Four-Star Battle Tales

    (DC, 1973)
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Four-Star Battle tales premiered in February, 1973. The early seventies were a time when war comics were enjoying a brief surge in popularity, particularly when mixed with supernatural elements as in Weird War Tales. Four-Star Battle Tales was fairly unspectacular, consisting entirely of old reprints featuring characters like Johnny Cloud from the Losers.

With the U.S. withdrawing from Viet Nam in mid-1973, it was perhaps not surprising that war comics did a quick fade in popularity. By the end of 1973, Four-Star Battle Tales had similarly disappeared following issue #5.
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Four-Star Battle Tales #1

March, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
4 copies available from $14.00 		Cover reprinted from All-American Men of War #94 (Nov-Dec 1962); Reprints from All-American Men of War #94 (Nov-Dec 1962) and Star Spangled War Stories #73 (Sep 1958); Feb-Mar issue Robert Kanigher, Jeff Rovin, Bob HaneyIrv Novick, Mort Drucker
Four-Star Battle Tales #2

May, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
5 copies available from $2.00 		Cover reprinted from All-American Men of War #104 (Jul-Aug 1964); Reprints from All-American Men of War #104 (Jul-Aug 1964) and Our Army at War #196 (Aug 1968); Apr-May issue Robert Kanigher, Jeff Rovin, Howard LissIrv Novick, Russ Heath
Four-Star Battle Tales #3

August, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
2 copies available from $14.50 		Cover reprinted from Star Spangled War Stories #132 (Apr-May 1967); Reprints; Reprints From Star Spangled War Stories #50 (Oct 1956), #83 (Jul 1959), and #90 (Apr-May 1960); Jul-Aug issue Bob Haney, Robert KanigherRoss Andru, Mort Drucker
Four-Star Battle Tales #4

October, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
2 copies available from $11.00 		Robert Kanigher, Bob Haney, Ed Herron, Allan AshermanJoe Kubert, Mort Drucker, Russ Heath
Four-Star Battle Tales #5

December, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
5 copies available from $1.25 		Cover reprinted from Our Fighting Forces #51 (Nov 1959); Reprints from Our Army at War #11 (Jun 1953), #78 (Jan 1959), and G.I. Combat #72 (May 1959); Nov-Dec issue; Final issue Dave Wood, Bob Haney, Allan AshermanMort Drucker, Russ Heath, Bernie Krigstein