13 COVERS…
This year’s 13 COVERS Memorial Day salute features DC’s Unknown Soldier, a stand-in for service members whose remains have not been identified.
Created by Joe Kubert, Robert Kanigher and Irv Novick, the Unknown Soldier made his first appearance in 1966’s Our Army at War #168, though the cover featured the star of the title, Sgt. Rock.
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Four years later, he earned his own feature in Star Spangled War Stories, a title that eventually was renamed The Unknown Soldier. The series was cancelled in 1982, but the Soldier continues to surface from time to time, in various incarnations.
A safe Memorial Day to you.
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MORE
— COMBAT: WORLD WAR II in 13 MAGNIFICENT COVERS — A Memorial Day Tribute. Click here.
— 13 COVERS: A MEMORIAL DAY Salute: THE LOSERS. Click here.
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Some librarians I spoke with had great things to say about the Unknown Soldier 2008/09 reboot set in Uganda with the child soldiers.