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Issue: Star Spangled War Stories #97
Publication Date: June 1961
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Issues: #97 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: 04/20/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (3 stories, 1 cover)
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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 Sub-Crusher!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: adventure, science fiction, war
Character(s): Capt. Peter March
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The War That Time Forgot #1 published July 2007
as Star Spangled War Stories #97 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, erroneously list art credits of "J. K."
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Test Your Talent

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The Sub-Crusher!

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Genres: adventure, science fiction, war
Character(s): Capt. Peter March; Capt. Nick March; sub crew; PT crew
First Line: Somewhere in our area, the enemy has a secret weapon...
Synopsis: The March Brothers part to their PT boat and sub. The sub is grabbed from underwater by a giant claw and crushed. The PT visits an island for repairs. They're grabbed by a giant dinosaur, bombed by a giant ape with coconuts and attacked by aquatic dinosaurs. A pterodactyl snatches their torpedo and destroys the PT boat. Captain Pete drifts, the only survivor, out to sea. And sees the sub crew and PT crew in lifeboats, attacked again. Pete shoves a torpedo and the dinosaurs are killed. Days later, the brothers watch as the island is carpet-bombed into an inferno.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The War That Time Forgot #1 published July 2007
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Pages: 16.67
Disclose Notes: 1) Pencil credits and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. These records also list ink credit of "Andru." 2) Story in three parts of 6 pages, 6 pages, and 4.67 pages. 3) The island is bombed and burned flat at the conclusion.
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Parents Have Rights, Too!

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Genres: opinion
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Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.
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Just Imagine!

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Feature(s): Justice League of America
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Feature(s): G.I. Combat; The Haunted Tank
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Ace qualification, "Nuts!", foxhole spacing, B-47 Stratojet

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Synopsis: Sgt. Rock thanks many readers by name, then answers questions on an ace's qualification, "Nuts!", foxhole spacing, and the B-47 Stratojet.
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World War II Battle Story... ...7th Infantry Division

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Genres: non-fiction, war
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The End of Lady Luck!

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Genres: war
Character(s): USAAC pilots and officers
First Line: That's the first one, sir! Goosey Gander!
Synopsis: In England, bombers crash and burn or ditch in the Channel. Only "Lady Luck" returns without a scratch. "We just drew a lucky ship." For their last mission, they're assigned a milk run. But their bomb bay doors jam, and as lead ship they must circle over the target. The ship is shredded by flak and enemy aircraft, but finally drops its bomb load. They limp back home. The ship pancakes and flies to pieces. Lady Luck's luck ran out! No, "There's the luck of the ship! The crew who always brought it back!"
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Disclose Notes: Pencil and ink credits, and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Disclose Notes: Sold by Wilson Chemical Co.
Inside back cover.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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