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55March 1957
$0.10

Star Spangled War Stories #55

DC · March 1957 · on sale 1957-01-27

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Series
Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series)
Issue
#55
Publication date
March 1957
Key date
1957-03-00
On-sale date
1957-01-27
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 Talking Helmet!cover1pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert
2The Burning Desert!comic story6script: Robert Bernstein; pencils: Russ Heath; inks: Russ Heath
4Buzzy's Special Brotherhood Week Quiz (Feb. 17-24)public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
5The Walking Snowbird!comic story6script: Bob Haney; pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert
7First in War...comic story1script: Morris Waldinger; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tom Nicolosi
8Back Street Battle!comic story6script: Bill Finger; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Giella
9The Invisible Sentrytext article2letters: typeset
10Diary of a Tin Pot!comic story5.67script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Jerry Grandenetti
11-statement of ownership0.33letters: typeset

Plus 7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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