Star Spangled War Stories
DC · 1952 · 3 issues
Publication history ←Star Spangled Comics (1941) #1–130 Star Spangled War Stories (1952) · this series
About the series
In the early 1950s, DC Comics launched Star Spangled War Stories, a flagship anthology series that would become a cornerstone of war comics, running for decades. Primarily illustrated by the reliable talents of Curt Swan and Howard Sherman, the series offered a rotating cast of soldiers and battlefronts, delivering patriotic, action-packed tales from World War II and beyond. While its initial three-issue run was brief, the title's legacy as a home for DC's war-themed storytelling endures, establishing a template for the genre.