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Our Army at War, #119

Published: June 1962

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Our Army at War #119

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Issue Contents:
A Bazooka for Babyface!
1 page war
Characters
  • Sgt. Rock
  • Babyface
Credits
Tomorrow's Stars Appear Today!
Story 1 1 page superhero
Characters
  • The Atom [Ray Palmer]
  • Hawkman [Carter Hall]
  • Aquaman
  • Aqualad
  • Metal Men [Gold
  • Tin
  • Iron
  • Mercury
  • Lead
  • Platinum [Tina]]
Credits
Story Notes

Inside front cover. Promo for four new features.

A Bazooka for Babyface!
Story 2 13 pages war
Storyline

A young soldier lied about his age to get into combat (he's only 16) and wants to prove he's worthy of staying with Easy Company.

Characters
  • Sgt. Rock
  • Easy Company [Bulldozer
  • Ice Cream Soldier
  • Wee Willie
  • Archie
  • Zack
  • Nick
  • Benjamin B. Barrett [Babyface]]
Credits
Story Notes

From the birthdate of the soldier, this story takes place some time in 1943 or 1944. This story is the source of the Roy Lichtenstein painting "Live Ammo (Blang)".

Featuring Our Fighting Forces; Gunner & Sarge

Story 3 0 pages

"The Gunner is a man with a gun..."

Characters
  • Gunner
  • Sarge
Credits
Story Notes

Illustrated promo for the Gunner and Sarge feature in Our Fighting Forces.

World War II Battle Story... ...75th Infantry Division
Story 4 2 pages non-fiction; war
Storyline

A summary of the 75th Infantry Division's winter offensive in Germany in early 1944.

Your Pass to New Worlds!
Story 5 1 page advocacy
Credits
Story Notes

Public Service Announcement about using the public library. Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

Battle Eagle!
Story 6 6 pages war
Storyline

Adolf Hitler gives a solid gold eagle to the leader of his finest desert Panzer regiment. A lone American soldier ends up with the eagle by accident and has to fight off the German attempts to recover it.

Characters
  • Adolf Hitler (cameo)
Credits
Story 7 1 page
Story 8 1 page
Story 9 1 page
Credits
Story Notes

Letters from Bobbie Chavez (Newport, Ky.), Alice Fisher (Ford Cliff, Pa.), Sidney Cochran (Saline, Mich.), and Phil Cronin (Hartford, Conn.).

Canteen That Won an Island!
Story 10 6 pages war
Storyline

Jim Lucas, a lone Marine on a Pacific island, awaiting a final Japanese attack, writes a note to his son Eddie Lucas and puts it in a canteen and throws it in the ocean. As fate would have it, his son was on a landing craft on the other side of the island that is hit by a mine. The only survivor is Eddie Lucas, who finds the canteen with his name on it and goes on a one-man rampage that reunites him with his father.

Characters
  • Jim Lucas
  • Eddie Lucas
Credits
More Startling Than Tomorrow's Science-Fiction Are the Metal Men
Story 11 0 pages superhero
Characters
  • Metal Men
Credits
Story Notes

Promo for the Metal Men's appearance in Showcase #38, with cover depicted.

Story 12 1 page

"Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey."

Characters
  • Superman
Credits
Story Notes

Ad for Palisades Amusement Park, N.J., with coupons for free admission and two free rides.

Big-Big-Big News About a Small-Small-Small Super-Hero
Story 13 1 page superhero
Characters
  • The Atom [Ray Palmer]
Credits
Story Notes

Promo for The Atom #1, with cover depicted. "On sale everywhere April 24th."

Story 14 1 page

"Here's a package for you from Salada!"

Story Notes

Cartoon ad for baseball coins from Salada and Junket products. Includes a mail-in coupon for 20 coin starter set for 25¢ from Baseball Coins, Boston 18, Mass.

For the Best in Comics Entertainment

Featuring DC Comics

Story 15 1 page
Characters
  • Superman
  • Batman
  • The Flash
  • Green Lantern
  • Aquaman
  • Bob Hope
  • Jerry Lewis
  • Fox
  • Crow
  • Lois Lane
  • Jimmy Olsen
  • Sugar
  • Spike
Credits
Story Notes

Inside back cover. Head shots of various DC characters. Also a note that every DC comic is approved by the Comics Code Authority.

Story 16 1 page
Story Notes

Sold by Honor House Products. Back cover.