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Battle Classics #1

DC · September-October 1978 · on sale 1978-06-20

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Series: Battle Classics (DC, 1978 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: September-October 1978
Key date: 1978-09-00
On-sale date: 1978-06-20
Indicia publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Price: $0.50
Pages: 44
Barcode: 0709893343410

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Suicide Mission!	cover	1	pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Joe Letterese, Gaspar Saladino	Sgt. Rock; Lt. Johnny Cloud; Mlle. Marie (as The Man in the Iron Suit)
1	Suicide Mission!	comic story	23.83	script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert; colors: Mario Sen; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Haunted Tank; Lt. Jeb Stuart (promoted); Arch Asher; Rick Rawlins; Slim Stryker; General J.E.B. Stuart (ghost); Sgt. Rock; Easy Company [Dead-Eye (death)]; Captain Johnny Cloud (promoted from Lieutenant); Mlle. Marie [as Martin]; Tex (fighter pilot, cameo); Big-Brother-in-the-Sky
2	39 José Luis Garcia-Lopez	in-house column	0.33	script: Michael Catron
3	Onward and Upward	in-house column	1	script: Jenette Kahn
4	It's the Answer Man!	in-house column	0.33	script: Bob Rozakis
5	The Sound and the Fury	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert; letters: Gaspar Saladino
6	Johnny Cloud, USAF	character profile	1	pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert	Johnny Cloud
7	The Answer Man's Guide to the DC Explosion!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Bob Rozakis

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