored Frogman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Feature(s): Showcase; Challengers of the Unknown
First Line: Meet the league of death-cheaters!
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Genres: humorous, military
First Line: Poor Corporal McKay! Pamela's playing 'hard-to-get-at' again!
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Disclose Notes: 3 gags.
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The Cloud That Went to War!

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Genres: war
First Line: Moisture rose from the sea...
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In Content Item: FlagWeird War Tales #3 published January 1972
as The Cloud That Went to War! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Weird War Tales #1 published March 2012
as The Cloud That Went to War! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Buzzy's "Famous Books" Quiz

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Genres: opinion
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Army Rumors

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Battle Mirror!

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Genres: war
Character(s): Charlie Burke
First Line: He wanted to get away from reflections...
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60 Minute Veterans

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: non-fiction, war
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The Unsinkable Gun

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Genres: war
First Line: Every submarine is made for undersea combat...
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In Content Item: FlagDC Super Stars #9 published November 1976
as The Unsinkable Gun [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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First Line: 500 large glossy pictures...
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First Line: A new scientific toy!
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First Line: Do you want spending money?
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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First Line: Guns of the west
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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