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Series: Star Spangled War Stories

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Publisher: DC

Title: Star Spangled War Stories
Issue: 91
Page Count: 36
Publish Date: June-July 1960
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Contributors: Editor: Robert Kanigher

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Star Spangled War Stories #91
Owner: Paratrooper

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Story Title: The Train of Terror! - cover
Features:Mlle. Marie
Pages:1
Pencils:Jerry Grandenetti
Inks:Jerry Grandenetti
Letters:Ira Schnapp
Genre:war
Characters:US Paratrooper; Mlle. Marie (mentioned)


Story Title: Test Your Talent! - advertisement
Features:Art Instruction, Inc.
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: The Train of Terror! - comic story
Features:Mlle. Marie
Pages:13
Pencils:Ross Andru
Inks:Mike Esposito
Letters:Gaspar Saladino ?
Genre:war
Characters:Mlle. Marie; French Resistance fighters; Colonel Von Ekt; Nazis; Captain Allan
Synopsis:Marie's forces need ammo, but a Nazi truck is booby trapped and explodes. Her signal to Army HQ is jammed by Von Ekt. Army HQ needs to find and destroy new Nazi dreadnaught [sic] tanks. Captain Allan parachutes in, but he and Marie are spotlighted and gassed... Near the super-tanks, Marie and Allan are put aboard a Nazi ammunition train. The Underground tries to flag it, but are showered with grenades. Marie kisses Allan as a distraction. They overpower the guard and highball the train to jump the tracks and destroy the tanks. Marie is a mess. "The cutest coal miner I ever saw!"


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Palisades Amusement Park
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: Be Your Own Boss! - public service announcement
Pages:1
Pencils:Bernard Baily
Inks:Bernard Baily
Letters:Ira Schnapp
Genre:advocacy


Story Title: Battle Story of the 3rd Marine Division ...World War II - comic story
Pages:2
Pencils:Morris Waldinger
Inks:Tom Nicolosi
Genre:non-fiction; war


Story Title: Cry "Wolf" Mission! - comic story
Pages:6
Pencils:Russ Heath
Inks:Russ Heath
Letters:Gaspar Saladino
Genre:war
Characters:Davey Lee, frogman; Ben Lee, skipper and frogman
Synopsis:In the Pacific, Davey Lee, frogman, slides under a sub net but gets blasted. Skipper Ben, his brother, sends out Davey and another frogman, but the net is gone! He's told not to "cry wolf!" They find a quiet sub and detonate it. But USN destroyers keep getting sunk. Finally they find an electrified net, enemy frogmen, and the killer sub and blow it up. The enemy used a dummy sub and kept moving it. But "The third try was it!"


Story Title: 155mm tank guns, M2 carbine fire rates, classes of combat troops - letters page
Features:Sgt. Rock's Combat Corner
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:Sgt Rock answers questions about 155mm tank guns, M2 carbine fire rates, and classes of combat troops.


Story Title: The Readers' Choice! - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:The Brave and the Bold; Justice League of America; Showcase; Rip Hunter... Time Master
Pages:1


Story Title: Iron Cross vs Bronze Star! - comic story
Pages:6
Pencils:Jack Abel
Inks:Jack Abel
Genre:war
Characters:Nazi Corporal Langer; American PFC Jack Hall
Synopsis:Two soldiers on opposite sides... Nazi Cpl Langer stands like an iron statue and blows a tank, earning an Iron Cross... PFC Jack Hall desperately holds a position and receives a Bronze Star... The two men converge on a stone tower for an observation post. They battle. The Nazi sneers as the American ducks and dives. But in a final fight in the dark, "Iron is brittle... and it breaks." The GI reflects how the medals themselves really did the fighting.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Stephens Credit Sales
Pages:1


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Wilson Chemical Co.
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:The National Sports Council
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


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