Comic Title: Unknown Soldier #1
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: Winter 1988
On Sale Date: September 27, 1988 Shipping Date September 27, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #8

Shipping Date September 29, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #149

Copyright Date October 18, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 32
Editor: Dennis J. O'Neil

Title: "Looking for Charlie"
Pages: 26

Feature(s):
Unknown Soldier (Post-Crisis)

Writer: James C. Owsley
Artist: Phil Gascoine
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Feature Character(s)

• Unknown Soldier (uses the alias Richard Miller; first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Unknown Soldier #9; next appearance in Unknown Soldier #11)

Supporting Character(s)

• Harry (in flashback to World War II; last appearance in Unknown Soldier #1; no further appearances)
• The Unknown Soldier's father (in flashback; no further appearances)
• Roger Simmons (an army private; next appearance in Unknown Soldier #11)

Villain(s)

• The Dutchman and his men (arms dealers; no further appearances)
• Several VC soldiers (no further appearances)
• Four bullies (in flashback to 1937; no further appearances)
• Wintley Roth (an army major; last appearance in Unknown Soldier #9; next appearance in Unknown Soldier #11)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Unknown Soldier (earliest chronological appearance; as a teenager; next appearance in Unknown Soldier #1)
• Unknown Soldier (during World War II; last appearance in Unknown Soldier #1; next appearance in Unknown Soldier #2)
• Harry (as a teenager; next appearance in Unknown Soldier #1)

Comments:
This story takes place between May 2nd and May 14th, 1970.

Synopsis:
During the Vietnam War, the Unknown Soldier is working as a spy. Disguised as a Soviet colonel, he sets a trap for the Dutchman, a french arms dealer. However, the plan is betrayed when a group of Viet Cong soldiers attack the Dutchman's camp. The Unknown Soldier barely escapes alive.

As he makes his way back to the American military base, he reflects on his promise to protect his brother Harry. As a teen, Harry was praised by his father, while he was scorned. During World War II, both brothers served in the army. When Harry was scared in a foxhole, he failed to release a grenade and it exploded in his hand. This caused the disfigurement of the Unknown Soldier.

Back in Saigon, the Unknown Soldier confronts Major Wintley Roth, who had been supplying the Dutchman with guns. He betrayed the mission to cover his involvement. However, the Unknown Soldier does not have enough proof to go against Roth. The confrontation leads to the Soldier being drugged and beaten by Roth's men.