Boy Commandos #6

(Spring 1944)

["Paper, Paper Everywhere"] (Table of Contents)

Alfred / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Jerry Robinson

Inks:

George Roussos

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Alfred Pennyworth; Robin; Batman

Synopsis:

Americans are urged to collect waste paper for the war effort

Indexer Notes

inside front cover

News From Belgium (Table of Contents)

Boy Commandos / comic story / 11 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; Alfy; Brooklyn; Jan; Andre; Nanette; Pierre Beauchamp

Synopsis:

The commandos deliver a newspaper press to the Belgian underground

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Boy Commandos (DC, 1973 series) #2 (November-December 1973)

["This camouflage stuff is great!"] (Table of Contents)

Shorty / filler / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

war; humor

Characters:

Shorty

Synopsis:

Shorty camouflages a ship's guns

Indexer Notes

upper two-thirds of page

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents)

text article / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Liebowitz

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

Owners of World's Best Comics Company are given as "H. Donenfeld, J.S. Liebowitz, G.F. Frank, and A.I. Menin."
480 Lexington Ave, NY, NY
Editor: F.W. Ellsworth

Indexer Notes

lower third of page

["Anti aircraft Detector. Shush!"] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

L. Chen ? (signed-hard to read)

Inks:

L. Chen ? (signed-hard to read)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

a comic strip ad for General Mills, Inc.'s Wheaties breakfast cereal

The Jackals of Jawnpore! (Table of Contents)

Boy Commandos / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (signed)

Inks:

Joe Simon (signed); Simon and Kirby shop

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war; children

Characters:

Rip Carter; Alfy; Brooklyn; Andre; Jan; the Rajah of Jawnpore; Lal Kadar; Bayindra Singh;

Synopsis:

The commandos assist an India rajah in his efforts to control crime in his city

Commando Training with Thom McAn (Table of Contents)

Thom McAn / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Roussos (signed)

Inks:

George Roussos (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children

Synopsis:

a comic strip ad for Thom McAn's Commando shoes

Action Along the Adriatic! (Table of Contents)

Boy Commandos / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Cameron ?

Pencils:

Louis Cazeneuve [ghosting for Jack Kirby]

Inks:

Louis Cazeneuve ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war; children

Characters:

Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfy; Jan; Andre; Capt. Danovic; Josip; Dr. Konrad; Bohuslas;

Synopsis:

The commandos go on a mission to aid partisans in the Balkans.

Indexer Notes

credits by Bob Hughes 7/07

For Valor (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ted Udal ? [as Ted Loury]

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

war

["Howdy, Folks!...Today I'm agonna tell ya exactly how you can take a few old left-over knick-knacks..."] (Table of Contents)

Handy Andy / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Farr

Pencils:

Jack Farr

Inks:

Jack Farr

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Farr

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Handy Andy

Synopsis:

Andy explains how to build a windmill

Destiny Writes the Headlines (Table of Contents)

Boy Commandos / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (signed)

Inks:

Louis Cazeneuve ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war; children

Characters:

Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfy; Jan; Andre; Bovar; Cecil Merriwether;

Synopsis:

The commandos encounter a fake fortune teller.

Amazing Forecaster (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Content Information

Synopsis:

an ad for The Weather Man's Swiss "weather house."

Indexer Notes

inside back cover

Captain Tootsie and the Secret Weapon! (Table of Contents)

Captain Tootsie / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Rod Reed (signed)

Pencils:

C.C. Beck (signed)

Inks:

C. C. Beck (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Rollo; Capt. Tootsie

Synopsis:

A comic strip ad for Tootsie Rolls

Indexer Notes

back cover