Our Army at War #168 for Sale - First Appearance of Scooter - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series)
Issue: #168
Publication date: June 1966
Key date: 1966-06-00
On-sale date: 1966-04-05
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Scooter - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Cookie - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Sylvester - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Penny - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Malibu - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Kenny - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Cynthia - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	I Knew the Unknown Soldier!	cover	1	pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert; letters: Ira Schnapp	Sgt. Rock
1	The Top TV Comic Stars Come from DC	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: ? (illustrations); inks: ? (illustrations)
2	I Knew the Unknown Soldier!	comic story	14.34	script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert	Sgt. Rock
3	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	script: E. Nelson Bridwell; letters: Ira Schnapp
4	A Super-Scoop!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Ira Schnapp	Superman
5	River Crossing, Guard Duty, Calisthenics, Frogmen Mess Hall	cartoon	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
6	-	activity	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
7	-	in-house column	0.5	script: E. Nelson Bridwell
8	Your Free Trip Around the World!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
9	A Showcase Disgrace	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Ira Schnapp
10	Statue of Liberty Division	comic story	1	script: Morris Waldinger; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tom Nicolosi; letters: Milt Snapinn
11	Second Chance for a Dead Man!	comic story	8.67	script: Howard Liss; pencils: Jack Abel; inks: Jack Abel
12	Scooter? Who He?	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando; letters: Ira Schnapp	Cookie First, Cynthia First, Kenny First, Malibu First, Penny First, Scooter First, Sylvester First
13	Batman and Detective Comics Started Something New	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman, Dick Grayson, Robin, Bruce Wayne
14	-	letters page	1	script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Star Spangled War Stories #157	1971	On eBay ›
Sgt. Rock #20	1992	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Sgt. Rock #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-2771-5	2010	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #167168 of 301#169 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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