He first served in north africa where he was promoted to assistant squad leader when his superiors were killed, later. Getcomics getcomics is an awesome place to download dc. Rock comics world library ebooks read ebooks online. The liveaction adventures of your favorite comic book. Rocky from this story is a prototype of the sgt rock character. Rock enlisted as a private during the early days of world war ii. Rock is a crack shot, able to shoot down several german fighter planes with a single submachine gun, and able to throw hand grenades with.
He not only held the cover spot in our army at war, but also had a try out issue in showcase. Stories of war and fighting men featuring the legendary. Otherwise, the comic is identical to ordinary copies. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands affordable prices. Rock war stories ever told, including an early prototype version of the ultimate war hero as well as his first appearance. Later on, the story takes on a first person narrative, using sgt. Rock and easy company hold snakehead hill against everything the german army can throw at them. Rock proved to be a very popular character during the period 1960 1964. If you had to buy these comics they would cost you a fortune.
Rock was a battlehardened veteran who led the men of easy company throughout. Rock, with awardwinning comic writers louise simonson, walter simonson and tim sheridan providing the script. Rock became dcs most prominent recurring war character, in a genre where oneshot stories with nonrecurring characters were the norm. Rock head toward tonys childhood town sezze, only to find out that tonys older brother sal is the fascist mayor and he is married to therese, tonys childhood sweetheart. Snafu squad starring sgt rock, script by bob kanigher, pencils by joe kubert, inks by joe kubert. Rock, the comic book from dc a cover gallery for the comic book our army at war sargent rock comic books sgt rock comic sgt. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Rock is a longrunning dc comics war feature, set in world war ii. Unfollow comic books sgt rock to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Also, the heritage auctions archives contain high quality images of comics, so the archives are also an outstanding resource for identifying your comic books. Frank rock is a fictional infantry noncommissioned officer during world war ii in the dc comics universe. According to a report by heat vision, joel silver and akiva goldsman are producing a bigscreen adaptation of sgt. Gold for dessert hostess twinkies ad with plastic man, pencils by curt swan, art by vince colletta. Featuring an introduction by dcu editor mark chiarello.
Rock and his colorful band of fighting soldiers originally published in the early 1960s. No other comic captured the adventure, excitement, sadness and tragedy of combat better than our army at war, featuring rock and the combathappy joes of easy company. Franklin john rock is a fictional character appearing in american comic books published. For all us redblooded american comic book readers, sgt. The effective pictures we offer you about comic book makeup a quality picture can tell you many things. Rock is a crack shot, able to shoot down several german fighter planes with a. The vast majority of comics from the 1980s and later have little, if any, value today. Frank rock emerged as a symbol of patriotism during the united states battle against the nazis in world war ii. Weve come up with a list of best torrent websites for comics that will help you download your desired comic. Read and download free comics online, largest website have more than 10. Save sgt rock tpb to get email alerts and updates on your ebay.
Rocks own voice, always telling stories of courage, brotherhood, and personal sacrifice, often involving new recruits. Read some of the most hard to find comic books on your computer. During this period the supporting cast members, the soldiers of easy company, expanded greatly, with the introductions of bulldozer, wild man, jackie johnson, little sure shot and others. Rock is a crack shot, able to shoot down several german fighter planes. I wake up, feel really glad that i never had to fight in a war, and go right back to sleep to dream about betty, veronica, sabrina the teenage witch and all the other hot chicks in archie comics. By the late 1960s, rocks logo on the cover had become much larger than that of the comic book itself, which was finally renamed to simply sgt. No info is available as to how many copies of this issue or other may coverdated issues contained the survey.
Rock comic book collections when you shop the largest online selection at. Rock and a private named tony go ashore at anzio, italy. By the late 60s, rocks name on the our army at war cover was larger than the actual name of the comic. Franklin frank john rock is a fictional character appearing in american comic books published by dc comics. Sgt rock fantastic complete comic book collection 2 dvds.
Im not some cornball vietnam veteran having a flashback, im just a guy who grew up reading sgt. This 2005 archive editions resurrects 15 stories from the early 60s to remind all us. Rock is executive produced and directed by bruce timm batman. Getcomics is an awesome place to download dc, marvel, image, dark horse, dynamite, idw, oni, valiant, zenescope and many more comics only on getcomics. Check out individual issues, and find out how to read them. That series continued until 1988, but dc continues to publish occasional graphic novels, miniseries, and oneshots featuring rock. Reprinted in this edition are nineteen of the most hardhitting sgt. You can find the most beautiful pictures that can be presented to you about comic book pop art i a cover gallery for the comic book our army at war rock sep dc for sale online remembering our veterans with sgt. Arnold schwarzenegger is no longer attached to the project, and the new script wasnt written with any specific actor in mind 71207. Franklin john rock is a fictional character appearing in american comic books published by dc comics. Rock was the cornerstone of dcs war comics line for much of the past few decades. Unfollow dc comics sgt rock to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Rock comic book published in the late 1960s, it was revealed.
View market values for books, store your collection, and meet fellow comic fans. In the postworld war ii era, comic books devoted solely to war stories began. Bruce timm is the executive producer and director of sgt. The character is a world war ii veteran who served as an infantry noncommissioned officer. Were giving away the the killing joke 1988 1st print, cgc graded 9. Rock finds himself suddenly leading a platoon of legendary monsters into. Rock has to escort a lieutenant to a meeting with a double agent, but all the others sent to meet with this agent have died mysteriously. Rock comic book collection this 2 dvd set contains the following issues. This state of affairs continued until 1977 when, with its 302nd issue march of that year, the title was finally changed to sgt.