Comic Title: Showcase Presents:Haunted Tank Vol. 1 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2006
On Sale Date: May 31, 2006 Direct Market Date May 17, 2006
Source: Previews, Vol. 16 #2 (#206)

Direct Market Date May 31, 2006
Source: ComicList, New and Upcoming Releases for Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Cover Price: $16.99
Page Count: 560
Editor: Anton Kawasaki

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Battle Origin of the Haunted Tank"
Pages: 15

Feature(s):
Haunted Tank (of Earth-1)

Writer: Robert Kanigher
Artist: Russ Heath

Reprinted From:
G.I. Combat #114 (1965)

Feature Character(s)

• Haunted Tank (last appearance in G.I. Combat #113; next appearance in G.I. Combat #115)
• Jeb Stuart (last appearance in G.I. Combat #113; next appearance in G.I. Combat #115)

Supporting Character(s)

• General J.E.B. Stuart (last appearance in G.I. Combat #113; next appearance in G.I. Combat #115)
• Arch Asher (last appearance in G.I. Combat #113; next appearance in G.I. Combat #115)
• Rick Rawlins (last appearance in G.I. Combat #113; next appearance in G.I. Combat #115)
• Slim Stryker (last appearance in G.I. Combat #113; next appearance in G.I. Combat #115)

Villain(s)

• Various German troops (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• The ghosts of Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Admiral Nelson, and Alexander the Great (no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Haunted Tank (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in G.I. Combat #144)
• Jeb Stuart (last appearance in G.I. Combat #144; next appearance in G.I. Combat #144)
• General J.E.B. Stuart (last appearance in G.I. Combat #144; next appearance in G.I. Combat #144)
• Arch Asher (last appearance in G.I. Combat #144; next appearance in G.I. Combat #144)
• Rick Rawlins (last appearance in G.I. Combat #144; next appearance in G.I. Combat #144)
• Slim Stryker (last appearance in G.I. Combat #144; next appearance in G.I. Combat #144)

Synopsis:
When Jeb Stuart is wounded, he begins raving about the ghost of General Stuart. His crew can't see the ghost and think Jeb is hallucinating. General Stuart reflects on how he joined with Jeb and began serving as his guardian.

When Jeb and his crew got their first tank, the General watched. Though the men fought bravely their tank was lost. They then took another tank, but it too was destroyed in battle. General Stuart still had misgivings about serving as Jeb's guardian because he was a yankee. When the crew marched across the desert of North Africa to lead the enemy away from their lines, the General was finally convinced of their worthiness. He has aided Jeb ever since.

Jeb recovers enough from his wounds to retake command of his tank. The doctors still think he is crazy for seeing ghosts, but Jeb's crew trusts him. Jeb leads them back into battle where they destroy an enemy tank.