Military Comics #24

(November 1943)

[The Man With the Heavy Glasses!] (Table of Contents)

Blackhawk / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Woolfolk?

Pencils:

John Cassone

Inks:

Alex Kotzky

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; war

Characters:

Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus; Chop-Chop]; Major Cobb (death); Sandoz a.k.a. "the Man with the Heavy Glasses" (Japanese villain, introduction, death); Japanese soliders (villains, some die)

Synopsis:

A dying officer gives Blackhawk an envelope that must be delivered to Intelligence in Honolulu. With his last breath, he warns Blackhawk to protect it again Sandoz, "The Man With the Heavy Glasses". Sandoz attacks the Blackhawks, but he is subdued and captured. Blackhawk takes Sandoz and the envelope to Honolulu. Sandoz tries to escape and is shot dead by a sentry.

Indexer Notes

(1) Story title taken from the cover.
(2) The new Pacific-based Blackhawk Island is first depicted in this issue (the Atlantic-based Blackhawk Island was last seen in issue #22).

[The Super Scooper Dive] (Table of Contents)

Death Patrol / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Al Stahl

Pencils:

Al Stahl

Inks:

Al Stahl

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; aviation; war

Characters:

The Death Patrol [Del Van Dyne; Boris; Gramps; Hank; King Hotintot; Jackie; Yogi]

Wanted Dead Or Alive (Table of Contents)

Sniper / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ted Udall

Pencils:

Vernon Henkel

Inks:

Vernon Henkel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; war

Characters:

Suratai (first appearance; villain); Black Dragon Society (first appearance; villains)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Johnny Doughboy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bernard Dibble

Pencils:

Bernard Dibble

Inks:

Bernard Dibble

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Backa Bom Bey (Table of Contents)

Private Dogtag / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bart Tumey

Pencils:

Bart Tumey

Inks:

Bart Tumey

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Backa Bom Bey (first appearance; villain)

[Dispute With a Pursuit Pilot] (Table of Contents)

P.T. Boat / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Keywords:

navy

Curse of the Chimus (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

[The Flying Fortress and the U-Boat] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Fred Guardineer

Pencils:

Fred Guardineer

Inks:

Fred Guardineer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Keywords:

navy

U. S. Battleship Smashes Jap Air and Sea Armadas (Table of Contents)

Secret War News / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fred Guardineer

Pencils:

Fred Guardineer

Inks:

Fred Guardineer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction; war

Indexer Notes

true story of Battle of Guadalcanal