Our Fighting Forcesone-shot was published in November 2010.[6]
Recurring features
Features published in Our Fighting Forces include:
Gunner and Sarge (from issue #45 [May 1959] to issue #94 [August 1965]) — two "Mud-Marines" and their white
German Shepherd dog Pooch on a small island in the Pacific.[7]
The Fighting Devil-Dog Lt. Larry Rock (the brother of Our Army at War'sSgt. Rock) (from issue #95 [October 1965] until #98 [February 1966]) — Marine wounded at the
Battle of Corregidor by
shrapnel in his head that literally makes him see red on a Pacific island.
Capt. Phil Hunter (from issue #99 [April 1966] until #105 [January–February 1967]) — Green Beret in the
Vietnam War searching for his twin brother Nick, a pilot shot down by the
Viet Cong.
Lt. Hunter's Hellcats (from #106 [March–April 1967] until #123 [January–February 1970])— Capt. Hunter's father Ben in World War II who formed a unit of military prisoners (a comics copy of The Dirty Dozen).[7]
The Losers (issues #123 [January–February 1970] to #181 [September–October 1978]) — DC Comics war heroes[7] who had lost their own features:
Capt. Storm of the Navy who appeared in his own series Capt. Storm which lasted 18 issues.[8]
^Arndt, Richard J. (April 2018). ""Nice" Is the Word: A Few Words on Archie Goodwin". Back Issue! (#103). Raleigh, North Carolina:
TwoMorrows Publishing: 10.
^McAvennie, Michael (2010). "1970s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom:
Dorling Kindersley. p. 161.
ISBN978-0-7566-6742-9. Jack Kirby also took on a group of established DC characters that had nothing to lose. The result was a year-long run of Our Fighting Forces tales that were action-packed, personal, and among the most beloved of World War II comics ever produced.