Unknown Soldier #248 (1981) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Unknown Soldier (DC, 1977 series)
Issue: #248
Publication date: February 1981
Key date: 1981-02-00
Indicia publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Price: $0.50
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

Origin story on record for: The Unknown Soldier.

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 Hero Who Never Was!	comic story	17	script: Bob Haney; pencils: Dick Ayers; inks: Gerry Talaoc; colors: Bob LeRose; letters: Esphidy	The Unknown Soldier Origin
3	Swan Song for a Dead Duck!	comic story	8	script: Cary Burkett; pencils: Dick Ayers; inks: Rodin Rodriguez; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: John Costanza
4	-	letters page	1	script: Ted P. Skimmer

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

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 0709893065002
British	price 0.15 GBP

Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

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Sources

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

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