(May-June 1948)
- 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
Issue Notes
All information for this issue is from David Postle, 1/18/2007. Art credits for Swan stories from Eddy Zeno's Swan Index in Comic Book Marketplace 57.
The Ape That Plotted Crimes
Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Don Cameron?
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Steve Brodie
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Adventure
- Characters:
- Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Tex; Andre; Farnby; Big Chan
- Synopsis:
- After Carter and the boys capture a rare Gorilla for Farnsby's Circus the gorilla appears to have human intelligence and write long messages on a blackboard, including the plots for crimes.
Indexer Notes
Art credits by Eddy Zeno. Writer credit by Bob Hughes. 2/07. Is this DC's first intelligent Gorilla story?
The Crimes of Diamond Hand
Boy Commandos / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Don Cameron?
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Steve Brodie
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Adventure
- Characters:
- Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Tex; Andre; Diamond Hand; Dr. Maret
Indexer Notes
Writer id by Bob Hughes 2/07. Art credits from Eddy Zeno's Swan index in Comic Book Marketplace 57.
Sea Voyage
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Thomas Graw
- Pencils:
- Raymond Perry
- Inks:
- Raymond Perry
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
The Case of the Killer Cadet
Boy Commandos / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Don Cameron?
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Steve Brodie
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Adventure
- Characters:
- Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Andre; Tex; Midget; Bullethead
- Synopsis:
- Rip sends Brooklyn to military school after he fails to obey orders and almost gets the boys killed.
Indexer Notes
art credits from Eddy Zeno's Swan index in Comic Book Marketplace 57. Writer credit from Bob Hughes 2/07
["Is this where you wanted to go?"]
Shorty / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
The Ape That Plotted Crimes
Boy Commandos -
2.
The Crimes of Diamond Hand
Boy Commandos -
3.
Sea Voyage
-
4.
The Case of the Killer Cadet
Boy Commandos -
5.
["Is this where you wanted to go?"]
Shorty
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Jim Van Dore
- Donald Dale Milne
- Per Sandell
- Mike Nielsen
- Daniel Thingvold
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Gene Reed
- Lou Mougin
- Dan Kocher
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Tony R. Rose
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