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Issue: Army at War #1
Publication Date: October 1978
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/04/1978
Volume: 1
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 0709893152211
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Although a note on the last page of the final story and the editors note on the following page both state that issue number two would be on sale in two months, no subsequent issue was published as Army at War was one of the titles cancelled when DC's parent company forced a sudden significant reduction in the number of titles DC published, an event known as the DC Implosion.

On-sale date from Comic Reader #158.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was intended to be ongoing
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmerica at War: The Best of DC War Comics #[nn] published January 1979
as Army at War #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-801
Disclose Notes: Color credits provided by Anthony Tollin. Logo design credit from Todd Klein.
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To Trap a Traitor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Sgt. Frank Libertini; Pvt. Eric Jonas
First Line: It is April of 1944--barely two months before the fateful day the world would know as D-Day!
Synopsis: Two months before D-Day, Sgt Libertini is parachuting into German territory with the rest of his team on a recon mission. However, his mind is not so much on the mission at hand as it is exposing one of his own men as being a Nazi agent.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-5299
Disclose Notes: World War II story.
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A Nasty Little Thing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Lt. Harrigan; Black
First Line: Evening, gentlemen.
Synopsis: Lt. Harrigan is lucky at cards, horses, and girls. Why shouldn't a war be different?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J-5381
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Batman and the Corsair of Crime

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Robin
First Line: The Corsair of Crime is holding Commissioner Gordon and Chief O'Hara as hostages?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Lighthouse War

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war, western
Character(s): John Thompson; unnamed helper [Aaron Carter]
First Line: The Cape Florida Lighthouse, situated on Key Biscayne just across from Miami, was built in 1825...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: J-5397
Disclose Notes: Illustrated narrative (with word balloons) detailing the non-fictional fight in 1836 at Cape Florida Lighthouse between local settlers and Seminole Indians.

The helper is unnamed in this story, but history says his name was Aaron Carter. Carter was African-American, but is shown in this story as Caucasian.
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Free Fire Zone

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Mike; Pepper
First Line: Con Thien--the doorstep of the DMZ.
Synopsis: Mike and Pepper are two Marines manning an observation post somewhere in Vietnam. When they spy movement in the free-fire zone they are charged to watch, they call in an artillery strike. After the strike they discover the movement wasn't what they thought it was.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagVampirella #1 published January 1983
as Atiş sahası [Story on Interior Page(s)]black & white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: J-5131
Disclose Notes: Vietnam story.
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Easy Money

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Captain John Latham; Ned Pike
First Line: 1779--The Revolutionary War reaches a bitter stalemate!
Synopsis: Captain Latham rounds up a crew in a local tavern to aid him in attacking a British merchant ship in a New Jersey harbor...using a whaling boat.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: J-5450
Disclose Notes: American Revolution story.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (logo)
Letterer(s): ? (logo); typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Combat Comments
First Line: Welcome to the new beginning of old tradition, troops.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An introduction to this title, comparing it with the original Our Army at War title that at this time had already changed its name to Sgt. Rock. Paul notes how they had only seven days notice before the art for this issue was due.

There is also a list of DC's other war titles, including calling Men of War "the companion magazine to this title."
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In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: This is the top half of "The DC Feature Page."
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40 Bob LeRose

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): Bob LeRose
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Script credit confirmed by Michael Catron.

This is the bottom half of "The DC Feature Page."

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