Military Comics #3

(October 1941)

The Doomed Battalion! (Table of Contents)

Blackhawk / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

Pencils:

Chuck Cuidera [as Chas. Cuidera) (signed)

Inks:

Chuck Cuidera [as Chas. Cuidera] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sam Rosen

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; war

Characters:

Blackhawk; Olaf; Zeg; Stanislaus; Hendrick; Boris; Chop-Chop (introduction, joins the Blackhawks); Andre (apparently dies); Ann (Red Cross nurse); Maxim (freedom fighter, death); Markov (villain, death); Captain Schroeder (villain); un-named Nazi General (villain)

Synopsis:

A plane crash lands on Blackhawk Island and the survivor, Chop-Chop, tells Blackhawk about a food profiteer named Markov, who is mad at a Red Cross nurse in the Drina River Valley in Yugoslavia, because she is giving crippled soldiers food for free. The Blackhawks decide to intervene and run smack dab into a large Nazi force.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

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

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit per Cuidera, added by Craig Delich 2012-1-12. The last page of this story isn't related to the main story at all, but is a message in nine panels by Blackhawk [aided by Chop-Chop) to the readers, informing them that in the next issue (#4) there would be a giant map of Blackhawk Island, suitable for framing.

[Battle Near the Burma Road] (Table of Contents)

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

[Light In the Fog] (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

[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

School Children Defeat Hitler (Table of Contents)

Secret War News / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Al McWilliams

Pencils:

Al McWilliams

Inks:

Al McWilliams

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war; true

Synopsis:

True story of King Peter of Yugoslavia.

[The Noah's Ark Destroyer] (Table of Contents)

Yankee Eagle / comic story / 8 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

Indexer Notes

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

[The City of Stranded Men] (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:

Adolf Hitler (villain)

[The Forged Defense Bonds] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Tom Hickey

Inks:

Tom Hickey

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Blackout (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tex Blaisdell

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

true story; Award For Youth Bravery

[Battle At Benghazi] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Harry Campbell?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Indexer Notes

last appearance

[The Stratosphere Bombs] (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 [Gramps; Slick; Del; Hank; Butch]; Zazzy (first appearance; joins the Death Patrol); Slick (death); Emil

Synopsis:

Death Patrol is called in to discover how bombs are falling on london when no planes are visible. During their mission one of them are killed.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Golden-Age Men of Mystery (AC, 1996 series) #12 (1999) [reprint title: "[Five escaped convicts and airlines pilot Del Van Dyne...]