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Issue: Star Spangled War Stories #90
Publication Date: April 1960
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Issues: #90 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: 02/25/1960
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):  
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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
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The Island of Armored Giants!

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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): The Question Mark Patrol [Larry; Charlie; Sid]
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The War That Time Forgot #1 published July 2007
as Star Spangled War Stories #90 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Draw Lincoln

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Art Instruction, Inc.
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Island of Armored Giants!

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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): The Question Mark Patrol [Larry (intro); Charlie (intro); Sid (killed); Phil (killed); Ben (killed); unnamed sixth soldier (killed)]; Dinosaur Island (introduction, unnamed until issue #103)
Synopsis: After two patrols go missing on a mystery island, a third is sent to investigate. There they find an island populated by dinosaurs.
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In Content Item: FlagSgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales #[1] published January 1964
as Island of Armored Giants! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFour-Star Battle Tales #3 published July 1973
as Island of Armored Giants! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales Replica Edition #1 published June 2000
as Island of Armored Giants! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The War That Time Forgot #1 published July 2007
as Island of Armored Giants! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: First appearance of Dinosaur Island. The island is unnamed until issue #113, and more than one island is depicted throughout this ongoing feature.
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Aloha... Hawaii!

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Genres: opinion
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French Decorations of War!

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Genres: non-fiction, war
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Feature(s): Pyro Plastics Corporation
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No Ammo for "A" Company!

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Genres: war
Character(s): Able Company soldiers; "Green Apple"; Nazis
Synopsis: Able Company sends their "greenest apple" new guy back for more ammo. He dodges machine gun fire but gets back with ammo - too late. "Able Company stopped them with empty guns! What can I do?" He loads the guns of the dead men and waits. When the Nazis attack, he runs from gun to gun - and runs out of ammo. He readies a one-man bayonet charge as reinforcements arrive. How did men hold the line with empty guns? "Then they looked at my face and got the answer!"
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Hit the Combat Trail

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Feature(s): Our Army at War
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Sunshine Division - Battle Story of the 40th Infantry Division

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Genres: non-fiction, war
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Minute Commandos, Shrapnel, Tommy Guns, Infiltration

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Feature(s): Sgt. Rock's Combat Corner
Synopsis: Sgt. Rock says everyone loved "Minute Commandos" of a previous issue, then answers questions on shrapnel, Tommy guns, and infiltration.
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The Battle of the Sunken Village

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Genres: war
Character(s): Mlle. Marie; Commandant Von Ekt; US Frogman
First Line: It is Mlle. Marie!
Synopsis: Above a Normandy town, the dam is bombed and the village drowned. Why? Marie signals England, who airdrop a frogman who dislikes a "powder puff" mission. But Von Ekt found a flipper and guesses their mission. Frogman and Marie swim through the drowned village and find Nazi submarines and a tunnel to the coast! Dodging Nazi frogmen, swimming through houses, escaping the clock tower, Marie plants charges on the subs. They detonate in the tunnel, ending the submarine threat. Later she freshens up with a "powder poof", her secret weapon!
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In Content Item: FlagOur Army at War #238 published November 1971
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Pages: 8
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Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Wilson Chemical Co.
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Feature(s): Charles Atlas
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Feature(s): American Seed Co.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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