Military Comics #2

(September 1941)

The Coward Dies Twice (Table of Contents)

Blackhawk / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

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; Stanislaus (introduction); Andre (introduction); Hendrick (introduction, later Hendrickson); Boris (introduction); Zeg (introduction); Olaf (introduction); Vladim (introduction, named but not seen); Baker (English pilot, death); the Nazis (villains, some die)

Synopsis:

When the Nazis seemingly have the Blackhawks trapped while on theoir mission to rescue a scientist who has developed an atomic bomb, a young English pilot, thought by many to be a coward, takes his Spitfire into the air and sacrifices his life to save the Blackhawks.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in The Blackhawk Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 (September 2001)

Indexer Notes

Title taken from the cover. The character Stanislaus was named by writer Bob Powell, whose actual name was Stanislaus Robert Pulowski. Letterer credit per Cuidera, added by Craig Delich 2012-1-12.

[Surprise Attack] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Harry Campbell?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

[Back To Flight School] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bob Powell?

Pencils:

Bob Powell (Bud Ernest)

Inks:

Bob Powell

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

Synopsis:

Loops and Banks join the Marines.

[The Fifth Columnists At the Wax Museum] (Table of Contents)

Miss America / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Wexler

Pencils:

Ed Wexler

Inks:

Ed Wexler

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

[The Boobs In the Bomber] (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

[The Von Weissman Affair] (Table of Contents)

Yankee Eagle / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Smith [as John Stewart] (signed)

Inks:

Bill Smith [as John Stewart] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Jerry Noble; Senator Noble; Queen (introduction, a puma); Kurt von Weissmann (villain)

Indexer Notes

Art correction per the Who's Who, added by Craig Delich 2012-1-11.

[The Battle of Bordeaux] (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:

Stoney Rock (first appearance; death; joins the Death Patrol)

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #20 ([March] 2000)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Sabotage / 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:

Gags

[Message In a Mirage] (Table of Contents)

The Blue Tracer / comic story / 6 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; Private Boomerang Jones

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.

Keywords:

The Blue Tracer

Award For Youth Bravery: John Thomas Cain (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tex Blaisdell

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

true story

British Mystery Squad Lands On Invasion Coast In Secret Mission (Table of Contents)

Secret War News / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Al McWilliams?

Pencils:

Al McWilliams

Inks:

Al McWilliams

Colors:

?

Letters:

Martin DeMuth?

Content Information

Genre:

War; Fact

Indexer Notes

true story