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Issue: Star Spangled War Stories #116
Publication Date: August 1964
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Issues: #116 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: 06/18/1964
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (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
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Dead Man's Curve!

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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Suicide Squad [Vic Morgan; Andy Mace]
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The War That Time Forgot #1 published July 2007
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The Suicide Squad!

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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Suicide Squad [Commanding Officer (introduction, unnamed); unnamed Suicide Squad soldiers (in ranks); Vic Morgan (introduction); Andy Mace (introduction)]; Bill Morgan (flashback, killed)
First Line: Take off, Morgan! There's a flock of dinosaur dive bombers coming your way!
Synopsis: Morgan and Mace, in snowsuits, trek the Arctic to find a hidden missile base. They run into dinosaurs. But Morgan hates Mace and threatens to shoot him for cowardice... Mace was an Olympic bob-sledder, his partner Morgan's brother, Bill. Bill died in a sled crash, and Vic Morgan blames Mace... In flashback, Morgan picks Mace from the ranks of a special Suicide Squad... They fight and sled and dodge dinosaurs through "frozen wasteland" and find the missile base and blow it up. Mace keeps rescuing Morgan without thanks. In future missions, Morgan will ride hard on Mace.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The War That Time Forgot #1 published July 2007
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Pages: 14.33
Disclose Notes: This is the first appearance of the World War II Suicide Squad and the first appearance of Morgan and Mace. The characters appear in #116, 117, 118, and 120.

There are many Suicide Squad volunteers, as seen in ranks on parade.

The story is in two parts: unnumbered part one (5.67 pp.) and part two (8.67 pp.).
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Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 6 of the previous story sequence.
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Feature(s): Giant Superman Annual; Giant Batman Annual
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Disclose Notes: An advertisement for Tootsie Roll Pop.
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First Line: Be first in your neighborhood to read each issue...
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Amaze Your Friends with Magic

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Disclose Notes: Robbins name not used; sold from an address in Rockville Centre, New York.
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Tank and plane numbers, machine guns, German D-7 plane

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Synopsis: Sgt. Rock answers questions about tank and plane numbers, machine guns, German D-7 plane.
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Disclose Notes: Letters from: Bob Wheeler, Don Workman, and George Brandwyn.
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Baker's Dozen!

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Genres: war
Character(s): GIs of Baker Company
First Line: Unlucky 13th's jinxed us!
Synopsis: The GIs of Baker Company is superstitious and all carry good luck charms. A new recruit is seen as a jinx because he's Number 13 joining on Friday the 13th, and he carries a dynamite satchel. The CO calls him a "baker's dozen", twelve plus 1. He attracts a black cat, shoots a mirror, and keeps getting pushed aside. But when the team is pinned down in town, he plants the charge in a car and rams the tank to save the day. "We'll let the enemy worry about the number 13!"
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Pages: 9.67
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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