Digital Comic Museum > Military Comics 008 (GM)

Issue: #8
Published: March 1942, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Will Eisner
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	The Sunken Island of Death!; The Bull of Berlin
Featuring:	Blackhawk
Credits:	Pencils: Chuck Cuidera [as Chas. Cuidera] (signed) \| Inks: Chuck Cuidera [as Chas. Cuidera] (signed)
Genre:	Adventure War
Characters:	Blackhawk The Sniper The Blue Tracer Death Patrol Inferior Man

Comic Story (10 pages)	The Sunken Island of Death!
Featuring:	Blackhawk
Synopsis:	When a mountain rises out of the mid-Atlantic, United States, British, and German ships converge on the location. When the Nazis arrive, Blackhawk and his men are already there to claim it.
Credits:	Script: Dick French \| Pencils: Chuck Cuidera \| Inks: Chuck Cuidera \| Letters: Sam Rosen
Genre:	Adventure War
Characters:	Blackhawks [Blackhawk Hendrickson Olaf Chop-Chop] Captain Gorth (Nazi Villain) Hans (Nazi Villain) Nazis (villains)

Text Article (1 page)	The Song of the Blackhawks
Synopsis:	Illustrated, as a piece of sheet music, is the official "Song of the Blackhawks", featuring the lyrics and music.
Credits:	Script: Dick French [as Richard French] (signed)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Drums of Doom
Featuring:	The Blue Tracer
Synopsis:	In Russia, Dunn and Jones oppose a hook-handed, peg-legged, one-eyed Nazi named von Blutt, who has managed to capture the Tracer and Dunn. However, just as Dunn is about to be hung, Jones saves the day.
Credits:	Script: Fred Guardineer \| Pencils: Fred Guardineer \| Inks: Fred Guardineer
Genre:	War Aviation
Characters:	Captain William "Wild Bill" Dunn Private Boomerang Jones Gen. Von Blutt (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (6 pages)	Maria and the Spies
Featuring:	Loops and Banks
Credits:	Script: Bob Powell \| Pencils: Bob Powell (Bud Ernest) \| Inks: Bob Powell
Genre:	Aviation

Comic Story (5 pages)	Introducing X
Featuring:	X of the Underground
Synopsis:	Female agent X (most likely French), most often posing as a man, infiltrates many Axis camps, her efforts being complicated by reporter Bob Gray, who has uncovered her secret.
Credits:	Script: Vernon Henkel \| Pencils: Vernon Henkel \| Inks: Vernon Henkel
Genre:	Spy
Characters:	X (a Female Spy, Introduction) Bob Gray (reporter)

Comic Story (4 pages)	Two Nuts In Norway
Featuring:	Shot and Shell
Credits:	Script: Klaus Nordling \| Pencils: Klaus Nordling \| Inks: Klaus Nordling
Genre:	Aviation

Comic Story (8 pages)	Yankee Eagle and the Blonde Torch Singer!!!
Featuring:	Yankee Eagle
Credits:	Pencils: John Stewart \| Inks: John Stewart
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Jerry Noble [the Yankee Eagle] Maisie Tenant

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Story of Pierre Raval
Featuring:	The Sniper
Credits:	Script: Ted Udall \| Pencils: Bernard Klein \| Inks: Bernard Klein
Genre:	Adventure War
Characters:	The Sniper

Comic Story (2 pages)	The Stolen Tractor Cannon
Featuring:	Inferior Man
Credits:	Script: Al Jaffee \| Pencils: Al Jaffee \| Inks: Al Jaffee

Comic Story (5 pages)	Imposter!
Featuring:	Death Patrol
Synopsis:	The Patrol breaks into the Wilhelmstrasse, where Del disguises himself as Hitler and gives orders designed to undo much of the Nazi tyranny, including the release of political prisoners from the concentration camps. However, a female assassin shoots Del, thinking he was indeed the Führer, and she flees with the Death Patrol.
Credits:	Script: Dave Berg \| Pencils: Dave Berg \| Inks: Dave Berg
Genre:	War Aviation Humor
Characters:	The Death Patrol [Del Van Dyke Butch Boris Hank King Hotintot Patchwork Kid [aka Frere Jacques As Of #9] Mademoiselle From Armentiers (introduction, French Female Assassin)] Hermann Göring (villain) Adolf Hitler (villain)

Text Story (2 pages)	Cleansed By Fire
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Adventure

Comic Story (8 pages)	Nazi Terror
Featuring:	Secret War News
Credits:	Script: Al McWilliams \| Pencils: Al McWilliams \| Inks: Al McWilliams
Genre:	Non-fiction War

Comic Story (1 page)	Pilot's Sacrifice
Featuring:	Atlantic Patrol
Credits:	Script: Al McWilliams \| Pencils: Al McWilliams \| Inks: Al McWilliams
Genre:	War

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