History:
SERGEANT
Real Name: Sergeant
Identity/Class: Canine (World War II Era)
Occupation: Service dog
Group Membership: K-9 Corps of the U.S. Army
Affiliations: Easy Company (Diston, Kagan, Andrew Lang, Plunkett, Thorsen)
Enemies: Nazis
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: Bullet
Base of Operations: Mobile in France during World War II
First Appearance: Battlefront I#33/2 (July, 1955)
Powers/Abilities: Sergeant was a well-trained K-9 Army dog. He used his keen senses to detect enemies and alert friendly soldiers to their positions. He could even manipulate a grenade by carrying it in his jaws, dropping it near an enemy, then removing the pin.
Height: Unrevealed (approximately 2'4" at withers)
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 95 lbs.)
Eyes: Black
Fur: Gray-black
History:
(Battlefront I#33/2 (fb) - BTS) - During World War II, Sergeant was trained as a U.S. Army K-9 dog. He accompanied the Army during the invasion of France and was said to be "the pal of every G.I. in the ETO!" One day, Sergeant went missing.
(Battlefront I#33/2) - After a week, Sergeant encountered a squad from Easy Company led by Corporal Thorsen who were trying to link up to their company but had become pinned down by enemy fire. When Sergeant wandered into the squad's ditch as they fought the Nazis, Thorsen was concerned the dog would begin making noises that would help the German pinpoint them. Thorsen forced Sergeant to leave the ditch.
Half an hour later, Sergeant returned to the ditch, much to Thorsen's consternation. The other soldiers wanted Sergeant to stay and held a vote, the majority agreeing the dog could stay with them. Lang and Diston dubbed the dog "Bullet."
By dawn of the next morning, the soldiers had noticed how well-behaved the dog was as he never whimpered or barked. When the squad came to a fork in the road between Falais and Etampes that wasn't on their map, Thorsen ordered them to take the right path but Sergeant blocked their path, having sniffed out a Nazi machine gun nest nearby. Private Lang took heed of the warning and suggested they move slowly, giving them enough warning to find cover. When Lang went to recon the machine gun nest, Sergeant accompanied him and warned him just before they attacked him.
Evading the attack, Lang returned to the squad and Thorsen ordered Lang and Plunkett to advance on one flank while he and Kagan took the other flank and both pairs would try to hurl grenades at the machine gun nest. Sergeant accompanied Lang and Plunkett and to their amazement, he grabbed a grenade from Lang, ran to the machine gun nest, dropped the grenade, pulled the pin and fled. Sergeant repeated that maneuver, surprising the entire squad. With the machine gun nest cleared out the squad was able to advance but Sergeant was wounded while doing his heroics.
Corporal Thorsen brought Sergeant to a U.S. Army field hospital to beg the doctor to save the dog's life. The doctor immediately recognized Sergeant and explained to Thorsen he was a K-9. The doctor determined Sergeant's wounds were not fatal and he'd recover.
Comments: Created by an unidentified writer and Gene Colan.
Profile by Prime Eternal.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Sergeant should not be confused with:
Private Andrew Lang was a soldier in Easy Company. Private Lang was one of the first members of Easy Company to be taken with Sergeant. Lang and his friend Diston named Sergeant "Bullet" and he accompanied them on dangerous maneuvers against Nazi positions.
--Battlefront I#33/2
Corporal Thorsen was a soldier in Easy Company. He was the highest-ranking soldier when his squad ran into the K-9 dog Sergeant. Corporal Thorsen thought the dog was a distraction and would consume his men's food so tried to send him away but Sergeant persisted and through his heroic actions won over Thorsen. When Sergeant was wounded, Thorsen brought him to an Army hospital for treatment and only learned then that Sergeant was a trained K-9 dog beloved by all the soldiers he'd worked with.
--Battlefront I#33/2
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Battlefront I#33/2, page 4, panel 1 (main)
Battlefront I#33/2, page 3, panel 2 (face)
Battlefront I#33/2, page 4, panel 5 (Lang)
Battlefront I#33/2, paeg 3, panel 1 (Thorsen)
Appearances:
Battlefront I#33/2 (July, 1955) - unidentified writer, Gene Colan (artist), Stan Lee (editor)
First posted: 07/15/2026
Last updated:
07/15/2026
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