Military Comics #1

(August 1941)

[The Origin of Blackhawk] (Table of Contents)

Blackhawk / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner; Bob Powell

Pencils:

Chuck Cuidera [as Charles Cuidera) (signed)

Inks:

Chuck Cuidera [as Charles Cuidera] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sam Rosen

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; war

Characters:

Blackhawk (introduction, origin); Blackhawks [Baker; others un-named in this story] (introduction, origin); Jack Hawk (Blackhawk's brother, introduction, death); Connie Hawk (Blackhawk's sister, introduction, death); Ann (Red Cross nurse, unidentified by name in story); Captain Von Tepp (villain, introduction, death); Captain Von Kreck (villain, introduction); the Nazis (villains, many die)

Synopsis:

The Nazis are massing to rout the Polish Air Force, the only obstacle to their victory over Poland, and are being led by the Nazi commander, Captain von Tepp. However, in his attack, the brother and sister of a lone survivor are killed, and this survivor, later to become The Blackhawk, vows to hunt down von Tepp and make him pay personally for their deaths.

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• in Secret Origins (DC, 1973 series) #6 (January-February 1974)
• in America at War: The Best of DC War Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1979 series) #[nn] (October 1979)
• in Blackhawk (DC, 1989 series) #7 (October 1989)
• in Millennium Edition: Military Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (October 2000)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #5
• in The Blackhawk Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 (September 2001)

Indexer Notes

Blackhawk's civilian name is given as Bart Hawk in Blackhawk #242 (August-September, 1968). Writer addition of Bob Powell and letterer credit per Chuck Cuidera, added by Craig Delich 2012-1-11.

[Flying with the Red Dragon] (Table of Contents)

Loops and Banks / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Powell?

Pencils:

Bob Powell [as Bud Ernest]

Inks:

Bob Powell

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

Characters:

Loops McCann (introduction); Banks Barrows (introduction); Gen. Cheng [the Red Dragon] (introduction)

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• in Millennium Edition: Military Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (October 2000)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #5

[Origin of the Blue Tracer] (Table of Contents)

The Blue Tracer / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fred Guardineer ?

Pencils:

Fred Guardineer

Inks:

Fred Guardineer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war; aviation

Characters:

Captain William "Wild Bill" Dunn (introduction); Private Boomerang Jones (introduction); a white woman (introduction); the M'Bujies (villains, introduction for all, some die)

Synopsis:

"Wild Bill" Dunn, an American engineer, survives a British scouting expedition in Ethiopia, meets an Australian named Private Jones, and for months they work together to create a war machine from the remains of Fascist equipment that they call the Blue Tracer, and which they hope will provide the capabilities to overcome a local enemy tribe.

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• in Millennium Edition: Military Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (October 2000)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #5

Keywords:

The Blue Tracer(introduction)

[Episode with a Goat] (Table of Contents)

Archie Atkins / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Harry Campbell ?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Archie Atkins (introduction); Jack Bailey (introduction); Achmed (introduction); Billy (a goat, introduction)

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• in Millennium Edition: Military Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (October 2000)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #5

[Enlisting the Hard Way] (Table of Contents)

Shot and Shell / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Klaus Nordling

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling

Inks:

Klaus Nordling

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

Characters:

Col. Sam Shot (introduction); Slim Shell (introduction)

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• in Millennium Edition: Military Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (October 2000)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #5

[The Coming of the Yankee Eagle] (Table of Contents)

Yankee Eagle / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Stewart

Inks:

John Stewart

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Jerry Noble (introduction); Sam [the Yankee Eagle] (an eagle, introduction); Sen. Noble (Jerry's father, introduction)

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• in Millennium Edition: Military Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (October 2000)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #5

[Origin of the Death Patrol] (Table of Contents)

Death Patrol / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Cole

Pencils:

Jack Cole

Inks:

Jack Cole

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war;aviation; humor

Characters:

Death Patrol [Del Van Dyne (introduction, origin); Butch O'Keefe (introduction, origin); Peewee (introduction, origin, death); Hank (introduction, origin); Slick Ward (introduction, origin); Gramps (introduction, origin)]

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• in Millennium Edition: Military Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (October 2000)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #5

Sabotage (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tex Blaisdell; Lake French

Pencils:

Tex Blaisdell; Lake French

Inks:

Tex Blaisdell; Lake French

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

gag

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• in Millennium Edition: Military Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (October 2000)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #5

Indexer Notes

"bottom 1/4 is ""Camp Capers"" by Lake French"

[The Origin of Miss America] (Table of Contents)

Miss America / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Wexler?

Pencils:

Ed Wexler

Inks:

Ed Wexler

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Miss America [Joan Dale] (not the Timely Comics character, introduction, origin)

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• in Millennium Edition: Military Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (October 2000)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #5

Gone with the Draft (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dick Scopes

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

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• in Millennium Edition: Military Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (October 2000)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #5

[Sink the Kaiser Adolf] (Table of Contents)

Q-Boat / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Kiefer?

Pencils:

Henry Kiefer

Inks:

Henry Kiefer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war; navy

Characters:

Capt. Foghorn (introduction, origin); Bob Wayne (introduction, origin); Dick Martin (introduction, origin); Freckles [Marmaduke Van Weyden] (introduction, origin)

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• in Millennium Edition: Military Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (October 2000)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #5