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What was most memorable about the initial installment of "The War that Time Forgot" by writer/editor Robert Kanigher and artist Ross Andru was that it was the first cross-genre story to blend war comics with
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The protagonists of the early adventures were not usually recurring, but a few of them appeared more than once. Among them are two soldiers named Larry and Charlie (
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pilot, became the focus of the book and the dinosaur storyline was retired. In 1973, some of these stories were reprinted in
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and was home to a theme park built by Booster Gold, who was inspired to bring dinosaurs from the past after watching
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comic motifs, the stories featured a group of American soldiers, stranded on an uncharted island during the
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The title and some of the premises might have been influenced by Edgar Rice Burroughs's
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time travel to stop him from ever watching the film, preventing the park's creation.
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from issues #90-137 (although issues #91, 93 and 126 did not feature
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episode "Booster's Gold". This version is located in the
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Ross Andru
Mike Esposito
Joe Kubert
Publisher
DC Comics
Robert Kanigher
Ross Andru
comic book
DC Comics
Star Spangled War Stories
Robert Kanigher
Ross Andru
Mike Esposito
1968
2008
science fantasy
World War II
Pacific War
dinosaurs
Robert Kanigher
Ross Andru
Mike Esposito
The Land That Time Forgot
World War I
Antarctica
G.I. Robot
Suicide Squad
1968
Enemy Ace

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