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Issue: Our Fighting Forces #99
Publication Date: April 1966
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Issues: #99 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 Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/10/1966
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (3 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 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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Assets2
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No Mercy in Vietnam!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Capt. Hunter
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Pages: 1
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No Mercy in Vietnam!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Captain Phil Hunter (introduction); Major Nick Hunter (flashback); Lu-Lin
Synopsis: When Captain Hunter's twin brother Nick is believed to be missing in action, he receives permission to search for him. A Vietnamese girl offers to help, but he remains wary that she might be leading him into a trap.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14.7
Disclose Notes: First DC Vietnam War hero. Story in two parts: Part One (5.67 pp.) & Part Two (9 pp., no "!" in title).
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.
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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, 1965
No circulation information given.
Owners: National Periodical Publications, Inc., Estate of Harry Donenfeld, J. S. Liebowitz, P. H. Sampliner, Irwin Donenfeld, S. U. Sampliner, Sonia Iger, all at 575 Lexington Ave, New York, N.Y., 10022

Revised statement with circulation numbers appears in the July issue (#101).
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Grandpa Munster "Digs" the Drag-u-la!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Grandpa Munster; The Kat
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Drag-u-la model car from AMT.
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Who Are the Real Kings of Super-Speed?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #160 [80 Page Giant G-21].
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Listing of DC comics on sale in late February and early March 1966.
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: What are you doing? Spreading paper on the floor...
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Pages: 0.5
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Fighting Fifth Cavalry Regiment!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, military
Synopsis: Historical facts about the United States Army's Fifth Cavalry Regiment.
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Pages: 1
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What's Your B.Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient)

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, opinion
Synopsis: National Brotherhood Week quiz
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
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Odds on Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Synopsis: Private Harry Clay places bets on everything and everyone around him during battle, but eventually his own luck runs out.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8.67
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils, inks and letters 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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[untitled]

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tyco
First Line: What d'ya mean you built it?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Tyco model trains.
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Is a Centaur a Horse Who Is Half a Man -- Or a Man who Is Half a Horse?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: House ad for Metal Men (DC, 1963 series) #19.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Alicia Genzler, J. A. Macphail, Guy H. Lillian III, and Richard Murray.

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