Military Comics #10

(June 1942)

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:

Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck (introduction, unnamed); Hendrickson; Olaf; Chop-Chop; 1 other unidentifiable member (see Note #3 for possible candidates)]; Dr. Fritz von Rath; Barbara von Rath (introduction); Abul el Hadoun (villain, Arab leader); Baron von Ziefh (Nazi villain); unnamed Nazi-influenced Arabs (villains, some die); Nazis (villains, some die)

Synopsis:

Andre is brought back to Blackhawk Island, to be operated on by the renowned plastic surgeon, Dr. Fritz 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, Baron von Ziefh! In the end, the doctor fixes Andre's face, and Andre becomes engaged to his daughter, Barbara.

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 and added by Craig Delich 2012-1-15.
(3) The 1 unidentified member could be Stanislaus or Zeg (or possibly Boris).
(4) Introduction of Chuck in a single panel (page 2 panel 4). Name not given until the next issue.
(5) Olaf is erroneously shown with black hair on page 1.
(6) Andre becomes engaged to Barbara von Rath at the end of this issue.

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

Sniper / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ted Udall

Pencils:

Jacob Landau [as Jay]

Inks:

Jacob Landau [as Jay]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; war

Indexer Notes

Artist identified here: http://imprint.printmag.com/steven-brower/the-lost-comics-of-artist-jaco...

[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:

humor; aviation; war

Characters:

The Death Patrol [Del Van Dyne; Boris; Frere Jacques; Goucho; Mademoiselle from Armentieres; Prince Totintot (introduction, son of King Hotintot); King Hotintot (apparently dies, but returns in #12)

Synopsis:

While on a mission, the Patrol apparently loses another member, King Hotintot, who is quickly replaced by his son.

[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

Keywords:

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

Genre:

humor; superhero

Characters:

Inferior Man [Courtney Fudd]; Mr. Fudd (Inferior Man's father, introduction); Kitch the Witch

Synopsis:

Courtney "buys" the Brooklyn Bridge and asks Kitch the Witch to move it with her magic to his hometown of Screamin' Ridge, New Jersey.

Keywords:

Brooklyn Bridge

[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:

aviation; war

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)

The Normandie / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction; historical

Synopsis:

The true story is related 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

Keywords:

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:

non-fiction; war

Indexer Notes

true story