Comic Title: Sgt. Rock Archives Vol. 1 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2002
On Sale Date: April 24, 2002 Direct Market Date April 24, 2002
Source: Previews, Vol. 11 #10 (#154)

Direct Market Date April 24, 2002
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, April 24, 2002

Cover Price: $49.95
Page Count: 240
Editor: Dale Crain

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Battle of the Stripes"
Pages: 13

Feature(s):
Sgt. Rock (of Earth-1)

Writer: Robert Kanigher
Artist: Joe Kubert

Reprinted From:
Our Army at War #95 (1960)

Feature Character(s)

• Sgt. Rock (last appearance in Our Army at War #94; next appearance in Our Army at War #96)

Supporting Character(s)

• Easy Company (Mickey Sloan and Eddie named; last appearance in Our Army at War #94; next appearance in Our Army at War #96)
• Bulldozer (last name given as Nichols; first appearance; last appearance in Brave & the Bold #84; next appearance in Our Army at War #103)

Villain(s)

• Various German troops (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Bulldozer Nichols joins Easy Company and boasts about winning Sgt. Rock's stripes. Bulldozer proves himself in combat, but he brags about every action, while Rock quietly does his job heroicly. When Rock is wounded taking a farm house, Bulldozer charges in and defeats the enemy soldiers inside. Then a tank opens fire on the house with Bulldozer inside. Despite his injuries, Rock takes out the tank, proving to Easy and Bulldozer that he is the leader for good reason.