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Star Spangled War Stories #97 cover
Cover: Ross Andru & Mike Esposito

Star Spangled War Stories #97

Jun 1961 · DC · 0.10 USD
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“The Sub-Crusher!”

In "The Sub-Crusher!", the March Brothers face a nightmare aboard their PT boat when a mysterious underwater claw crushes their sub. After a desperate escape to a seemingly peaceful island, they’re ambushed by giant dinosaurs, a coconut-throwing ape, and a pterodactyl that steals their torpedo—leaving Captain Pete as the last survivor adrift at sea. With the island now a blazing inferno, the brothers’ fate hangs in the balance. Written by Robert Kanigher and illustrated by Ross Andru with inks by Mike Esposito, this 1961 DC classic features cover art by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito.

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artist Ross Andru
cover pencils Ross Andru
cover inks Mike Esposito

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The March Brothers part to their PT boat and sub. The sub is grabbed from underwater by a giant claw and crushed. The PT visits an island for repairs. They're grabbed by a giant dinosaur, bombed by a giant ape with coconuts and attacked by aquatic dinosaurs. A pterodactyl snatches their torpedo and destroys the PT boat. Captain Pete drifts, the only survivor, out to sea. And sees the sub crew and PT crew in lifeboats, attacked again. Pete shoves a torpedo and the dinosaurs are killed. Days later, the brothers watch as the island is carpet-bombed into an inferno.

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