Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales #1 is a one-shot with a cover date of March, 1964.
Synopsis for "The D.I. and the Sand Fleas"
This story is reprinted from G.I. Combat #56.
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- Drill Instructor (Single appearance)
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- Unknown Island
Synopsis for "Silent Fish"
This story is reprinted from Star-Spangled War Stories #72.
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Synopsis for "Out in Front"
This story is reprinted from Our Army at War #67.
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Synopsis for "Island of Armored Giants"
This story is reprinted from Star-Spangled War Stories #90.
A group of US soldiers are about to be air dropped on a previously uncharted island on the South Pacific after a pair of sub mysteriously went missing in the area. The mission takes an interesting turn when the troops that are being air dropped are attacked by a giant pterodactyl. The troops manage to ward off the prehistoric beast with their weapons before landing.
Searching the island they find a camp set up by Japanese soldiers, but they have been left abandoned. Searching further they stumble upon another prehistoric surprise: A Tyrannosaurus Rex. The creature probes to be bullet proof and they only manage to kill the ancient beast when they manage to load up one of their tanks and fire a shell at it.
Finding one of their subs at shore, the soldiers spot the pterodactyl they encountered before making a passing swoop for the vessel. Quick thinking they manage to kill the beast by using one of the enemies mortar cannons and blowing it out of the sky. When a gigantic sea creature menaces the sub, the troops push out a contact mine out to it that blows up upon impact, killing the beast and allowing them to recover the missing sub.
As they sail back to base, the troops wonder what they are going to explain to their Commanding Officer once they get home. One of the troops suggests they tell them that they fought the final battle of the Dinosaur-Age.
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- Pacific Ocean
- Dinosaur Island (First appearance)
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Synopsis for "What's the Price of a B-17?"
This story is reprinted from Our Army at War #79.
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Synopsis for "Gun Jockey"
This story is reprinted from Our Army at War #82.
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Synopsis for "Calling Easy Co.!"
This story is reprinted from Our Army at War #87.
Sgt. Rock sends Sid, Mack, Al and Nick to defend No-Return Hill until the rest of Easy Company can rendezvous with them. After their current battle is over, Rock and the rest of Easy Company see that Sid and the others have defended No-Return Hill, however each soldier sacrificed his own life in order to keep hold of the position of the Nazi's. Easy Co. finds each member of this unit dead one after another, having trying to defend the hill. At the top they find that Nick, the last soldier standing, sacrificed his life in order to stop a Nazi tank from securing the position for the Nazi's.
Appearing in "Calling Easy Co.!"
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- Easy Company
- Sgt. Rock
- Sid
- Mack
- Al
- Nick Bates (First appearance)
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- Earth-One
- World War II
- No-Return Hill
- World War II
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Notes
- Although this special is called Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales, it actually functions as title's 1964 Annual.
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)