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Cover: Phil Gascoine
The Unknown Soldier #1
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DC's mature-readers reimagining of The Unknown Soldier kicks off with this striking #1, cover by Phil Gascoine, which sets the tone immediately: the bandage-wrapped Soldier charges forward through a battlefield of tracer fire and fallen enemies, a blazing German tank looming in the smoke behind him. That tagline — "It only looks like a war story" — is a quiet promise that writer James Owsley and artist Phil Gascoine have something more layered in mind than a straight combat saga. First of twelve chapters, this 1988 series opener makes a confident, intriguing first statement.
writer James Owsley · artist, inker Phil Gascoine · colorist Carl Gafford · letterer John Costanza · cover Phil Gascoine
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CGC 9.8 · 3 in census $63*
CGC 9.6 none in existence
CGC 9.4 · 1 in census $30*
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CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $30*
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Full credits
writer James Owsley
artist, inker Phil Gascoine
colorist Carl Gafford
letterer John Costanza
cover pencils, inks Phil Gascoine
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Reprinted in Hawk and Dove #3 (1988)
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