The Unknown Soldier (Mini-Series)

    (DC, 1988-1989)
™ and © DC Comics

In the early part of World War II, a young army private was caught by a grenade blast when the Japanese overran the island on which he was stationed. He survived but his face was destroyed by the blast. Taken prisoner by the Japanese, he was placed in a military hospital where he was used as an unwilling test subject for a cellular regeneration formula. Although the drug had killed the others it was used on, it gave this faceless man a new lease on life, giving him strength, virtual immortality, and quickly healing tissue.

When the Americans took back the island, they used this “Unknown Soldier” as a secret weapon, teaching him to fashion any kind of mask, and to spy behind enemy lines. Throughout World War II he was the greatest of heroes, fighting the last good war. But, having escaped a bomb blast that seemed to take his life in the fall of Berlin, he has moved on to fight other, dirtier wars.
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  • 1
    #1
    Dec 1988
    Cover: $1.50
    W: James Owsley  ·  A: Phil Gascoine
    Origin of Unknown Soldier; Winter 1988
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  • 1/NS
    #1 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition
    Dec 1988
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    W: James Owsley  ·  A: Phil Gascoine
    Origin of Unknown Soldier; Winter 1988
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  • 2
    #2
    Dec 1988
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    W: James Owsley  ·  A: Phil Gascoine
    Hol 1988
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  • 2/NS
    #2 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition
    Dec 1988
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    W: James Owsley  ·  A: Phil Gascoine
    Hol 1988
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  • 3
    #3
    Jan 1989
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    W: James Owsley  ·  A: Phil Gascoine
    8 copies from $1.45
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    #3 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition
    Jan 1989
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    W: James Owsley  ·  A: Phil Gascoine
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    #4
    Mar 1989
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    W: James Owsley  ·  A: Phil Gascoine
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    #4 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition
    Mar 1989
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    W: James Owsley  ·  A: Phil Gascoine
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  • 5
    #5
    Apr 1989
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    W: James Owsley  ·  A: Phil Gascoine
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    #5 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition
    Apr 1989
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    W: James Owsley  ·  A: Phil Gascoine
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    #6
    May 1989
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    W: James Owsley  ·  A: Phil Gascoine
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    #6 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition
    May 1989
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    W: James Owsley  ·  A: Phil Gascoine
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  • 7
    #7
    Jul 1989
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    W: James Owsley  ·  A: Phil Gascoine
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    #7 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition
    Jul 1989
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    W: James Owsley  ·  A: Phil Gascoine
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  • 8
    #8
    Aug 1989
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    W: James Owsley  ·  A: Phil Gascoine
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    #8 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition
    Aug 1989
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    W: James Owsley  ·  A: Phil Gascoine
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  • 9
    #9
    Sep 1989
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    W: James Owsley  ·  A: Phil Gascoine
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    #9 Newsstand Edition
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    Sep 1989
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    W: James Owsley  ·  A: Phil Gascoine
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  • 10
    #10
    Oct 1989
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    W: James Owsley  ·  A: Phil Gascoine
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    #10 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition
    Oct 1989
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    W: James Owsley  ·  A: Phil Gascoine
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  • 11
    #11
    Nov 1989
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    W: James Owsley  ·  A: Phil Gascoine
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    #11 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition
    Nov 1989
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    W: James Owsley  ·  A: Phil Gascoine
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  • 12
    #12
    Dec 1989
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    W: James Owsley  ·  A: Phil Gascoine
    Final Issue
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    #12 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition
    Dec 1989
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    W: James Owsley  ·  A: Phil Gascoine
    Final Issue
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