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| Letterer1
| - E.R. Cruz
- Pete Costanza
- Esphid Mahilum
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| Inker1
| - Dick Ayers
- E.R. Cruz
- Nestor Redondo
- Sam Glanzman
- Jose Matucenio
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| Inker1
| - Dick Ayers
- E.R. Cruz
- Nestor Redondo
- Sam Glanzman
- Jose Matucenio
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| Writer1
| - Robert Kanigher
- George Kashdan
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| Penciler1
| - Dick Ayers
- E.R. Cruz
- Nestor Redondo
- Sam Glanzman
- Jose Matucenio
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| Colourist1
| - Anthony Tollin
- Jerry Serpe
- Jose Matucenio
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| Writer1
| - Robert Kanigher
- George Kashdan
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| StoryTitle
| - Hero Without Glory
- Highway in the Sky
- I'll Be Back-- Or Dead!
- Soldier by the Book
- The Demon Tank
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| Editor1
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| Penciler1
| - Dick Ayers
- E.R. Cruz
- Nestor Redondo
- Sam Glanzman
- Jose Matucenio
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| Appearing
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:* Allan
Supporting Characters:
* None
Adversaries:
* Nazi Military
:* "Lark"
:* Unnamed soldiers
Other Characters:
* None
Locations:
* ,
:* O.S.S.'s London Headquarters
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:* Unnamed location 5 miles inland from the northern coast
Items:
* Silver Loop Antenna Head-Plate
Vehicles:
* Submarine
* B-17
- Featured Characters:
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Supporting Characters:
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Adversaries:
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:* 4 Robot Soldiers
Other Characters:
* Unknown
Locations:
* ,
:* Adolf Hitler's HQ
* , Southern France
:* Cemetery
Items:
* Unknown
Vehicles:
*
- Featured Characters:
* Vehicle #002918374
Supporting Characters:
* Various Unnamed Soldiers and Technicians
Adversaries:
* Various Nazi Soldiers
Other Characters:
* None
Locations:
* ,
* Unnamed European Locations
Items:
* None
Vehicles:
* Vehicle #002918374
- Featured Characters:
* Sgt. Mack Hummel
* Harry Platt
* Wilbur
Supporting Characters:
* Various unnamed soldiers
Adversaries:
* Japanese Soldiers
Other Characters:
* None
Locations:
* Unnamed American Training Base
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Items:
* None
Vehicles:
* None
- Featured Characters:
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:*
Supporting Characters:
* None
Adversaries:
* Various Nazi Soldiers
Other Characters:
* None
Locations:
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:* Dordogne Forest
Items:
* None
Vehicles:
*
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| Letterer1
| - E.R. Cruz
- Pete Costanza
- Esphid Mahilum
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| Colourist1
| - Anthony Tollin
- Jerry Serpe
- Jose Matucenio
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| Editor1
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| Links
| - * G.I. Combat series index at the Grand Comics Database
* Haunted Tank article at Wikipedia
* Haunted Tank article at Don Markstein's Toonopedia
* Haunted Tank article at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
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| - --11-14
- Adolf Hitler is informed by his men that the military is losing men on all fronts and in staggering numbers; their manpower is depleted. Hitler chases them out due to a meeting with Professor Lenz. Lenz, who is on life-support since being injured during an allied bombing raid, brings with him four prototype robotic soldier and promises to construct an army if Hitler provides the funding and labor. Hitler promises both if the robotic soldiers prove their effectiveness in battle and sends them to southern France. Meanwhile, in southern France Jeb Stuart meets with O.S.S.'s Control for an assignment: a spy has information, Jeb must meet him in the cemetery at Le Feur and bring the information back. Jeb and his team move out and are soon warned of impending danger by the ghost of J.E.B. Stuart. They soon fight a German Panzer which sinks in some nearby quicksand. They proceed to the cemetery where the spy has died but has the information on him. Jeb takes the information and heads back only to encounter a second tank - this one operated by the four robotic soldiers. Unable to destroy them through explosions, the crew abandon their now damaged tank and run on foot. They roll fuel-filled barrels at the tank and ignite the fuel via gunfire but again the robots are immune. The men dive into a deep river and the robots follow unharmed. The men run to the quicksand field. The robots give chase and soon sink and are presumably trapped. The men return the message to Control who translates it as a warning about robotic soldiers and dismisses it as fantasy until Jeb tells him their story. Meanwhile Adolf Hitler destroys Professor Lenz's life support systems, thereby killing him, in retaliation for the robots' failure.
- Vehicle #002918374 is assembled in Detroit, Michigan and tells its own story of how it was constantly insulted by its various occupants and ignored throughout its various duties until one day the soldiers riding on it were ambushed by enemy soldiers. The soldiers bailed out and the driver, shortly thereafter, parks and joins them. The truck's emergency brake fails and it rolls backwards stopping in front of the soldiers giving them cover and taking the brunt of the attack in which it is destroyed beyond repair. But the pieces were collected and shipped back to America where they were used in Mechanics' School as training aides.
- The crew of the Haunted Tank is caught by an enemy tank but manages to destroy it, though all but Jeb are wounded. Jeb patches them up and orders them to stay put while he goes for help. However he is soon captured by German soldiers who, in an effort to make him talk, shoot him in the leg. Shortly afterwards a German tank arrives and rescues Jeb who discovers that his crew is manning it. They heard the shots, killed the enemy crew, and took their tank.
- Army soldier-in-training Platt complains to his colleague, Wilbur, about Drill Sgt. Mack Hummel's "by the book" attitude but Wilbur cites Hummel's success record. Later all three are stationed in Guadalcanal where Hummel continues critizing men for not following precise regulation. During a recon mission, Hummel is shot in the leg and his squad is captured by Japanese soldiers. Wilbur has to carry Hummel and Platt comments that the manual can't help Hummel now. But reinforcements soon arrive and rescue the soldiers when it is revealed that, while being carried, Hummel had been ripping up pages from the manual and dropping them like breadcrumbs leading help to their location. Hummel gets the last word in by referencing procedures from the manual.
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| Notes
| - * The issue contains a one-page "Famous Fighting Outfits" story entitled "5 Campaigns To Victory " written by M.B. .
* In "The Demon Tank" Professor Lenz's robots are described as 400 pounds each, contain thermal memory banks which will "propel them inexorably at the enemy," infra-red optics, and special plastic mold armor impervious to explosions, fire and water.
* A note in the letter column explains the decision to slightly reduce the number of pages within the book as a means to avoid having to increase the price. Further, editor Murray Boltinoff provides a one-column description of other countries' military drafts versus America and England's volunteer military.
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