Star Spangled War Stories

Star Spangled War Stories
Cover to Star Spangled War Stories #3 (November 1952). Art by Curt Swan.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
Schedule	Monthly: #1-87, #167-179, #185-199 Bimonthly: #88-166, #180-184, #200-204
Format	Ongoing series
Publication date(s)	(Vol. 1): August 1952–October 1952 (Vol. 2): November 1952–February/March 1977 (Vol. 3): September 2014–May 2015
No. of issues	(Vol. 1): 3 (Vol. 2): 202 (Vol. 3): 8 and a Star Spangled War Stories: Futures End one-shot
Main character(s)	Mlle. Marie The War that Time Forgot Enemy Ace The Unknown Soldier
Editor(s)	Robert Kanigher

Star Spangled War Stories was the title of a DC Comics comic book series that featured war-themed characters and stories. Among the features published in this series were writer-editor Robert Kanigher and artist Jerry Grandenetti's "Mlle. Marie," about a World War II French Resistance fighter, debuting in #84 (Aug. 1959); "The War that Time Forgot," "Enemy Ace," and "the Unknown Soldier."

Initially, Star Spangled War Stories was a retitling of Star-Spangled Comics, and continued the numbering of its predecessor with #131. That lasted until #133, when DC rebooted the numbering with issue #3 — even though there had already been three issues before that. The end result was that there are two separate comics numbered as Star Spangled War Stories #132 — one issued in 1952 and one issued in 1967. "The War that Time Forgot" was an ongoing feature introduced by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Ross Andru in issue #90 (May 1960). The Unknown Soldier became the lead feature in #151 (June–July 1970).

Star-Spangled War Stories ran for over 200 issues from 1952 to 1977. The series ended with issue #204. With #205, the numbering resumed under the title of The Unknown Soldier.

An ongoing series, Star Spangled War Stories Featuring G.I. Zombie, set in the present-day New 52 DC Universe debuted in September 2014. This series was canceled as of issue #8 (May 2015) which went on sale in March 2015.

Writers who worked on Star-Spangled War Stories include Kanigher (its editor) and David Micheline, Ed Herron, Bill Finger, and Bob Haney. Among the artists who contributed were Neal Adams, Ross Andru, Gene Colan, Mort Drucker, Mike Esposito, Russ Heath, Carmine Infantino, Bernard Krigstein, Joe Kubert, Leonard Starr, and Curt Swan.