Unknown Soldier #255 (1981) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert; letters: Gaspar Saladino	The Unknown Soldier
1	Hell at Heaven's Gate!	comic story	11	script: Bob Haney; pencils: Dick Ayers; inks: Gerry Talaoc; colors: Bob LeRose; letters: Esphidy	The Unknown Soldier
3	-	comic story	6	script: David Michelinie; pencils: Walt Simonson; inks: Walt Simonson; colors: Carl Gafford; letters: John Workman
4	Battling Orphans	comic story	7	script: Cary Burkett; pencils: Ric Estrada; inks: Ric Estrada; colors: Bob LeRose; letters: P. Bernard Jr.
5	-	comic story	1	script: Dave Manak; pencils: Dave Manak; inks: Dave Manak
6	-	letters page	0.5	script: Ted P. Skimmer

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

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 0709893065009
British	price 0.15 GBP

Collection	Year
The Art of Walter Simonson #[nn] ISBN 0-930289-41-2	1989	On eBay ›

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