Boy Commandos #1

(Winter 1942-43)

The Town That Couldn't Be Conquered! (Table of Contents)

Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (signed)

Inks:

Joe Simon (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson

Content Information

Genre:

war; children

Characters:

Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Jan; Andre; Alfie; Von Glutt

Synopsis:

The Commandos liberate Jan's village in the Netherlands.

Reprinted:

• in Boy Commandos by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2010 series) #1 (October 2010)

["Sailing, sailing, over the bounding main - n - n..."] (Table of Contents)

Behind the 8-Ball / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; children

Heroes Never Die (Table of Contents)

Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war; children

Characters:

Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Jan; Andre; Alfie

Synopsis:

The Commandos hear a story of an earlier group of adventurers in China.

Reprinted:

• in Boy Commandos (DC, 1973 series) #1
• in Boy Commandos by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2010 series) #1 (October 2010)

Close Shave (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Hilton

Letters:

typeset

Satan Wears a Swastika (Table of Contents)

Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (signed)

Inks:

Joe Simon (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson

Content Information

Genre:

war; children

Characters:

Boy Commandos; Rip Carter; Joe Simon; Jack Kirby; Newsboy Legion; Sandman; Sandy; V: Agent Axis; Jack Schiff; Jack Liebowitz; Whitney Ellsworth.

Synopsis:

The boys are mistakenly reported killed in battle.

Reprinted:

• in Mister Miracle (DC, 1971 series) #6 (February 1972)
• in Best of Simon and Kirby, The (Titan Books, 2009 series) #[nn]
• in Boy Commandos by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2010 series) #1 (October 2010)

Indexer Notes

Kirby drawn Ellsworth, Schiff and Liebowitz into story verified on page 19 of Alter Ego #76.

["It's a swell day for fishing!"] (Table of Contents)

Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["For Freedom-- For Justice-- For America-- We give You Liberty Belle!"] (Table of Contents)

Liberty Belle / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Cameron (signed)

Pencils:

Chuck Winter (signed)

Inks:

Chuck Winter

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Liberty Belle [Libby Lawrence] (first appearance); Rickey Cannon; Tom Revere

Synopsis:

The origin of Liberty Belle

Indexer Notes

Information from Darci and "Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics" (http://www.dcindexes.com/database/story-details.php?storyid=11565), accessed 6/8/2006.

["The sarge told me to hang up these signs!"] (Table of Contents)

Private Pete / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war; humor

Ghost Raiders (Table of Contents)

Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby ?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war; children

Characters:

Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfie; Jan; Andre; Francois Girard; Com.Allison; Heinrich Himmler;

Synopsis:

The Commandos stage a raid into France at the behest of a French Resistance ghost.

Reprinted:

• in Boy Commandos by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2010 series) #1 (October 2010)