Cover Credits |
Artist: Joe Kubert |
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Comic Title: Our Army at War #168
Publisher: DC
(National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: June 1966
On Sale Date:
April 5, 1966 Newsstand Date April 5, 1966
Source: House Ad, Our Fighting Forces #100, Page 14
Copyright Date April 5, 1966
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1966
Frequency: Monthly; (semi-monthly, Feb.)
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Robert Kanigher
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Title: "I Knew the Unknown Soldier"
Pages: 15
Feature(s):
Sgt. Rock (of Earth-1)
Writer: Robert Kanigher
Artist: Joe Kubert
Reprinted In:
Star Spangled War Stories #157 (1971)
Sgt. Rock #20 (1992)
Showcase Presents the Unknown Soldier Vol. 1 TPB (2007)
Showcase Presents:Sgt. Rock Vol. 3 TPB (2010)
Feature Character(s)
- Sgt. Rock (last appearance in Our Army at War #167; next appearance in Our Army at War #169)
Supporting Character(s)
- Easy Company (last appearance in Our Army at War #167; next appearance in Our Army at War #169)
- Bulldozer (last appearance in Our Army at War #167; next appearance in Our Army at War #169)
- Ice Cream Soldier (last appearance in Our Army at War #167; next appearance in Our Army at War #169)
- Wild Man (last appearance in Our Army at War #167; next appearance in Our Army at War #169)
- Little Sure Shot (last appearance in Our Army at War #167; next appearance in Our Army at War #170)
- Jackie Johnson (last appearance in Our Army at War #167; next appearance in Our Army at War #169)
- Zack (last appearance in Our Army at War #165; next appearance in Our Army at War #219)
Villain(s)
- Various Nazi soldiers (no further appearances)
Other Character(s)
- An unnamed soldier (dies in this story; no further appearances)
Comments:
The unknown soldier in this story is not the same Unknown Solider that would later star in Star Spangled War Stories. This unknown soldier is killed at the end of the story.
Synopsis:
Sgt. Rock and Easy Company are pinned down by an enemy gun position located on a cliff. Rock witnesses a lone soldier swing down from the top of the cliff and destroy the enemy guns. However, the soldier disappears. When the soldier saves Easy again, Rock wants to know who the soldier is. However, the other members of the company think Rock is imagining the phantom soldier.
Rock then moves forward alone and encounters enemy tanks. A flash of light temporarily blinds him, but he hears another soldier destroy the tanks. The soldier then leads him back to Easy beore dying while covering the rear. The soldier's body is recovered, but his identity is unknown. The body is taken home and buried in the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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