Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1959-08-27
Editing: Robert Kanigher (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #86 Edit Cover
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Target for Tonight!
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Mlle. Marie / cover / 1 page

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Mlle. Marie

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On-sale date from copyright registration.

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Home Voice Recorder / Electronic Recorder; Mobile Tank / Missile Firing Tank / advertisement / 1 page

A Medal for Marie!
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Mlle. Marie / comic story / 13 pages

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Mlle. Marie; French Resistance; Nazis
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Marie is trapped in a farmhouse by a tank, but must call in her own coordinates to a circling bomber to bomb an underground artillery gun. She reflects on how her grandfather had to call in a strike, and used smoke signals. And how her father had to call in a strike using a mirror heliograph. Finally she calls in the bombing, plays dead, then circles and kills the tank - and its burning smoke marks the target, which she barely escapes. For bravery, the Resistance gives her a "medal", all they could find, a single red rose.
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Second to None!
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  • Genre:non-fiction; war
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History of the 305th Infantry Regiment.

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Colorfoto Natural Color Photos / advertisement / 0.5 page

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40 Foreign and American Cars / advertisement / 0.5 page

It's Fun to Learn!
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public service announcement / 1 page

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U-Boat to Nowhere!
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A Nazi sub steers for Shipwreck Rock to meet a supply ship: they're out of everything. While a USN frogman steers a tiny sailboat to Shipwreck Rock to meet a destroyer. He sinks the Nazi supply ship with a TNT charge. The U-boat arrives and sinks the destroyer with its last torpedo. Then they fire on the frogman, then try to kill him with compressed air. He swims under a shark and blows the sub - and survives to be rescued by a PBY plane.
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Our Fighting Forces / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

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Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page

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Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 0.5 page

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Combat Corner / letters page / 1 page

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Combat Corner Editor answers readers' questions about Tommy guns, German jets, and Omaha Beach.

Combat Kayo List!
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In snow-bound Europe, "Old Iron Hat", the general, shows up and demands a major draw up an itemized list of every weapon on hand. The company, meanwhile, gets attacked by tanks and Stukas, using up all their ammo and weapons - forcing the major to revise his list! When "Old Iron Hat" arrives, the battlefield is littered with wreckage and his "list" itemizes a Nazi tank, half-track, and Stuka bomber!

Hit the Combat Trail
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Our Army at War / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

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Zenith Stamps / advertisement / 1 page

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Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page

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Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page

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150 Civil War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Target for Tonight!
    Mlle. Marie
  2. [no title indexed]
    Home Voice Recorder / Electronic Recorder; Mobile Tank / Missile Firing Tank
  3. A Medal for Marie!
    Mlle. Marie
  4. Second to None!
  5. [no title indexed]
    Colorfoto Natural Color Photos
  6. [no title indexed]
    40 Foreign and American Cars
  7. It's Fun to Learn!
  8. U-Boat to Nowhere!
  9. [no title indexed]
    Our Fighting Forces
  10. [no title indexed]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  11. [no title indexed]
    Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve
  12. [no title indexed]
    Combat Corner
  13. Combat Kayo List!
  14. Hit the Combat Trail
    Our Army at War
  15. [no title indexed]
    Zenith Stamps
  16. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes
  17. [no title indexed]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  18. [no title indexed]
    150 Civil War Soldiers
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  • Matthew Head
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Daniel Thingvold
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