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Sgt. Franklin "Frank" John Rock is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Sgt. Rock first appeared in ''Our Army at War'' #83 (June 1959), and was created by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert. The character is a World War II veteran who served as an infantry non-commissioned officer. ==Publication history== Sgt. Rock's prototype〔GI Combat #68 was previously thought to be his 1st appearance〕 first appeared in ''G.I. Combat'' #68 (January 1959). His rank is not given in this story; instead, he is merely called "The Rock". The Rock returned as a sergeant in ''Our Army at War'' #81 (April 1959) named "Sgt. Rocky" with his unit, Easy Company (the precise US Army infantry regiment to which Easy belonged was never identified during the history of the character). In this last prototype appearance with the Easy Company (as opposed to the nameless infantryman with a nickname, as he was portrayed previously), the story was actually written by Bob Haney, but the character's creator, Robert Kanigher was the editor. He would go on to create the bulk of the stories with Joe Kubert as the artist. In issue #82 (May 1959), he is called "Sgt. Rock" (name only) and by issue #83 (June 1959), he makes his first full appearance as Sgt. Rock. Sgt. Rock steadily gained popularity, until, in 1977, the name of the comic was changed to ''Sgt. Rock''. The comic ran until ''Sgt. Rock'' #422 (July 1988). In addition to the semi-regular comic, several "digests" were sold, under the ''DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest'' banner, reprinting stories from ''Our Army at War'' or ''Sgt. Rock''. Some were subtitled as ''OAAW'' or ''Sgt. Rock'', some as ''Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales''. (The ''Prize Battle Tales'' title was also used on earlier 80 page annual specials). The digest format was 4 " × 6 ", softcover, with 98 full color pages and no advertisements. A 21-issue run of reprints followed from 1988 to 1991, and two ''Sgt. Rock Specials'' with new content saw publication in 1992 and 1994. A Christmas themed story appeared in ''DCU Holiday Bash II'' in 1997, again featuring new content. According to John Wells, in ''Fanzing 36'' (July 2001), an online fan magazine: In at least one Sgt. Rock comic book published in the late 1960s, it was revealed that Sgt. Rock had a brother who was an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, fighting in the Pacific Theater. In this episode, Sgt. Rock told his fellow soldiers about a weird combat incident that his brother had taken part in on a Pacific island, shown in the comic in a "flashback" style. A Viet Nam soldier by the name of Adam Rock appears in ''Swamp Thing'' #16 (May 1975), though it is never specifically stated if he is intended to be a relative of Frank Rock. DC Comics published ''Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion'', written and drawn by William Tucci, starting in November 2008. The story places Rock and Easy Company with the 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry, which was surrounded by German forces in the Vosges Mountains on October 24, 1944 and eventually rescued by the Asian-American 442nd Regimental Combat Team. ''The Lost Battalion ''also revives other famous World War II–era DC characters, such as The Haunted Tank, and "Navajo Ace" Johnny Cloud, and the story itself is mainly narrated by combat journalist William J. Kilroy, and German General Friedrich Wiese. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sgt. Rock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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