Our Army at War #212 for Sale - First Appearance of General Patton - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series)
Issue: #212
Publication date: November 1969
Key date: 1969-11-00
On-sale date: 1969-09-02
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.15
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of General Patton - 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	-	cover	1	pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert; letters: Gaspar Saladino
1	The Quiet War!	comic story	13.17	script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Russ Heath; inks: Russ Heath; letters: John Costanza
2	Patton	comic story	1	pencils: Ken Barr; inks: Ken Barr	General Patton First
3	U.S. Firepower: The Machine-Gun!	illustration	2	pencils: Ken Barr; inks: Ken Barr
4	Medal for a Marine!	comic story	7.67	script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker; letters: Gaspar Saladino
5	Take Ten	letters page	1	script: Joe Kubert; pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Showcase Presents: Sgt. Rock #4 ISBN 978-1-4012-3811-7	2013	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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

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