(June 1942)

Quality Comics, Comic Magazines imprint, 1941 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
?
Editing:
Will Eisner
Format:
Standard Golden Age U.S.size; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched

Trapped in the Devil's Oven (Table of Contents)

Blackhawk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Will Eisner
Inks:
Will Eisner
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure; war
Characters:
Blackhawk; Andre
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Indexer Notes

The Archives edition credits the Will Eisner Shop for the art on this cover.


Trapped In the Devil's Oven (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:
Blackhawk; Chop-Chop; Andre; Olaf; Hendrick; Zeg; Boris; Dr. Fritz von Rath; Barbara Von Rath (introduction); Abul El Hadoun (villain, Arab leader); un-named Nazi-influenced Arabs (villains, some die); Baron von Ziefh (villain); un-named Nazis (villains, some die)
Synopsis:
Andre is brought back to Blackhawk Island, to be operated on by the reknowned plastic surgeon, von Rath, who was recently rescued from a concentration camp. Unfortunately for Andre, the doctor, whose mind is still adversely affected from his captivity and because the Germans hold his daughter captive, gives Andre the face of the doctor's former concentration camp commander!
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Indexer Notes

Story title taken from the cover. Letterer credit per Cuidera and added by Craig Delich 2012-1-15.


[The Story of Signor Barezzi] (Table of Contents)

Sniper / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Ted Udall
Pencils:
Jay?
Inks:
Jay?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
war; adventure

[Mission For Stalin] (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
Characters:
Josef Stalin; Adolf Hitler (villain)

[Dummies and Mummies] (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

[King Hottentot's Return] (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:
Prince Hottentot (first appearance; joins the Death Patrol); King Hottentot (apparently dies, but returns in #12)

[Saving the Picardy] (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

[Borrowing the Brooklyn Bridge] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Al Jaffee
Pencils:
Al Jaffee
Inks:
Al Jaffee
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Inferior Man; Mr. Fudd (first appearance; Inferior Man's father)

[The Lady of the Island] (Table of Contents)

The Blue Tracer / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inks:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
war; aviation
Characters:
Captain "Wild Bill" Dunn; Private Boomerang Jones; She-Wolf of the Java Sea (reformed villain); the Japanese (villains, some die)
Synopsis:
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Captain Bill Dunn and his partner Jones help out the beleaguered forces of freedom in the Pacific Theater by using the capabilities of the Blue Tracer against Japanese bombers in the South Sea islands, sinking a Japanese destroyer. Dunn shows films of the Japanese brutality to a half-Japanese woman, who later joins the Allied cause.
Keywords:
The Blue Tracer

Fire Afloat (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

true story of the burning of the Normandie


[U.S.S. Panama] (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

[A Brother's Betrayal, A Daughter's Rescue Mission] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Chuck Cuidera?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
spy

17 Plane Jap Armada Vs. Tiny Tender (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


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Trapped In the Devil's Oven
    Blackhawk
  2. 2. [The Story of Signor Barezzi]
    Sniper
  3. 3. [Mission For Stalin]
    Loops and Banks
  4. 4. [Dummies and Mummies]
    Shot and Shell
  5. 5. [King Hottentot's Return]
    Death Patrol
  6. 6. [Saving the Picardy]
    Phantom Clipper
  7. 7. [Borrowing the Brooklyn Bridge]
    Inferior Man
  8. 8. [The Lady of the Island]
    The Blue Tracer
  9. 9. Fire Afloat
  10. 10. [U.S.S. Panama]
    Atlantic Patrol
  11. 11. [A Brother's Betrayal, A Daughter's Rescue Mission]
    X of the Underground
  12. 12. 17 Plane Jap Armada Vs. Tiny Tender
    Secret War News
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Craig Delich
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Lou Mougin