Our Fighting Forces
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| Our Fighting Forces | |
 Cover to Our Fighting Forces #29 (Jan. 1958). |
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| Publication information | |
|---|---|
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Publication date | Oct./Nov. 1954 - Sept./Oct. 1978 |
| Number of issues | 181 |
| Main character(s) | The Losers |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Robert Kanigher |
| Artist(s) | Jack Kirby |
| Collected editions | |
| Jack Kirby's The Losers | ISBN 1401221653 |
Our Fighting Forces is a DC Comics war-anthology comic book series that ran for 181 issues from 1954-1978.
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[edit] Characters
Features published in Our Fighting Forces include:
- Gunner and Sarge — two "Mud-Marines" and their white German Shepherd dog Pooch on a small island in the Pacific who first appeared in issue #45 (May 1959) and lasted until issue #94 (August 1965)
- The Fighting Devil-Dog Lt. Larry Rock — Marine wounded at Corregidor by shrapnel in his head that literally makes him see red on a Pacific Island from issue #95 until #98
- Capt. Phil Hunter — Green Beret in the Vietnam War searching for his twin brother Nick, a pilot shot down by the Viet Cong from issue #99 until #105
- Hunter's Hellcats — Capt. Hunter's father Ben in World War II who formed a unit of military prisoners (a comics copy of The Dirty Dozen) from #106 (April 1967) until #122
- The Losers — DC Comics war heroes who had lost their own magazines:
- Capt. Storm of the Navy
- Johnny Cloud of the Army Air Forces
- Gunner & Sarge of the Marines.
[edit] Creators associated with Our Fighting Forces
Writer-editor Robert Kanigher and writer-artist Jack Kirby were among the comics creators whose work appeared in the title. Others include artists Jack Abel, Ross Andru, Ken Barr, Gene Colan, Ed Davis, Mort Drucker, Mike Esposito, George Evans, Jerry Grandenetti, Russ Heath, Bruce Jones, Joe Kubert, Ric Estrada, Irv Novick, John Severin, Tom Sutton, Frank Thorne, and Wally Wood, some of whom would also script.
[edit] Collections
- The Losers by Jack Kirby (reprinting issues #151-162)
[edit] References
- Our Fighting Forces at the Comic Book DB
