
“…created by writer Robert Kanigher and illustrator Joe Kubert, 'Sgt. Rock' debuted June 1959, in DC Comics "Our Army at War" #83.
“…’Rock’ is a ‘World War II’ soldier who served as an infantry non-commissioned officer.
“Rock is a crack shot…
“…able to shoot down several enemy fighter planes with a single submachine gun…
“…and able to throw hand grenades with amazing accuracy.
“Rock is a highly effective close combat fighter…
“…mostly shown using a style of street fighting mixed with boxing and judo.
“Rock seems to have close to superhuman endurance and strength…
“…surviving a large number of gunshot wounds…
“…fragments from hand grenades, exposure to freezing water and other hazards.
“Rock's ‘Combat Antenna’ is what he calls…
“…a kind of sixth sense to warn him of impending enemy attack.
“This usually allows him at least some time…
‘…to warn ‘Easy Co.’ even if it rarely allows them to get out of harm's way entirely.
“With very few exceptions…
“…Rock maintains complete calm and determination under fire…”
…is credited as the writer of the “DC Horror Presents" title "Sgt. Rock Vs. The Army of the Dead", now available…
….with illustrations by Eduardo Risso and gnarly covers by Gary Frank, Frank Quitely, Charlie Adlard, Francesco Francavilla, Chris Mooneyham and Pia Guerra.
"In a last-ditch effort to turn the tide of the war, a team of evil enemy scientists create a serum that resurrects their dead soldiers…
"Rock now returns to fight the most horrific enemy he’s ever encountered: resurrected dead 'Third Reich' soldiers.
“ The story begins in Berlin, 1944.
“The Germans are flanked on all fronts by the combined 'Allied' forces, and defeat seems inevitable.
“…creating an army of the dead even stronger than they were in life..."
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