Our Army at War

American comic book series

Our Army at War

Cover to Our Army at War #1 (August 1952), art by Carmine Infantino and Joe Giella.

Publication information
Publisher| DC Comics
Schedule| Monthly
Format| Ongoing series
Genre|

* War

Publication date| August 1952 – February 1977
No. of issues| 301
Main character(s)| Sgt. Rock and Easy Company
Creative team
Written by|

List

* Hank Chapman, Sam Glanzman, Bob Haney, France Herron, Robert Kanigher, Howard Liss

Penciller(s)|

List

* Neal Adams, Ross Andru, Sam Glanzman, Joe Kubert, John Severin, Alex Toth

Inker(s)| Mike Esposito
Editor(s)|

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* Robert Kanigher (#1–193)
Joe Kubert (#194–301)

Our Army at War is an American comic book anthology published by DC Comics that featured war-themed stories and featured the first appearances of Sgt. Rock and Enemy Ace.[1] The series was published from August 1952 to February 1977, then was renamed Sgt. Rock in March 1977, continuing the numbering sequence of Our Army at War.

## Publication history

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Our Army at War was launched in August 1952 as part of a wave of war comics.[2][3] The stories were often followed by tag lines such as "Explosive Battle Action". One of the main characters was Sgt. Rock, who appeared in #81 (April 1959) as Sgt. Rocky along with his team, Easy Company.[4] The character got his final name in issue #83. Writer Robert Kanigher and artist Joe Kubert introduced Enemy Ace in #151 (February 1965).[5] Artist Neal Adams made his DC Comics debut with the story "It's My Turn to Die", written by Howard Liss, in issue #182 (July 1967).[6] Writer/artist Sam Glanzman began his series of biographical war stories about his service aboard the U.S.S. Stevens in issue #218 (April 1970).[7] Three issues of the series, #242 (February 1972), #269 (June 1974), and #275 (December 1974), were published in the 100 Page Super Spectacular format.[2][8] The series' title was changed to Sgt. Rock with issue #302 (March 1977).[9] An Our Army at War one-shot was published in November 2010.[10][11]

## Collected editions

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* Showcase Presents: Our Army at War collects Our Army at War #1-20, 512 pages, December 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2942-5
* America at War includes Our Army at War #67: "Push-Button War" by France Herron and John Severin; #83: "The Rock and the Wall!" by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert; #160: "What's the Color of Your Blood?" by Kanigher and Kubert; #235: "The Glory Boys" by Kanigher and Alex Toth; #233: "Head-Count" by Kanigher and Kubert; and #235: "Kamikaze" by Sam Glanzman, 247 pages, July 1979, ISBN 978-0671249533
* Sgt. Rock Archives
* Volume 1 collects Our Army at War #81-96, 240 pages, May 2002, ISBN 978-1-56389-841-9
* Volume 2 collects Our Army at War #97-110, 216 pages, December 2003, ISBN 978-1-4012-0146-3
* Volume 3 collects Our Army at War #111-125, 224 pages, August 2005, ISBN 978-1-4012-0410-5
* Volume 4 collects Our Army at War #126-137 and Showcase #45, 248 pages, October 2012, ISBN 978-1-4012-3726-4
* Showcase Presents: Sgt. Rock
* Volume 1 collects Our Army at War #81-117, 544 pages, November 2007, ISBN 978-1-4012-1713-6
* Volume 2 collects Our Army at War #118-148, 544 pages, November 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1984-5
* Volume 3 collects Our Army at War #149-180, 512 pages, August 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2771-6
* Volume 4 collects Our Army at War #181-216, 520 pages, February 2013, ISBN 1-4012-3811-4
* DC Universe Illustrated by Neal Adams Vol. 1 includes Our Army at War #182: "It's My Turn to Die" and Our Army at War #183: "Invisible Sniper" both by Howard Liss and Neal Adams; Our Army at War #186: "My Life for a Medal" by Hank Chapman and Adams; and Our Army at War #240: "Another Time Another Place" by Bob Haney and Adams, 192 pages, January 2009, ISBN 1-4012-1917-9
* U.S.S. Stevens: The Collected Stories includes "U.S.S. Stevens" stories from Our Army at War #218, 220, 222–223, 225, 227, 230–232, 235, 238, 240–242, 244–245, 247–248, 256–259, 261–262, 265–267, 269, 275, 281–282, 284, 293, 298, 424 pages, July 2016, ISBN 978-0486801582[12]

## References

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1. ^ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Manning, Matthew K.; McAvennie, Michael; Wallace, Daniel (2019). DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle. DK Publishing. p. 65\. ISBN 978-1-4654-8578-6.
2. ^ a b Our Army at War at the Grand Comics Database
3. ^ Irvine, Alex (2010). "1950s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 69\. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. "DC's latest title, Our Army at War, emerged at the forefront of a wave of war-themed comics that swept the industry in the early 1950s."
4. ^ Irvine "1950s" in Dolan, p. 93: "In "The Rock of Easy Co.!" written by Robert Kanigher and Bob Haney, with art by Ross Andru, the reader was introduced to Sgt. Frank Rock of Easy Company".
5. ^ McAvennie, Michael "1960s" in Dolan, p. 114: "This landmark issue...presented a very different look at war through the eyes of Enemy Ace Rittmeister Hans von Hammer. Writer/editor Robert Kanigher and artist Joe Kubert based von Hammer on German WWI pilot Manfred von Richthofen a.k.a. the "Red Baron"".
6. ^ McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 124: "Adams commandeered his first DC work as a penciler/inker with 'It's My Turn to Die' a nine-page back-up tale written by Howard Liss for Our Army at War #182 in July [1967]".
7. ^ McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 139: "It was Glanzman's semi-autobiographical tales in Our Army at War that brought a harrowing realism to World War II that few war comics have matched".
8. ^ Eury, Michael (July 2015). "A Look at DC's Super Specs". Back Issue! (#81). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 20 and 26.
9. ^ Sgt. Rock at the Grand Comics Database
10. ^ Our Army at War one-shot at the Grand Comics Database
11. ^ Overstreet, Robert M. (2019). Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide (49th ed.). Timonium, Maryland: Gemstone Publishing. pp. 917–918. ISBN 978-1603602334.
12. ^ "U.S.S. Stevens: The Collected Stories". Grand Comics Database.

## External links

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* Our Army at War at Cover Browser
* Our Army at War and Our Army at War one-shot at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

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* All-Out War
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* Blackhawk
* Boy Commandos
* Creature Commandos
* Easy Company
* Enemy Ace
* G.I. Robot
* Haunted Tank
* Hop Harrigan
* The Losers
* Mademoiselle Marie
* Sgt. Rock
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Editors|

* Murray Boltinoff
* Archie Goodwin
* Robert Kanigher
* Joe Kubert
* Joe Orlando

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