250's for America's 250 · Day 12: G.I. Combat #250

Publishing: Monday, June 22, 2026 · DC Comics · Cover date: February 1983

Cover art by Joe Kubert

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A perfect fit for an "America's 250" series: a war comic, in DC's "Dollar Comics" anthology format, headlined by one of the medium's most enduring military features.

The issue

The lead story, "Hero of the Haunted Tank," puts Lt. Jeb Stuart and his crew through days and nights of relentless WWII combat — guided, as ever, by the ghost of Confederate general J.E.B. Stuart, who watches over his namesake's M3 tank. As a giant-sized Dollar Comic, the issue packs in several additional war features (a second Haunted Tank tale plus OSS and other shorts), making it a full anthology of DC's combat storytelling.

Who's in it

• Lt. Jeb Stuart — commander of the Haunted Tank, guided across WWII Europe by an otherworldly ancestor.
• Sgt. Bill Craig, Gus Grey, and Rick Rawlins — the Haunted Tank's loyal crew, alongside Stuart through the thick of battle.
• General J.E.B. Stuart (spectral) — the Confederate cavalry general's ghost, appearing only to his descendant to offer cryptic battlefield warnings.

Behind the book (creators)

• Cover: Joe Kubert
• Lead "Haunted Tank" story: Robert Kanigher (writer), Sam Glanzman (pencils)
• Additional features: writers/artists including George Kashdan, Dick Ayers, E.R. Cruz, and Ernesto B. Patricio
• Executive Editor: Dick Giordano

Meet the creators

Joe Kubert is one of the towering figures of war comics, defining the visual language of DC's Sgt. Rock and related combat titles across decades with his gritty, expressive brushwork. Beyond his own art, Kubert founded the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art in 1976, training generations of professional artists who went on to shape the industry.

Robert Kanigher was one of DC's most prolific writer-editors, co-creating the Haunted Tank and Sgt. Rock and helping steer the Silver Age revival of the Flash in the 1950s. Famously demanding and famously fast, he wrote across nearly every genre DC published — war, romance, superhero, western — often simultaneously editing the very books he scripted.

What it's worth

A common Bronze Age war book with no key first appearance, so it stays affordable. Raw VF/NM copies generally run $8–$25; graded high-grade copies are uncommon and can bring a premium on scarcity, but established 9.8 data is thin (treat any high-grade figure as an estimate). Kubert war covers always carry collector appeal.

Where to read it (collected edition)

No dedicated trade or omnibus reprint of G.I. Combat #250 was identified; DC's Haunted Tank material from this era is only spottily collected. Treat as effectively uncollected pending verification.

Part of "250's for America's 250" — counting 24 milestone #250 comics down to the U.S. 250th on July 4, 2026.