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79December 1959-January 1960
$0.10

G.I. Combat #79

DC · December 1959-January 1960 · on sale 1959-10-22

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Series
G.I. Combat (DC, 1957 series)
Issue
#79
Publication date
December 1959-January 1960
Key date
1959-12-00
On-sale date
1959-10-22
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Jerry Grandenetti; colors: Jack Adler
2Big Gun -- Little Gun!comic story13script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Russ Heath; inks: Russ Heath; letters: Gaspar Saladino
3The Atom Servant to Manpublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tom Nicolosi; letters: Ira Schnapp
5No Test for a Mustang!comic story5.67script: Bob Haney; pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert; letters: Gaspar Saladino
6Hit the Combat Trailpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
7-cartoon1
10-letters page1script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert
11Flying Jeep!comic story5.67script: Hank Chapman; pencils: Jack Abel; inks: Jack Abel; letters: Gaspar Saladino
12Star Spangled War Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.33pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv Novick; letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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