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Issue: DC Special Series #18
Publication Date: November 1979
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Issues: #18 of 27 Issues (32 Printings)
Title: Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Blue Ribbon DigestView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/05/1979
Volume: 3
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893174211
Price: $0.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 22 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Indicia date is Fall 1979, date on cover is November.

Cover is dated November, the same as DC Special Series #19.

On sale date from the 1979 Library of Congress copyright records (cocatalog.loc.gov). Date given as July 5 in Comics Journal #47, DC Coming Attractions #32, and in a house ad in Weird War Tales #79. Date given as July 3 in Comic Reader #170.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S. (#1-17, 20-22); digest (#18, 19, 23, 24); tabloid (#25-27)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (#1-17, 20-22, 25-27); squarebound (#18, 19, 23, 24)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: war
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Pages: 1
Job Number: C-157
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Table of Contents

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes logo from front cover.
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Target -- Sgt. Rock!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Sgt. Rock; Bulldozer; Major Otto Von Strupp; Ice Cream Soldier; Wild Man; Sunny; Bates; Clack-Clack; Bean Pole; Curly; German soldiers
Synopsis: During some running skirmishes with Major Von Strupp's troops, Sgt. Rock receives a head injury that allows the Germans to brainwash him into thinking the Germans are Easy Company. This temporarily confuses Easy Company, but they hit Sgt. Rock in such a way that he comes to and helps capture Major Von Strupp.
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From Content Item: FlagOur Army at War #124 published November 1962
was Target -- Sgt. Rock! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17.34
Disclose Notes: Story in two parts of 7.67 and 9.67 pages.
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Pontoon, Barrage

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Genres: non-fiction, war
Synopsis: Illustrated definitions of "pontoon" and "barrage."
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Appears at bottom of page 8 of the Sgt. Rock story.
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The Big Marker!

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Genres: war
Character(s): Santa Claus Patrol
Synopsis: A scout for the patrol tries to leave markers of enemy activity on a snow-covered mountain, but nature keeps erasing them.
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From Content Item: FlagOur Army at War #76 published November 1958
was The Big Marker! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.67
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Broomstick Pilot!

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Genres: war
Synopsis: A pilot flys his Flying Fortress so low that he is able to escape all attacking planes and successfully bomb a sub pen while sneaking in from sea level.
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From Content Item: FlagOur Army at War #69 published April 1958
was Broomstick Pilot! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Who Is Haunting the Haunted Chateau?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: horror, occult, war
Character(s): Captain Towers; Herbie Lang; Cecile L'Oiseau (ghost); Gaston; United States soldiers; German soldiers
Synopsis: Two airmen are flying in a damaged plane and the captain dumps the sergeant into a haunted chateau and crash lands himself. When they meet again years later, the sergeant reveals what happened when he met the ghost of the chateau.
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From Content Item: FlagWeird War Tales #10 published January 1973
was Who Is Haunting the Haunted Chateau? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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Jackpot Target!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: war
Synopsis: Account of P.T. 105 chasing a Japanese battle cruiser, and ending in both ships being sunk.
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From Content Item: FlagOur Fighting Forces #40 published December 1958
was Jackpot Target! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.67
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Mine-Hunters!

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Genres: war
Synopsis: Description of mine detecting aparatus known as an "octopus."
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Pages: 0.33
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War Bluff!

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Genres: war
Character(s): Sgt. Harry J. Adams
Synopsis: Account of Harry J. Adams' performing the largest one-man capture during WWI.
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From Content Item: FlagBlackhawk #167 published December 1961
was War Bluff! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Tanks

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Genres: war
Feature(s): Battle Album
Synopsis: Information on four historical tank designs.
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From Issue: FlagG.I. Combat #151 published December 1971
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Pages: 2
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3 Graves to Home!

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Genres: war
Character(s): Hans Von Hammer [Enemy Ace]
Synopsis: Von Hammer is injured in France and must walk back to Germany. He receives unwitting help from relatives of his victims on the way.
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From Content Item: FlagStar Spangled War Stories #150 published April 1970
was 3 Graves to Home! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13.34
Disclose Notes: Pages 6 and 14 are 2/3-pages.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Little General; Mr. Flegenheimer
First Line: Only one scoop goes in my ice cream sodas!
Synopsis: The Little General and his friends feign starvation in front of the ice cream parlor to convince Mr. Flegenheimer to give them 2 scoops of ice cream in their sodas.
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Appears at bottom of page 6 of the Enemy Ace story.
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Patrol to Nowhere!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: war
Synopsis: A new soldier on desert patrol has difficulty telling what is real and what is a mirage.
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From Content Item: FlagOur Army at War #79 published February 1959
was Patrol to Nowhere! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.67
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Deliver: One Tank!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: war
Synopsis: A tank delivery crew runs into so much enemy fire that they deliver a badly damaged tank.
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From Content Item: FlagOur Army at War #63 published October 1957
was Deliver: One Tank! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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Iwo Jima

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Genres: war
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Cut-outs to create dioramas of a beach attack and Iwo Jima scenes, with info about Iwo Jima.
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Frogman Fury!

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Genres: war
Character(s): Frogman Brannigan
Synopsis: Brannigan manages to destroy a Japanese airplane, combat craft, and sub while underwater, and retrieve the destroyed sub's propeller for use as a repair part for his own sub.
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From Content Item: FlagOur Army at War #102 published January 1961
was Frogman Fury! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Warriors Who Hate War

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: war
Synopsis: Editorial about the DC war stories being anti-war, using examples of Sgt. Rock, Hans Von Hammer, and The Unknown Soldier.
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Appointment in Prague

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Genres: war
Character(s): The Unknown Soldier; Harry (dies); Anton Vladchek (dies); Josef Vladchek (dies)
Synopsis: Flashback of the origin, training and first mission of the Unknown Soldier.
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From Content Item: FlagStar Spangled War Stories #171 published July 1973
was Appointment in Prague! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Splash page includes black-and-white photos. Special thanks listed for Joe Kubert, but not stated what it is for.
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Bombshell Battle Bulletin!

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Disclose Notes: Illustrated promo for subscriptions to Sgt. Rock, Men of War, and Unknown Soldier, with mail-in coupon. 12 issues for $4.00.
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The Little Books That Pack a Big Punch!

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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Promo for DC Digests. Covers to Best of DC #2 and Jonah Hex and Other Western Tales #2 are depicted.
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Previews

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: war
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Illustration and blurbs for the stories in the issue.

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