Military Comics #9

(April 1942)

The Man In the Iron Mask (Table of Contents)

Blackhawk / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dick French

Pencils:

Chuck Cuidera

Inks:

Chuck Cuidera

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sam Rosen

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; war

Characters:

Blackhawk; Chop-Chop; Olaf; Boris; Hendrick; Zeg; Iron Face [Andre]; Dr. Fritz von Rath (introduction); General Herman von Ezel (villain, death); Fritz (villain); the Nazis (villains, some die)

Synopsis:

The Blackhawks return to the place where their beloved comrade, Andre, seemingly met his fate some time ago. However, Blackhawk discovers a man called Iron Face held prisoner and he later discovers that it is indeed Andre, whose face has been horribly disfigured.

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.

[The Story of Lord Henry Perkins] (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

[The Russians' Mascot] (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

[The Berlin Express] (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

[Bunglers In Baghdad] (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

[Introducing the Phantom Clipper] (Table of Contents)

Phantom Clipper / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Fred Kida

Inks:

Fred Kida

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war; navy

Indexer Notes

"I: Captain Seth Perkins, Lt. Cmdr. ""Tiger"" Shark, and the Phantom Clipper (a ship)"

[The Rescue of Del Van Dyne] (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:

Goucho (first appearance; joins the Death Patrol); Hank (apparently dies, but returns in #12)

[The Yellow Butcher of Koko Nor] (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. Muki Zu (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

While in China, Dunn and Jones, aided by the Blue Tracer, fight the eveil General Muki Zu, often termed "The Yellow Butcher of Koko Nor".

Keywords:

The Blue Tracer

7:55, Dec. 7 (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Pearl Harbor story featuring Johnny Bates (not Kid Miracleman!)

Jap Spies Everywhere--Beware! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Al Jaffee

Pencils:

Al Jaffee

Inks:

Al Jaffee

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Secret Passage To China Front (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

[U.S.S. Kearney] (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