Four-Star Battle Tales

(DC, 1973)
DC

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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#1

Cover reprinted from All-American Men of War #94 (Nov-Dec 1962)

Mar 1973

Cover: $0.20

W: Robert Kanigher, Jeff Rovin, Bob Haney · A: Irv Novick, Mort Drucker

Reprints from All-American Men of War #94 (Nov-Dec 1962) and Star Spangled War Stories #73 (Sep 1958); Feb-Mar issue

6 copies from $3.00
#2

Cover reprinted from All-American Men of War #104 (Jul-Aug 1964)

May 1973

Cover: $0.20

W: Robert Kanigher, Jeff Rovin, Howard Liss · A: Irv Novick, Russ Heath

Reprints from All-American Men of War #104 (Jul-Aug 1964) and Our Army at War #196 (Aug 1968); Apr-May issue

6 copies from $2.00
#3

Cover reprinted from Star Spangled War Stories #132 (Apr-May 1967)

Aug 1973

Cover: $0.20

W: Bob Haney, Robert Kanigher · A: Ross Andru, Mort Drucker

Reprints; Reprints From Star Spangled War Stories #50 (Oct 1956), #83 (Jul 1959), and #90 (Apr-May 1960); Jul-Aug issue

3 copies from $14.00
#4

Oct 1973

Cover: $0.20

W: Robert Kanigher, Bob Haney, Ed Herron, Allan Asherman · A: Joe Kubert, Mort Drucker, Russ Heath

Reprints from Our Army at War #30 (Jan 1955), #57 (Apr 1957), and #79 (Feb 1959); Sep-Oct issue

2 copies from $11.00
#5

Cover reprinted from Our Fighting Forces #51 (Nov 1959)

Dec 1973

Cover: $0.20

W: Dave Wood, Bob Haney, Allan Asherman · A: Mort Drucker, Russ Heath, Bernie Krigstein

Reprints from Our Army at War #11 (Jun 1953), #78 (Jan 1959), and G.I. Combat #72 (May 1959); Final issue; Nov-Dec issue

6 copies from $1.25