Military Comics #8

(March 1942)

The Sunken Island of Death (Table of Contents)

Blackhawk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dick French

Pencils:

Chuck Cuidera

Inks:

Chuck Cuidera

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sam Rosen

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; war

Characters:

Blackhawk; Olaf; Chop-Chop; Boris; Zeg; Hendrick; Stanislaus; Captain Gorth (villain); the Nazis (villains)

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

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

Indexer Notes

Story title taken from the cover. Letterer credit per Cuidera and added by Craig Delich 2012-1-15. Following this story, the 11th page features "The Song of the Blackhawks" by Richard (Dick) French.

The Song of the Blackhawks (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dick French

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

lyrics and music to Blackhawk's theme song

The Drums of Doom (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; Gen. Von Blutt (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

In Russia, Dunn and Jones oppose a hook-handed, peg-legged, one-eyed Nazi named von Blutt, who has managed to capture the Tracer and Dunn. However, just as Dunn is about to be hung, Jones saves the day.

Keywords:

The Blue Tracer

[Maria and the Spies] (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

[Introducing X] (Table of Contents)

X of the Underground / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Vernon Henkel

Pencils:

Vernon Henkel

Inks:

Vernon Henkel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

X (first appearance; a female spy)

[Two Nuts In Norway] (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 Blonde Torch Singer (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

Indexer Notes

last appearance

[The Story of Pierre Raval] (Table of Contents)

Sniper / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ted Udall

Pencils:

Bernard Klein

Inks:

Bernard Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war; adventure

Indexer Notes

cover title erroneous, as no "Bull From Berlin" appears in this story.

[The Stolen Tractor Cannon] (Table of Contents)

Inferior Man / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Al Jaffee

Pencils:

Al Jaffee

Inks:

Al Jaffee

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Imposter! (Table of Contents)

Death Patrol / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dave Berg

Pencils:

Dave Berg

Inks:

Dave Berg

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war; aviation; humor

Characters:

Adolf Hitler (villain); Hermann Goering (villain); Mademoiselle From Armentiers (first appearance; joins the Death Patrol)

Cleansed By Fire (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Nazi Terror (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

Indexer Notes

true story

[Pilot's Sacrifice] (Table of Contents)

Atlantic Patrol / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Al McWilliams

Pencils:

Al McWilliams

Inks:

Al McWilliams

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war; navy