(Spring 1944)

DC, 1942 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
52
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
A Superman DC Publication
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
Format:
standard newsstand comic

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

Boy Commandos / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks:
Joe Simon (signed)
Colors:
Jack Kirby

Content Information

Genre:
war; children
Characters:
Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfy; Jan; Andre

Indexer Notes

Cover colors credits from Greg Theakston, via the GCD Error List (5 April 2008)


["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

["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


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. ["Paper, Paper Everywhere"]
    Alfred
  2. 2. News From Belgium
    Boy Commandos
  3. 3. ["This camouflage stuff is great!"]
    Shorty
  4. 4. Statement of Ownership
  5. 5. ["Anti aircraft Detector. Shush!"]
  6. 6. The Jackals of Jawnpore!
    Boy Commandos
  7. 7. Commando Training with Thom McAn
    Thom McAn
  8. 8. Action Along the Adriatic!
    Boy Commandos
  9. 9. For Valor
  10. 10. ["Howdy, Folks!...Today I'm agonna tell ya exactly how you can take a few old left-over knick-knacks..."]
    Handy Andy
  11. 11. Destiny Writes the Headlines
    Boy Commandos
  12. 12. Amazing Forecaster
  13. 13. Captain Tootsie and the Secret Weapon!
    Captain Tootsie
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