(Winter 1942-1943)
DC,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-11-07
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- World's Best Comics Co.
- Brand
-
A Superman DC Publication
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration. An on-sale date of November 11 was listed in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #8 (Winter 1942).
[no title indexed]
The Boy Commandos / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- children; war
- Characters
- The Boy Commandos: Brooklyn; Rip Carter; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan; Alfy Twidgett
- Reprints
-
in Commandos [ashcan] (DC, 1942 series) #1 (October 1942) [in black & white] - in Supergirl [ashcan] (DC, 1944 series) (February 1944) [in black & white]
- in Movie Cartoons [ashcan] (DC, 1944 series) (December 1944) [in black & white]
- in Boy Commandos (DC, 1973 series) #1 (September-October 1973)
- in The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2010 series) #1 (2010 [January 2011]), #1 (2010 [January 2011])
- in Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War (Fantagraphics, 2017 series) (2017)
- in DC Goes to War (DC, 2020 series) ([August] 2020)
-
The Town That Couldn't Be Conquered!
The Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Simon (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Howard Ferguson
- Genre
- children; war
- Characters
- The Boy Commandos: Brooklyn; Rip Carter; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan (origin); Alfy Twidgett
The Burgomaster (death); Gretchen (death); Frau Van Meer; Frau Jaeger; Father Haasan (death); Mother Haasan (death); Major Von Glutt (villain, death); Nazis soldiers (villains, deaths); Gestapo agents (villains, deaths) - Synopsis
- The Commandos liberate Jan's village in the Netherlands.
- Reprints
- in The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2010 series) #1 (2010 [January 2011])
- in DC Goes to War (DC, 2020 series) ([August] 2020)
-
Heroes Never Die
The Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- children; war
- Characters
- The Boy Commandos: Brooklyn; Rip Carter; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan; Alfy Twidgett
- Synopsis
- The Commandos hear a story of an earlier group of adventurers in China.
- Reprints
- in Boy Commandos (DC, 1973 series) #1 (September-October 1973)
- in The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2010 series) #1 (2010 [January 2011])
-
Satan Wears a Swastika
The Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Simon (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Howard Ferguson
- Genre
- children; war
- Characters
- The Boy Commandos: Brooklyn; Rip Carter; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan; Alfy Twidgett
The Newsboy Legion: Big Words; Gabby; Scrapper; Tommy Tompkins
Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Joe Simon; Jack Kirby; Agent Axis (villain); Jack Schiff; Jack Liebowitz; Whitney Ellsworth; Milton Small; Jameson (butler); Colonel Mueller - Synopsis
- The boys are mistakenly reported killed in battle.
- Reprints
- in Mister Miracle (DC, 1971 series) #6 (January-February 1972)
-
in The Best of Simon and Kirby (Titan, 2009 series) (May 2009) - in The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2010 series) #1 (2010 [January 2011])
-
Indexer Notes
Kirby drew Ellsworth, Schiff, and Liebowitz into story, as verified on page 19 of Alter Ego #76.
[no title indexed]
Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's a swell day for fishing!
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
Liberty Belle / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Don C. Cameron (signed)
- Pencils
- Chuck Winter (signed)
- Inks
- Chuck Winter (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For freedom... For justice... For America-- We give you Liberty Belle!!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Liberty Belle [Libby Lawrence] (first appearance); Rickey Cannon; Tom Revere
- Synopsis
- The origin of Liberty Belle.
[no title indexed]
Private Pete / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The sarge told me to hang these signs up!
- Genre
- humor; military
Ghost Raiders
The Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- children; war
- Characters
- The Boy Commandos: Brooklyn; Rip Carter; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan; Alfy Twidgett
Heinrich Himmler; Francois Girard; Com. Allison - Synopsis
- The Commandos stage a raid into France at the behest of a French Resistance ghost.
- Reprints
- in The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2010 series) #1 (2010 [January 2011])
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Boy Commandos -
1.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
2.
["The Boy Commandos plus Batman..."]
Detective Comics -
3.
The Town That Couldn't Be Conquered!
The Boy Commandos -
4.
Behind the 8 Bell
-
5.
Heroes Never Die
The Boy Commandos -
6.
Close Shave
-
7.
Satan Wears a Swastika
The Boy Commandos -
8.
["It's a swell day for fishing!"]
Jerry the Jitterbug -
9.
["For freedom... For justice... For America-- We give you Liberty Belle!!"]
Liberty Belle -
10.
["The sarge told me to hang these signs up!"]
Private Pete -
11.
Ghost Raiders
The Boy Commandos -
12.
The Big Eight!
-
13.
Tops in Comic Magazines
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