Digital Comic Museum - Military Comics 002 (c2c)


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September, 1941 - 400 dpi scan from a coverless book missing the first page.
Fills courtesy of Pmack.
Featuring Blackhawk (written by Will Eisner), Archie Atkins, Loops and Banks, Miss America, Shot and Shell, Yankee Eagle, Death Patrol (by Jack Cole), Sabotage, Camp Capers, The Blue Tracer, and Secret War News.

Issue: #2
Published: September 1941, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Will Eisner [as W. E. Eisner]
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Some info verified using a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/) The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	The Coward Dies Twice
Featuring:	Blackhawk
Credits:	Pencils: Chuck Cuidera; Bill Smith \| Inks: Chuck Cuidera; Bill Smith
Genre:	Adventure War
Characters:	Blackhawk The Nazis Senator Noble (inset) Jerry Noble (inset) Kurt Von Weissmann (inset)

Comic Story (11 pages)	The Coward Dies Twice
Featuring:	Blackhawk
Synopsis:	When the Nazis seemingly have the Blackhawks trapped while on their mission to rescue a scientist who has developed an atomic bomb, a young English pilot named Walt, thought by many to be a coward, takes his Spitfire into the air and sacrifices his life to save the Blackhawks.
Credits:	Script: Will Eisner \| Pencils: Chuck Cuidera [as Charles Cuidera] (signed) \| Inks: Chuck Cuidera [as Charles Cuidera] (signed) \| Letters: Sam Rosen
Genre:	Adventure War
Characters:	Blackhawks [Blackhawk Andre (introduction) Boris (introduction, See Note #5) Hendrickson (introduction, Called Hendrick In This Issue Only) Olaf (introduction) Stanislaus (introduction) Zeg (introduction) Vladim (introduction, No Further Appearances, See Note #6)] English Pilot Named Walt (introduction, Death) Unnamed Doctor Unnamed French Begger Nazis (villains, Some Die)

Comic Story (6 pages)	Surprise Attack
Featuring:	Archie Atkins
Credits:	Pencils: Harry Campbell?
Genre:	War

Comic Story (6 pages)	Back to Flight School
Featuring:	Loops and Banks
Synopsis:	Loops and Banks join the Marines.
Credits:	Script: Bob Powell ? \| Pencils: Bob Powell [as Bud Ernest] \| Inks: Bob Powell
Genre:	Aviation

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Fifth Columnists at the Wax Museum
Featuring:	Miss America
Synopsis:	After foiling a spy plot, Miss America is kidnapped though her kidnappers are no match for her magical powers.
Credits:	Script: Elmer Wexler ? \| Pencils: Elmer Wexler \| Inks: Elmer Wexler
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Miss America [Joan Dale]

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Boobs in the Bomber
Featuring:	Shot and Shell
Credits:	Script: Klaus Nordling \| Pencils: Klaus Nordling \| Inks: Klaus Nordling
Genre:	Aviation

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Von Weissman Affair
Featuring:	Yankee Eagle
Credits:	Pencils: Bill Smith [as John Stewart] (signed) \| Inks: Bill Smith [as John Stewart] (signed)
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Jerry Noble Sam (an Eagle) Senator Noble Queen (introduction, A Puma) Kurt Von Weissmann (villain)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Battle of Bordeaux
Featuring:	Death Patrol
Synopsis:	The Patrol gets snappy new uniforms and a new recruit, Stoney Rock, who, unfortunately killed during the saving of a Red Cross shipment headed for France.
Credits:	Script: Jack Cole (signed) \| Pencils: Jack Cole (signed) \| Inks: Jack Cole (signed)
Genre:	Humor Aviation War
Characters:	The Death Patrol [Del Van Dyne Butch Hank Slick Ward Gramps Stoney Rock (introduction, Death)]

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Sabotage
Credits:	Script: Tex Blaisdell; Lake French \| Pencils: Tex Blaisdell; Lake French \| Inks: Tex Blaisdell; Lake French
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (6 pages)	Message in a Mirage
Featuring:	The Blue Tracer
Synopsis:	The military commander of both Dunn and Jones discovers that these two men are still alive after believing that they had perished in their struggle against the M'Bujies.
Credits:	Script: Fred Guardineer \| Pencils: Fred Guardineer \| Inks: Fred Guardineer
Genre:	Aviation War
Characters:	Captain William "Wild Bill" Dunn Private Boomerang Jones

Text Article (2 pages)	Award for Youth Bravery: John Thomas Cain
Credits:	Script: Tex Blaisdell \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Non-fiction

Comic Story (9 pages)	British Mystery Squad Lands on Invasion Coast in Secret Mission
Featuring:	Secret War News
Credits:	Script: Al McWilliams ? \| Pencils: Al McWilliams \| Inks: Al McWilliams \| Letters: Martin DeMuth?
Genre:	Non-fiction War

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