(2010 [January 2011])

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Volume
1
Price
49.99 USD; 59.99 CAD
Pages
264
On-sale Date
2010-11-24
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
ISBN
978-1-4012-2921-4 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781401229214 54999
Editing
Scott Nybakken (editor)

Issue Notes

Please refer to original publications for character appearances and story synopses.

The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby Volume One (Table of Contents: 1)

The Boy Commandos / insert or dust jacket / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
Allen Passalaqua
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; war
Characters
Rip Carter; Jan Haasen; Alfy Twidgett; Brooklyn; Pierre Chavard
Reprints

Stand by for Action (Table of Contents: 2)

insert or dust jacket / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Scott Nybakken
Letters
?

Synopsis
Introductory blurb for The Boy Commandos.

Indexer Notes

Front flap of dust jacket.

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Scott Nybakken
Pencils
Joe Simon
Inks
Jack Kirby
Colors
Allen Passalaqua
Letters
typeset

Genre
biography
Synopsis
Brief biographies of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby.

Indexer Notes

Back flap of dust jacket. Illustrated with a detail from page 12, panel 9 from the story from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #64 (June 1942). Art is partial panel that continues onto back of dust jacket.

The Commandos Are Coming! (Table of Contents: 4)

The Boy Commandos / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Scott Nybakken
Pencils
Joe Simon
Inks
Jack Kirby
Colors
Allen Passalaqua
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure; war
Synopsis
Notes for contents of this anthology plus art from the first Boy Commandos story.

Indexer Notes

Back of dust jacket. Illustrated with a detail from page 12, panel 9 from the story from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #64 (June 1942). Art is partial panel from first Boy Commandos story and is continued from back flap of dust jacket.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Boy Commandos / cover / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Joe Simon
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
Allen Passalaqua

Genre
adventure; war
Characters
Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfy Twidgett; Jan Haasen; Pierre Chavard

Indexer Notes

Wrap-around cover illustrated with page 1 from the story from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #65 (July 1942).

The Boy Commandos Volume One (Table of Contents: 6)

The Boy Commandos / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Simon
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; war

Indexer Notes

Illustration taken from page 3, top part of panel 6 from the story from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #65 (July 1942).

The Boy Commandos Volume One Stories, Covers and Art by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (Table of Contents: 7)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Joe Simon
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
?

Synopsis
Volume title page and by-lines.

Indexer Notes

Illustrated with a detail from page 11, panel 3 from the story from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #65 (July 1942).

Boy Commandos Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 8)

table of contents / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Nybakken
Pencils
Joe Simon
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
A list of all editorial personnel for DC Comics plus a listing of the contents of this volume.

Indexer Notes

Illustrated with page 1 from the story from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #65 (July 1942). Coloring credits are given only for cover.

The Boy Commandos: An Introduction (Table of Contents: 9)

text article / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Buhle
Pencils
Joe Simon
Inks
Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
A look at the Boy Commandos from a historical perspective and their unique relationship to World War II.

Indexer Notes

The introduction is on pages 6-10 of this volume. Illustrations taken from page 3, bottom of panel 6 from the story from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #65 (July 1942) [on pages 6 and 7 of intro], from page 7, panel 5 from the story from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #64 (June 1942) [on pages 8 and 9 of intro], and from page 11, panel 3 from the story from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #65 (July 1942) [on page 10 of intro].

The Commandos Are Coming! (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby; Joe Simon ?
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Reprints

Detective Comics No. 65 (Table of Contents: 11)

Batman; The Boy Commandos; Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby (Boy Commandos); Jerry Robinson (Batman and Robin)
Inks
Joe Simon (Boy Commandos); Jerry Robinson (Batman and Robin)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero; war
Reprints

[Nostradamus Predicts] (Table of Contents: 12)

The Boy Commandos / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby
Pencils
Joe Simon
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
war
Reprints

The Sphinx Speaks (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script
Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
Howard Ferguson ?

Genre
war
Reprints

Escape to Disaster (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script
Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Reprints

The Treachery of Osuki (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script
Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
Howard Ferguson ?

Genre
war
Reprints

[The Siege of Krovka] (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script
Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Reprints

Fury Rides a Taxicab (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Script
Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Reprints

The Luck of the Lepparts (Table of Contents: 18)

The Boy Commandos / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby
Pencils
Joe Simon
Inks
Jack Kirby
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Reprints

The Commandos Are Coming! (Table of Contents: 19)

The Boy Commandos / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Simon
Inks
Jack Kirby
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war

Indexer Notes

Illustration taken from page 12, panel 9 from the story from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #64 (June 1942).

[Boy Commandos No. 1] (Table of Contents: 20)

The Boy Commandos / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Reprints

The Town That Couldn't Be Conquered (Table of Contents: 21)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Reprints

Heroes Never Die (Table of Contents: 22)

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

Script
Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Reprints

Satan Wears a Swastika (Table of Contents: 23)

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

Script
Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Reprints

Ghost Raiders (Table of Contents: 24)

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

Script
Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Reprints

A Break for Santa (Table of Contents: 25)

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

Script
Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
Howard Ferguson ?

Genre
war
Reprints

Petals of Peril (Table of Contents: 26)

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

Script
Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Reprints

The Saga of the Little Tin Box (Table of Contents: 27)

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

Script
Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Reprints

The Battle of the Big Top (Table of Contents: 28)

The Boy Commandos / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Simon
Pencils
Joe Simon
Inks
Jack Kirby
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Reprints

[Boy Commandos No. 2] (Table of Contents: 29)

The Boy Commandos / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Reprints

The Silent People Speak (Table of Contents: 30)

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

Script
Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
war
Reprints

On the Double, M'Lord! (Table of Contents: 31)

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

Script
Jack Kirby ?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Reprints

The Knights Wore Khaki (Table of Contents: 32)

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

Script
Jack Kirby ?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Reprints

Nine Lives for Victory (Table of Contents: 33)

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

Script
Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
war
Reprints

[Explosion] (Table of Contents: 34)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Simon
Inks
Jack Kirby
Colors
?

Genre
war

Indexer Notes

Illustration taken from page 11, panel 3 from the story from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #65 (July 1942).

Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 1. The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby Volume One
    The Boy Commandos
  2. 2. Stand by for Action
  3. 3. Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
  4. 4. The Commandos Are Coming!
    The Boy Commandos
  5. 5. [no title indexed]
    The Boy Commandos
  6. 6. The Boy Commandos Volume One
    The Boy Commandos
  7. 7. The Boy Commandos Volume One Stories, Covers and Art by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby
  8. 8. Boy Commandos Table of Contents
  9. 9. The Boy Commandos: An Introduction
  10. 10. The Commandos Are Coming!
    The Boy Commandos
  11. 11. Detective Comics No. 65
    Batman; The Boy Commandos; Robin
  12. 12. [Nostradamus Predicts]
    The Boy Commandos
  13. 13. The Sphinx Speaks
    The Boy Commandos
  14. 14. Escape to Disaster
    The Boy Commandos
  15. 15. The Treachery of Osuki
    The Boy Commandos
  16. 16. [The Siege of Krovka]
    The Boy Commandos
  17. 17. Fury Rides a Taxicab
    The Boy Commandos
  18. 18. The Luck of the Lepparts
    The Boy Commandos
  19. 19. The Commandos Are Coming!
    The Boy Commandos
  20. 20. [Boy Commandos No. 1]
    The Boy Commandos
  21. 21. The Town That Couldn't Be Conquered
    The Boy Commandos
  22. 22. Heroes Never Die
    The Boy Commandos
  23. 23. Satan Wears a Swastika
    The Boy Commandos
  24. 24. Ghost Raiders
    The Boy Commandos
  25. 25. A Break for Santa
    The Boy Commandos
  26. 26. Petals of Peril
    The Boy Commandos
  27. 27. The Saga of the Little Tin Box
    The Boy Commandos
  28. 28. The Battle of the Big Top
    The Boy Commandos
  29. 29. [Boy Commandos No. 2]
    The Boy Commandos
  30. 30. The Silent People Speak
    The Boy Commandos
  31. 31. On the Double, M'Lord!
    The Boy Commandos
  32. 32. The Knights Wore Khaki
    The Boy Commandos
  33. 33. Nine Lives for Victory
    The Boy Commandos
  34. 34. [Explosion]
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