Boy Commandos #3

(Summer 1943)

Take Your Pick! (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Content Information

Synopsis:

an ad for Crowell-Collier Publishing Company sales

Indexer Notes

inside front cover

A Film From the Front -- Uncensored (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

Editing:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war; children

Characters:

Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfy; Jan; Spud Mattson; Grimes; Capt. Gordon

Synopsis:

The commandos are accompanied on a raid into Greece by a newsreel photographer

The Big Eight! (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Content Information

Synopsis:

a house ad for DC's monthly titles

["Oh Yeah-h? So you wanna play, eh?"] (Table of Contents)

Jitters Jeep / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Farr

Pencils:

Jack Farr (signed)

Inks:

Jack Farr

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war; humor

Characters:

Jitters

Synopsis:

Jitter tows cars for a group of sailors

War Album No. 1 -- The Siege of Troy (Table of Contents)

Boy Commandos / comic story / 10 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:

Menelaus; Adolf Hitler [as Paris]; Helen; Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfy; Jan

Synopsis:

A story of the commandos set in the Trojan War

["Gee! I wonder where we'll go when we're sent over?"] (Table of Contents)

Hank the Yank / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ray Houlihan

Pencils:

Ray Houlihan (signed)

Inks:

Ray Houlihan (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war; humor

Synopsis:

Hank's platoon runs an obstacle course

["Oh-oh!! Brace yourselves, Boys -- Hank's gonna pop off again --"] (Table of Contents)

Hank the Yank / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ray Houlihan

Pencils:

Ray Houlihan (signed)

Inks:

Ray Houlihan (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war; humor

Characters:

Hank

Synopsis:

Hank's platoon goes on a forced march in the rain.

Be Sure to Get These Top Favorites for the Best in Comics! (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Content Information

Synopsis:

a house ad for DC comics

Cyril Thwaite Rides Again-- (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby ?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (signed)

Inks:

Joe Simon (signed); Simon and Kirby shop

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson

Content Information

Genre:

war; children

Characters:

Cyril Thwaite; Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfy; Jan

Synopsis:

Cyril impersonates a German general and captures a regiment

["Here I go!"] (Table of Contents)

Private Pete / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

war; humor

Synopsis:

Pete trains to be a paratrooper

Night Fighter (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dan Mallory

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

war

The Return of Agent Axis (Table of Contents)

Boy Commandos / comic story / 11 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:

Agent Axis; Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Jan; Alfy; Andre]; Sigrid

Synopsis:

A young woman asks the Commandos for protection from Agent Axiz. But who's side is she on?

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Mister Miracle (DC, 1971 series) #7 (March-April 1972)

Get Tiger Power Now (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Content Information

Synopsis:

an ad for Muscle Power company's exercise equipment

Indexer Notes

inside back cover

Free 150 Power Microscope (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Content Information

Synopsis:

an ad for Metro Publications' _Wonders of Living Things_

Indexer Notes

back cover