Our Army at War

Publication history

Our Army at War was launched in August 1952 as part of a wave of war comics. 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. The character got his final name in issue #83. Writer Robert Kanigher and artist Joe Kubert introduced Enemy Ace in #151 (February 1965). 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). 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). Three issues of the series, #242 (February 1972), #269 (June 1974), and #275 (December 1974), were published in the 100 Page Super Spectacular format. The series' title was changed to Sgt. Rock with issue #302 (March 1977). An Our Army at War one-shot was published in November 2010.

Collected editions

• Showcase Presents: Our Army at War collects Our Army at War #1–20, 512 pages, December 2010,
• 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,
• Sgt. Rock Archives
  • Volume 1 collects Our Army at War #81–96, 240 pages, May 2002,
  • Volume 2 collects Our Army at War #97–110, 216 pages, December 2003,
  • Volume 3 collects Our Army at War #111–125, 224 pages, August 2005,
  • Volume 4 collects Our Army at War #126–137 and Showcase #45, 248 pages, October 2012,
• Showcase Presents: Sgt. Rock
  • Volume 1 collects Our Army at War #81–117, 544 pages, November 2007,
  • Volume 2 collects Our Army at War #118–148, 544 pages, November 2008,
  • Volume 3 collects Our Army at War #149–180, 512 pages, August 2010,
  • Volume 4 collects Our Army at War #181–216, 520 pages, February 2013,
• DC Finest
  • War: The Big Five Arrive collects Our Army at War #81–122, Star Spangled War Stories #53–56, G.I. Combat #44–47, Blackhawk #108–111, Our Fighting Forces #17–20, and All-American Men of War #41–44, 632 pages, November 2025,
  • Sgt. Rock: The Rock of Easy Co. collects Our Army at War #54–57 and G.I. Combat #68, 616 pages, scheduled for May 2026,
• 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,
• 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,

References

References

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3. Irvine, Alex. (2010). "DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle". [[Dorling Kindersley]].
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". [[TwoMorrows Publishing]].
9. "Sgt. Rock".
10. "Our Army at War ''one-shot''".
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12. "''U.S.S. Stevens: The Collected Stories''".