You were the Civil War's greatest horse cavalry genius, Sir! The Pride of the South! You'd make a brilliant tank general! 
- — General George S. Patton
G.I. Combat #208 is an issue of the series G.I. Combat (Volume 1) with a cover date of July, 1978.
Synopsis for Haunted Tank: "Sink That Tank"
It's dawn, and the fog's so thick even the birds are walking. The commanders of the tank squadron have gathered together outside to enjoy the fresh air. Lieutenant Sid tells Jeb Stuart that today is his son Bobby's birthday, and asks Jeb what he's planning on getting the boy as a present. Jeb, the kid's godfather, tells him he wants it to be something good and he'll have to think about it. Then, the C.O. of the squadron walks out and tells them that Panzers have just smashed through the Allied line and are heading for the fuel dump in Lazarre. With the infantry busy and the planes all grounded because of the fog, he has no choice but to send his four tanks to stall the Panzer Division until support arrives. The four lieutenants agree and, mounting their tanks, disappear into the fog.
Only a few moments into the journey, the ghost of General J.E.B. Stuart appears in the fog in front of the Haunted Tank. The ghost says nothing, which really worries Jeb. The four tanks come to a bridge and begin to cross it. Sid reminds Jeb about the gift over the radio. Abruptly, the air is ripped by a thunderous shell that slams directly into the Haunted Tank. The flames engulf the little tank. Knowing that the others can't pass them if they become incapacitated, Jeb orders Slim to make a hard right. Jeb orders Sid to take over command just as the Haunted Tank turns and drives right over the edge of the bridge, tumbling down into the waters of the river below. The three other tanks speed up and reach the other side. Below the water, the Haunted Tank's crew desperately scramble out of their hatches before they drown and swim to the surface. All four make it, and swim to dry land. Even though their tank's at the bottom of the river, they're still in the fight.
For a long time, the weary crew walk following the trails left by the other tanks. Then, they find them. One of the tanks is destroyed. The second is missing. The one left fighting is Sid's. The four run towards Sid's tank to help in the fight. Jeb takes Sid in his arms. His friend is shot, and his dying words to Jeb are for him to make it easy on his family when he writes home to his wife and kid. Burning with rage, Jeb takes to the machine gun as the others jump into their positions and return fire at the enemy Panzers. Inside the Sherman tank, Rick gets his sights as Gus loads the cannon up. They fire, and one Panzer is destroyed! Another tries to sneak up on them, but Jeb spots the Maus too late and one blast rips off the tread on the Sherman. With only one tread, all the tank can do is spin around in circles. But as it comes around again, Rick fires and hits the Maus dead on, destroying it. Once again left without a tank, Jeb and his men head in the direction of the last tank tracks they see. They then hear gunfire. Running in that direction, they are saddened to find the last tank standing still, its crew dead. Their entire tank squadron... wiped out. Now nothing can stop the Panzers from reaching the fuel dump. Jeb and his crew quickly check out the last tank and, finding it still in working order, take command of it and head out towards the directions the Panzers went.
With darkness now fallen, Jeb and his crew reach the fuel depot, only to find they are too late. The Germans have gotten there first. One German tank commander spots the lone American tank approaching and open fires. The shot hits the Sherman and sets it ablaze. The four leap out of the burning tank. But just as he's about to get down, jeb turns around and climbs back into the tank. With flames alit all around him, he puts the Sherman into forward gear and ties it down. Jeb then climbs out of the tank and throws himself to the ground as the tank begins to move forward towards the fuel dump. The flaming Sherman crashes into the stored fuel. In a moment, the area is turned into a cataclysmic inferno. The enemy is engulfed in the explosion.
Without transportation, the crew of the Haunted Tank must now walk back to base. After a long hike, they reach the bridge again. To their surprise, the river has drained away and the Haunted Tank is sitting there on the dry riverbed! Jeb deduces that the river must lead to the sea and the tide must have went out. Without wasting any time, they climb on board. The next day, back at base, Gus, Rick, and Slim are jeleous as they watch the commander pin another medal on Jeb's chest for his work at stopping the enemy. What they don't know is that shortly later, Jeb is alone writing a letter back to his deceased friend Sid's family, and tells Sid's boy that his father had received the medal and wanted him to have it for his birthday.
Appearing in Haunted Tank: "Sink That Tank"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- German Artillery soldiers
Other Characters:
- Lt. Sid (Dies)
- Lt. Al (Dies)
- Lt. Nick (Dies)
- American Artillery Captain "C.O."
- Sid's wife (Mentioned only)
- Sid's son, Bobby (Mentioned only)
Locations:
Items:
- U.S. Medal of Honor
Vehicles:
- The Haunted Tank
- American M4 Sherman tank
- Panzerkampfwagen IV tank
- Panzerkampfwagen II Ausf. L "Luchs"
- Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus heavy tank
Synopsis for O.S.S.: "The Barbarian Bomb"
Dusk, near Hyde Park in London. A group of O.S.S. secret agents have gathered with Control to be chosen for one of the most top-secret missions they have ever had. Control introduces them to the mission commander, code-named "Rod", and tells them that his orders must be obeyed instantly and without question. Rod stands up, and pointing to a couple kissing on a nearby bench in the park, orders the others to shoot them through the heart. The agents refuse, calling it cold-blooded murder. One agent, code-named "Olivia", just gets up walks over to the couple, and shoots both of them at point-blank range. Rod congratulates her, and she is relieved to find that the couple she had shot were not dead, but were in fact two more agents wearing bulletproof vests. Rod introduces the two agents as "Edvard" and "Tanya", and tells Olivia that she has made the team. However, he gives a warning... that their mission is so urgent that if any of them are wounded or captured. they must be executed without thought to prevent information from falling into the Nazi hands.
Dawn the next morning, at a bomber field in the north of England, the four agents board a plane heading for Norway. Their mission can now be revealed to them. They are to kidnap one of the world's greatest nuclear physicists and a Nazi collaborator, Professor Nils Svenson, from his lab in occupied Norway. Rod reveals that Edvard is Professor Svenson's only son, and had been rescued from the Nazis to deliver terrible news back to the Allies. Edvard tells them that he was present when his father, with the Nazis, exploded the prototype of his latest invention, the N-Bomb, in the mountain regions of Norway. The world's first neutron bomb, capable of killing people but leaving the buildings intact, and with negligible radiation. Hitler has plans to use it first in England, and then America, in his conquest of the world. Edvard says that only a small team would have a chance to reach his father. As they near the drop zone, the four put on their parachutes and jump. Their descent is spotted by a German patrol, and they are shot down. As the Germans approach, believing them all to be dead, the four agents spring to life and kill the Germans with a surprise grenade. They steal the German's snowmobile parked nearby and head towards the lab.
Later that day, they finally reach the mountain where the lab is. They begin to cross the bridge, but then an explosion hits the front of the snowmobile. Their deception uncovered, they bail from the burning vehicle as it reaches the other side of the bridge and plows into a German gun placement. Unfortunately, Rod has broken his leg in the jump. He tells Olivia to follow his orders and remember what she has to do. Olivia pulls out her pistol and shoots Rod in the head, killing him. As the others exit the lab with Professor Svenson in tow, they find Olivia standing over Rod's body. But there's no time, and the group run off into the snow covered mountains.
It's a long trek through the terrain, but the group and their prisoner finally reach the cove where a boat will pick them up and take them back to England. But, in the water, a German patrol boat. The group flatten into the snow before they can be spotted. Professor Svenson refuses, and begins waving his arms and shouting to the enemy boat. Edvard pulls his pistol and shoots his father. The two women begin firing at the patrol boat and destroy it. The rendezvous boat finally arrives, and Edvard picks up his wounded father and the group get onto the boat and to safety.
Later, one day in the English countryside, Control and Edvard are waiting outside the hospital when a nurse brings Professor Svenson up tot hem in a wheelchair. Edvard is relieved that his father survived the shot, but the professor now suffered from amnesia due to the concussion. His memories have been permanently destroyed. Control states that at least the Nazis no longer have the professor's neutron bomb, but he worries that one day another nation will discover the secrets. He only hopes that it will be the Allies, or heaven help humanity!
Appearing in O.S.S.: "The Barbarian Bomb"
Featured Characters:
- Agent "Olivia"
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Nazi Waffen-SS Officers
- Adolf Hitler (Flashback only)
Other Characters:
- Agent "Rod"
- Agent "Edvard"
- Agent "Tanya"
- Professor Svenson
Locations:
Items:
- Prototype N-bomb
- Parachutes
- M1 grenade
Vehicles:
- German Mercedes-Benz W31 staff car (Flashback only)
- German Sd.Kfz. 7 Half-track
Synopsis for The Flying Front: "Ace Minus 1"
In the autumn of 1918, during World War 1, a pilot by the name of Lt. Jeff Malstrom fought in the skies above France, hurling his Spad bi-plane at a German Fokker over No-Man's Land in a fierce firefight. The Fokker is hit, making it the fourth kill for Pilot Malstrom. One more, and he'll be named a flying ace, an honor he's been working so hard for. However, the next day he is told by his commanding officer that the war's over. Cut off before his greatest victory.
In the peacetime years between wars, Malstrom performed at various air shows doing aerial acrobatics, but he would have given his soul to be back in the air fighting the Germans again. Then Pearl Harbor came, and war erupted in the Pacific. Jeff Malstrom immediately when to his nearest recruiting office, only to be told that he was too old for the fight. They would accept his enlistment as a mechanic, considering his experience with airplanes and his years of flying.
Stationed at a forward airfield deep in the jungles of the South Pacific, Chief Malstrom worked hard to keep all the planes flying perfectly. He watched as each of the pilots returned from battle, holding back the jealousy and wishing that he was back in the pilot's seat instead of them. One day, after a brutal air battle, the Captain offers Malstrom a chance to go up with him in order to check out the flying condition of the plane. He enjoys his time back in the air, and the wind against his face feels like heaven. Just then, their plane is attacked by a surprise appearance of a Zero form the clouds. The plane is smashed, riddled with bullets. The rear gun is smashed, and the Captain is shot but alive. He begins to bring the plane down, but the Zero stays right behind them. With the rear gun out of commission, they have no chance to fight back, unless they can somehow get the plane turned around and pointing towards the enemy. Malstrom tells the Captain to keep the plane flying straight. He then gets out of his seat and begins to walk outside the plane. Now standing on the wing, Malstrom pulls out a pistol and begins to shoot at the Zero behind them. It's no good, and the pistol is shot out of his hand. He then grabs the flare gun from the Captain, and orders him to pull in full flaps. The plane suddenly slows down like a brake, bringing the Zero in close and giving Malstrom a chance to fire the flare at close range right into the cockpit of the enemy! The Zero bursts into flames, killing the pilot and sending it spiraling down to crash on the ground.
Now returning back to the airfield, the Captain tells Malstrom that he's just bagged his number five kill. It may have taken two wars to get there, but he's finally an Ace!
Appearing in The Flying Front: "Ace Minus 1"
Featured Characters:
- Lt. Jeff Malstrom
Antagonists:
- WW1 German pilots
- WW1 German Infantry soldiers
- Japanese pilots
Other Characters:
- WW1 American Infantry soldiers
- WW1 American Infantry captain
- American Recruitment officer
- American Airmen
- Captain Allison
- Colonel Gregory "Pappy" Boyington (Mentioned only)
- Captain Eddie Rickenbacker (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- France
- Unnamed Island, Pacific Ocean
Items:
- Flare gun
Vehicles:
- French SPAD WW1 biplane fighter aircraft
- German Fokker WW1 Fighter aitcraft
- American Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft
- Japanese Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" fighter aircraft
Synopsis for Haunted Tank: "Battle By the Book!"
Jeb Stuart and the Haunted Tank are right in the middle of a fiery battle against a squadron of German Messerschmitts who are bombing an Allied airfield full of P-51 Mustangs. As the pilots try to scramble to their burning planes, the Haunted Tank has its cannon pointed towards the sky, taking out one, two, three of the attacking German planes. The last plane, though, lands right in front of the Haunted Tank, sending a concussive fiery blast their way and knocking Jeb right out from atop the turret. As the German planes begin to retreat back into the clouds and the remaining Mustangs take to the skies after them, Slim, Gus, and Rick quickly dismount the tank to help their fallen friend. Jeb is wounded and concussed, but still alive. Lifting a weak hand into the air, Jeb tells the General to take over his command. The three think Jeb is delirious, wanting the ghost General to take over, but then a voice from behind them says that he'll take over. They turn around to find General George Patton himself standing there, ready to take his position in their tank! Before falling unconscious, Jeb makes Patton agree to bring him along inside the tank rather than leave him for the medics. The others place Jeb inside and make him comfortable, while Patton takes his place atop the Haunted Tank in command.
As the tank rolls through the smoke and fair, the ghost of General J.E.B. Start appears before General Patton. The three inside the tank are stunned to hear Patton talking to the General, but none of them has the nerve to tell him that there's nothing there. Jeb, now conscious, is glad that Patton can see his ancestor. Patton compliments General Stuart on his tactics, and says that he'd have made a brilliant tank general. Patton tells him about his belief that he's been reincarnated from the military leaders of long ago and that he knows how to defeat the German advance through Europe. He then orders Slim to drive the Haunted Tank over to a hill and place its rear against it. Rick and slim are worried, now that their means of retreat has been cut off. Jeb tells them to trust the general.
Hours pass, and in the bleak grayness of dawn, Panzers begin to appear in the distance. The German commander is pleased to find only one lone tank and orders his squadron of tanks forward. As the sun begins to rise of the horizon behind them, Patton orders the men to take their positions for attack. As the Panzers approach, they are blinded by the rising sun directly in front of them. Patton orders the Haunted Tank to open fire! All four Panzers are destroyed. the General then orders Slim to bring the tank back to the airfield. Slim questions Patton, asking him how he knew the sun would blind them. Patton explains that he borrowed the tactics from Caesar's campaigns in Europe.
After they reach the airfield, Patton orders the men to grab as many cans of phosphorescent pain they can find and paint the Haunted Tank. With the job completed, the tank then orders them to head towards the woods. Shrouded by the darkness of the trees, two captured Czech T-38s manned by the Germans spot the eerily glowing "ghost tank" enter the woods and are startled by it. their hesitation is just what General Patton was hoping for. Rick fires, and both Czech tanks are destroyed. Patton explains that the ancient Britons of the 1st Century painted their bodies blue in order to slaughter their startled foes. Caesar did the same, with similar success.
That night, as the German tanks begin to make their last desperate assault against the airfield, they look up to see a glowing tank appears from the clouds above them, seemingly flying through the air. As the Haunted Tank touches down onto the ground, having been dropped from a high-flying transport plane, they release the black chute practically invisible in the darkness and move around behind the enemies position. Patton orders the tank to open fire! Rick blasts the invading German tanks left and right, not stopping until the final one is destroyed. Jeb, now well enough to come back atop, asks General Patton when Caesar used that sort of tactic. Patton tells him that he never did... that was his idea! He doesn't always fight by the book. With the enemy assault now broken, Patton gives Jeb his command of the Haunted Tank back and wishes them well. General J.E.B. Stuart appears again, and tells Patton that he will be seeing him again one of these days. Patton agrees, as he expects to die in battle for his country, and can't think of a greater glory.
Appearing in Haunted Tank: "Battle By the Book!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- General J.E.B. Stuart
- General George S. Patton
Antagonists:
- German pilots
- German Artillery commander
- German Artillery soldiers
Other Characters:
- American airmen
- Julius Caesar (Mentioned only)
Locations:
Items:
- Phosphorescent paint
- Black parachute
Vehicles:
- The Haunted Tank
- German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aircraft
- American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft
- German Panzerkampfwagen IV tank
- German Jagdpanzer 38 "Hetzer" light tank
- Czechoslovakian Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) tank
Synopsis for Women at War: "Star Bright, Star Fight"
Near a jungle parameter on a South Pacific island, the Marines stationed there have gathered for the day's U.S.O. attraction. Onto the stage steps the highlighting star Charlie, a shapely blond woman wearing nothing but a string bikini. The guys in the audience hoop and holler, happy for the distraction from the war. Then, as the show is about to continue, a Japanese Zero plane soars out from the clouds and attacks the unsuspecting Marines. The surprise attack slaughters most of the Marine forces before they can counter-attack. Sergeant Al quickly leaps to action and mans the machine gun, ordering the O.S.U. star and her manager to take cover and a neareby private to feed the gun while he fires it. The Zero turns around and centers his attention on the machine gun. As the Zero heads directly for their position, the sergeant open fires and destroys the Zero before it can make its pass.
With things now quiet, Charlie turns to find her manager dead, having been shot in the during the last pass. She panics, seeing only dead soldiers all around her, and begins to run out onto the battlefield. Al tells her to get into his foxhole quick, and informs her that they are the only two left alive now. Charlie thinks it's a miracle, then realizes that the sergeant has been blinded by the flash from the exploding Zero. She then spots Japanese soldiers coming out from the trees on the far side of the field. Al tells her that there's only the two of them between the enemy and the rest of the company. It's all up to her now, and he hands over the controls of the machine gun to her. Charlie freaks out, and says that she can't kill anyone. Al grabs her, and tells her that there's a field hospital right behind them, and if they don't stop the Japanese from advancing the hospital will be massacred. She nods her head. Al will load the gun, but she must be the one to aim and fire. She turns, aims, and pulls the trigger. He encourages her on, and tells her to fire only short bursts to avoid overheating the gun. First the enemy comes from the right, and she swivels it around and fires. Then they begin to come from the left, and she swivels around and fires in that direction. She begins to feel sick, but she continues until every one of the advancing Japanese soldiers are taken out.
As the last of the enemy falls, Marines from the field hospital who had heard all the fighting appear from the rear to help, but the battle is all over. They ask who the chick at the chopper is. Al smiles, and tells them it's the real star of the show!
Appearing in Women at War: "Star Bright, Star Fight"
Featured Characters:
- Charlie, a U.S.O. girl
Antagonists:
- Japanese pilot (Dies)
- Japanese Infantry soldiers
Other Characters:
- U.S.O. Director Joey (Dies)
- Sergeant Al
- American Marine soldiers
Locations:
- Unnamed island, Pacific Ocean
Items:
- Machine gun
Vehicles:
- Japanese Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" fighter aircraft
Synopsis for O.S.S.: "The 7 Layer Booby Trap"
At a secret headquarters deep within London, the head of the O.S.S. spy organization, known only by his code-name "Control", briefs his special agent "Pierre" on his latest mission. Control knows that Pierre wants nothing more to be back in the fight along with the French resistance against the man who murdered his family, Colonel Dienst, but he informs his agent that he must fight the enemy not with a rifle, but his his talents as a world-renowned pastry chef!
Later that week, under the dark of night, a fishing boat lands Pierre at a deserted Normandy beach, where he is met by a French resistance force. However, a German patrol has already spotted them, and a firefight begins. The Resistance fight back, knowing that they must get Pierre away at any costs.
Five days later, at the Verte Galante Inn in Calais, Pierre is finishing the last decoration on his 7-layer masterpiece cake prepared for the birthday of Colonel Dienst. He is placing the candles atop the cake when Col. Dienst and his SS guards walk into the kitchen. Dienst is impressed with the cake, and orders the chef to bring it out onto the lawn where his guests are waiting. Pierre places the cake onto the party table just as the "guests" arrive. He looks up to see that it's the men from the Resistance that had brought him into Calais, now prisoners of the SS. The prisoners are marches before them, and then all are shot dead. Colonel Dienst tells Pierre that he knows all about his mission from the O.S.S. to assassinate him. Dienst turns to the cake, and believing that the candles must be bobby-trapped, orders Pierre to light them. As the Germans get back, Pierre moves up and lights each of the candles. Dienst smiles, and says that they must have bobby-trapped the candles in reverse so that they would explode not when you light them, but when you blow them out! He then orders Pierre to blow the candles out. He does, and nothing happens. Dienst laughs, and says that anticipation and suspicion have been the keys to his survival for so long. He steps up, and begins to slice into the cake. As he makes the first slice, he realizes too late that the cake has been bobby-trapped to explode when it was first sliced! Pierre laughs! The cake explodes, killing Colonel Dienst, his SS guard, and Pierre along with it.
Appearing in O.S.S.: "The 7 Layer Booby Trap"
Featured Characters:
- Agent "Pierre Fouchet"
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Colonel Dienst
- German Infantry soldiers
Other Characters:
- French Underground fighters
Locations:
Items:
- Birthday cake
Synopsis for Haunted Tank: 'Everyone's a Loser"
After a mission to destroy a vital German chemical plant, the Losers, Captain Storm, Johnny Cloud, Ona Tornsen, Gunner, and Sarge, are returning back to base aboard a British bomber plane. As they are flying over enemy territory, the plane is attacked and a blast hits the side of the aircraft and takes out most of the gunners aboard. While Captain Storm and the others hop into position to take over manning the guns, Lt. Cloud moves up to take over the cockpit from the dead pilots. The engines are dead and they are gliding. All around them, missiles are tearing apart the British squadron that had been following them. Cloud wonders why the B-17s are being targeted but not their plane. He realizes that the German missiles must be targeting in on running, hot engines, a breakthrough that would make the Allies' planes obsolete. Cloud tries to glide their plane through the blasts, but then a squadron of German fighters appears behind them and attack. With no hope for anything but a crash landing, Lt. Cloud signals a mayday on the radio.
Miles away on the ground, the mayday is picked up by the Haunted Tank. Lt. Stuart wants to help, but sees no way they can. The ghost of General J.E.B. Stuart appears, and tells Jeb that even a dead end can have a detour. The mayday is cut off when an attack by approaching Panzer tanks shoot off the Haunted Tank's antenna. Slim slams on the gas, taking off towards the hills and hoping to out-flank and out-run them. Jeb orders him to turn and circle them, and for Rick to pound them with cannon fire. Rick hits every one of the targets, but even while the enemy goes up in flames they continue to fire upon the little tank. One last shell hits the side of the Haunted Tank, nearly knocking out Jeb. Inside, Gus isn't so lucky, and is wounded by shrapnel. Slim stops and Jeb jumps out hoping to find a working radio aboard one of the burning Panzers. No luck. As Jeb walks back to his tank, he spots a shadow coming out from the trees. The figure approaches, a badly wounded private from Easy Company, and tells Jeb that Easy Company's been attacked in the woods. He pleads for help, then collapses and dies right before Jeb's feet. Jeb orders the others, all except Gus, to get out of the tank and go with him to find the rest of Easy Company and help. They find others from Easy Company being slaughtered by German Infantry troops. Taking position, Jeb, Rick, and Slim open fire, killing the Germans in the area. They're too late, however, as they find all the G.I.s dead except one, who is able to tell Jeb to find Sgt. Rock they were "bringing the two civilians" but dies before he can finish his sentence. Jeb and the others look around, and find a young woman hidden in the bushes, cradling the dead body of her father. The woman can't speak, mute from a state of shock and fear. Inside her head is locked the reasons that Easy Company gave their lives for, so Jeb decides to take her back to headquarters and finish the job that Easy Company began. Then, from the darkness, the group is fired upon. They try to take cover, but the enemy boxes them in. They have no choice but to surrender. In a split second decision, Jeb quickly strips the uniform off one of the dead soldiers and disguises the woman. As the enemy closes in, the put their hands into the air and surrender.
Jeb, Rick, Slim, and the mysterious woman are hustled into an armored personnel carrier and sped away to their ultimate destination... a Stalag prison not far away from their original position. The gates shut behind them, and they are forced out into the grounds to be addressed by the prison commandant. The Commandant is first taking care of a would-be escapee. His men force the prisoner towards the wire fence with their weapons. When the prisoner touches the wires, massive amounts of electricity fry the man to death. The Commandant is pleased with his demonstration of their defenses. His little dachshund "Fritzie" jumps down from his arms and approaches the disguised woman. She reaches a hand out to pet the dog, and is knocked down by one of the guards' rifle butts. The Commandant then orders his new prisoners to be placed in isolation. He will question them tomorrow.
As Jeb and the others are ushered away, the ghost of General J.E.B. Stuart watches. The General proclaims that "they've reached their dead end"!
Appearing in Haunted Tank: 'Everyone's a Loser"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- German pilots
- German Infantry soldiers
- German Artillery soldiers
- German Stalag Commander
Other Characters:
- The Losers
- British airmen
- American Infantry "Easy Company" soldiers (All die)
- Count de Tourraine (Dies)
- The Count's daughter
Locations:
Items:
- Fritzie the dog
Vehicles:
- The Haunted Tank
- British Armstrong Whitworth A.W.38 Whitley bomber aircraft
- American Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber
- German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aircraft
- German Jagdpanzer 38 "Hetzer" light tank
- German Panzerkampfwagen IV tank
- German Sd.Kfz. 7 Half-track
Notes
- Between stories one and two is a 2-page "Wheels of the Wehrmacht" about the different vehicles that supplied the German soldiers at the front during World War II. Included are entries for the German motorcycle (mostly used for messenger duties), the twin-engine car (manufactured by both Tempo-Werke and Vidal, and had an engine in the front and back), the Kubelwagen "bucket-car" jeep (manufactured by Porsche), the Daimler-Benz G-4 car (the car that Hitler used during his Nazi rallies), and finally the Schwimmwagen amphibious car (which had 4-wheel drive for land, and a propeller for water).
- Between stories three and four is a 1-page "Famous Fighting Outfits: The Air Transport Command", a short history of the United States Air Force unit that was created during World War II as the strategic airlift component of the United States Army Air Forces. This outfit, all non-combatants, were vital in delivering supplies and equipment to the forces overseas, ferrying aircraft from the manufacturing plants to where they were needed for training or use in combat, and evacuating the wounded from the front to hospitals stateside. Written by Murray Boltinoff.
- Between stories six and seven is a 1-page "Superman Movie Report" containing biographies for Pierre Spengler, a producer on the film, and of Alexander Salkind and his son Ilya Salkind, the executive producers of Superman: The Movie. This entry was found in all DC DOLLAR COMICS printed this month.
- The Haunted Tank story "Everyone's a Loser" continues next issue.
Trivia
- In this month's "Let's Make Tracks" letter column, editor Murray Boltinoff comments on a mistake and correction that was made for the cover of issue #206. When the DC Offices received the first fresh copies of the issue, the blurb in the upper left corner of the front cover had disappeared, leaving only the number "3". It was supposed to say "3 Titanic Haunted Tank Tales". While they were able to stop the presses and correct the cover, some copies made it out into the public through subscription copies and other pre-ordered means.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- World War II Recommended Reading
- Adventures in the Rifle Brigade (Volume 1)
- Adventures in the Rifle Brigade (Volume 2)
- All-American Men of War (Volume 1)
- All-Out War (Volume 1)
- Blackhawk (Volume 1)
- Blitzkrieg (Volume 1)
- Capt. Storm (Volume 1)
- Four-Star Battle Tales (Volume 1)
- G.I. Combat (Volume 1)
- Men of War (Volume 1)
- Military Comics (Volume 1)
- Our Army at War (Volume 1)
- Our Fighting Forces (Volume 1)
- Sgt. Rock (Volume 1)
- Sgt. Rock (Volume 2)
- Star-Spangled War Stories (Volume 1)
- Unknown Soldier (Volume 1)
- Weird War Tales (Volume 1)