Military Comics
#13
(November 1942)
Quality Comics,
1941 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- On-sale Date
- 1942-09-04
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- John Beardsley (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4.
The Butcher
Blackhawk / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- The Blackhawks: Andre; Blackhawk; Chop-Chop; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Zeg
- Reprints
-
in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #823 - The Complete Military Comics: Volume 3 - in The Blackhawk Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([November] 2001)
- in Action! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) (December 2011)
- in Tops: The Complete Collection of Charles Biro's Visionary 1949 Comic Book Series (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) (March 2022) [Cover reprint.]
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The Butcher!
Blackhawk / comic story / 16 pages
- Genre
- adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- The Blackhawks: Andre; Blackhawk; Chop-Chop; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Zeg
Adolf Hitler (Nazi villain); Countess Elsia (death); unnamed maid of Countess (death); The Butcher [Baron von Tepp] (Nazi villain, introduction, death, brother of Captain von Tepp from Military #1); Shultz (Nazi villain) - Synopsis
- When the Countess Elsia stands up Baron von Tepp for a dinner date, he decides to send his troops to get her. She narrowly escapes, however all the efforts of Blackhawk cannot save her. Then and there, the Blackhawks decide to track down von Tepp, better known as "The Butcher" (because he loves to kill for the Führer), to avenge the late Countess.
- Reprints
- in The Blackhawk Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([November] 2001)
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The Nazi Rocket Tank
Blue Tracer / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- aviation; war; adventure
- Characters
- Captain William "Wild Bill" Dunn; Private Boomerang Jones; The Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- The Nazis develop their own Rocket Tank to combat the Blue Tracer. However, the Tracer beats it by riding it from above into a rock, where the local Russians finish it off with Molotov cocktails.
- Keywords
- The Blue Tracer; The Rocket Tank (introduction)
There Are More Ways Than One to Skin a Cat
X of the Underground / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The cruel, pitiless yoke of the Nazi conqueror hangs like a menacing plague...
- Genre
- spy
- Characters
- X; Sonya; Stunkenbaum; Marie; Yvonne
- Synopsis
- X disguises herself as doctor to kill the cruel Nazi torturer Stunkenbaum.
Indexer Notes
Last appearance.
[Busting the Dive-Bomber]
Inferior Man / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Inferior Man [Courtney Fudd]; The Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- Inferior Man displays uncanny ability when he straps himself to a rocket and targets a Nazi bomber which he then dismantles in mid-air!
Indexer Notes
Final appearance in Military Comics. The feature will move to Feature Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 Series), starting with #65 (February 1943).
[Chief Sourpus]
Loops and Banks / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bob Powell (credited as Bud Ernest)
- Pencils
- Bob Powell (credited as Bud Ernest)
- Inks
- Bob Powell (credited as Bud Ernest)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- aviation; adventure
Indexer Notes
Last appearance.
U.S. Fliers Crush Jap Fleet
Secret War News / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; war
- Synopsis
- The true story of the Battle of Midway.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Butcher
Blackhawk -
1.
The Butcher!
Blackhawk -
2.
[The Gold of France]
The Sniper -
3.
The Nazi Rocket Tank
Blue Tracer -
4.
[The Society of Thugs]
Shot and Shell -
5.
[The Raider Prince Hugen]
Phantom Clipper -
6.
There Are More Ways Than One to Skin a Cat
X of the Underground -
7.
[Busting the Dive-Bomber]
Inferior Man -
8.
Follow the Moon
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9.
[Chief Sourpus]
Loops and Banks -
10.
U.S. Fliers Crush Jap Fleet
Secret War News -
11.
[Incident on Amagansett Beach]
Atlantic Patrol
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