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5June-July 1955
$0.10

Our Fighting Forces #5

DC · June-July 1955 · on sale 1955-04-05

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Identification plate

Series
Our Fighting Forces (DC, 1954 series)
Issue
#5
Publication date
June-July 1955
Key date
1955-06-00
On-sale date
1955-04-05
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Iron Punch!cover1pencils: Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Jerry Grandenetti; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Iron Punch!comic story6script: Ed Herron; pencils: Arthur Peddy; inks: Arthur Peddy
3Strange Adventures; My Greatest Adventurepromo (ad from the publisher)1
4-comic story1script: Irwin Hasen; pencils: Irwin Hasen; inks: Irwin Hasen
5The Tortoise and the Hare Went to War!comic story6script: John Reed; pencils: Sam Burlockoff; inks: Joe Giella
6-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
8-comic story1script: Irwin Hasen; pencils: Irwin Hasen; inks: Irwin Hasen
9A Flower for the Frontcomic story6script: Ed Herron; pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike Esposito
10Fantastic Sea Fortresstext article2letters: typeset
11-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
13G.I. Model!comic story6script: John Reed; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv Novick
15Buzzy Says: "There May Be a Career in Health for You!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 3.66 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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CollectionYear
Our Army at War #2181970On eBay ›
G.I. Combat #1451970On eBay ›
G.I. Combat #1461971On eBay ›

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Series context

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