Military Comics #5

(December 1941)

Scavengers of Doom (Table of Contents)

Blackhawk / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dick French

Pencils:

Chuck Cuidera [as Chas. Cuidera) (signed)

Inks:

Chuck Cuidera [as Chas. Cuidera] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sam Rosen

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; war

Characters:

Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Hendrickson; Olaf; Chop-Chop; 1 other unidentifiable member (see Note #3 for possible candidates)]; the Scavengers [Garle, and many others] (villains, introduction, some die); Red Laura (villain, introduction); unnamed Nazi General (villain, death); Nazis (villains, some die)

Synopsis:

In the ravages of war, it's inevitable that jackals of war, called the Scavengers, would murder, torture helpless victims, and ghoulishly hunt and rob the dead. Ironically, it's the Nazis who succeed in capturing them, but then vow to spare their lives if they can capture the Blackhawks!

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

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

Indexer Notes

(1) Story title taken from the cover.
(2) Letterer credit per Cuidera, added by Craig Delich 2012-1-12.
(3) Through the process of elimination, the 1 unidentified member seen on page 6 panel 7 and page 8 panels 1-5 who resembles Andre is likely Zeg.
(4) Hendrick is first called Hendrickson in this issue (no references to the character's name in issue #3 or #4).

[Enter the Sniper] (Table of Contents)

Sniper / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ted Udall

Pencils:

Vernon Henkel

Inks:

Vernon Henkel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; war

Characters:

The Sniper (first appearance)

[Cutting Out of the Concentration Camp] (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:

Josef Goebbels (villain)

[The Hungry House] (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 Prisoners Who Didn't Want To Be Rescued] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Dave Berg

Pencils:

Dave Berg

Inks:

Dave Berg

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; aviation; war

Characters:

The Death Patrol [Del Van Dyke; Gramps; Butch; Zazzy (death); Hank; King Hotintot (introduction)]; the Nazis (villains)

Synopsis:

The Patrol members, now flying small, snub-nosed, colorfully painted aircraft, lose member Zazzy, who died while rescuing undercover agents. He is quickly replaced by King Hotintot, whose African nation was invaded by the Axis.

[The Mary Lee II] (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

[The Ghost Ship] (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:

aviation; war

Characters:

Captain William "Wild Bill" Dunn; Private Boomerang Jones; the Nazis (villains)

Synopsis:

Dunn comes across the sunken hull of the S.S. Athenia, and uses the Blue Tracer to push it back to the surface to terrorize the Nazis into releasing their British prisoners.

Keywords:

The Blue Tracer

Abercrombie McZombie (Table of Contents)

Diary of a Draftee / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tex Blaisdell

Pencils:

Tex Blaisdell

Inks:

Tex Blaisdell

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Abercrombie McZombie (first appearance)

[The Seven Dragons Cafe] (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

On Silent Wings (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tex Blaisdell

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

true story; Bravery Award

Floating Death (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Al McWilliams

Pencils:

Al McWilliams

Inks:

Al McWilliams

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction; war

Indexer Notes

true story