War Stories
#5
(1942)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- On-sale Date
- 1942-04-16
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Company Inc.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Copyright, 1942, by Dell Publishing Company, Inc.
Though #5 is on the cover, this is actually listed as #25 in the indicia. Possibly originally intended as Four Color #25? Indicia numbering noted by and possible source of error suggested by Jon Ingersoll, December 2008, via GCD Errors list.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.
Though #5 is on the cover, this is actually listed as #25 in the indicia. Possibly originally intended as Four Color #25? Indicia numbering noted by and possible source of error suggested by Jon Ingersoll, December 2008, via GCD Errors list.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.
Sky Silhouettes of Axis Warplanes
illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- war
Indexer Notes
On inside front cover in black and white.
Night Devils over Germany
Night Devils / comic story / 10 pages
- Feature Logo
- Night Devils
- Genre
- spy; war
- Characters
- Night Devils [Lt. Dan Cork (first appearance); Lt. Tom Harrow (first appearance); Agent 4-73 (first appearance)]; Nazis (villains)
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (June 2011).
The Night Devils appeared in War Comics (Dell, 1940 series) #4 as the Black Wings.
Uncle Sam Clothes the Army
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- war
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (June 2011).
[no title indexed]
Scoop Mason / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Jenney (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Jenney (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say boss--there's one thing I don't like about these foreign ports!
- Genre
- war; teen
- Characters
- Scoop Mason; Sleepy Samson; Judy Jackson; Captain Gruber [as Commander Marshal] (villain)
Indexer Notes
last appearance
[no title indexed]
The Sky Hawk / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Robert Turner (credited)
- Pencils
- Tom Hickey (credited)
- Inks
- Tom Hickey (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A reconnaissance flight is especially dangerous in these enemy waters, men.
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Characters
- The Sky Hawk [Storm Allen]; Lucky Lane; Buzz Magee; Japanese (villains)
Indexer Notes
Last appearance of The Sky Hawks.
The Whistler Strikes
comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Keller (signed as J. Keller)
- Inks
- Jack Keller (signed as J. Keller)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- The Whistler (Introduction; Origin; Only appearance); Louie; Dr. Duval (death); Eric (villain); Karl Hettinger (villain); Inspector Ernest G. Marks (death, villain); Lt. Moltke (death, villain); Nazis (villains)
The Jinxes
The Jinxes / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dave Berg (credited as David Berg)
- Pencils
- Dave Berg (credited as David Berg)
- Inks
- Dave Berg (credited as David Berg)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; war
- Characters
- The Jinxes [Chop (first appearance); Suey (first appearance); Chow (first appearance); Mein (first appearance)]
Indexer Notes
Only appearance of "The Jinxes" feature
Behind the Man behind the Gun!
text article / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- E. C. Stoner (signed) (illustrations)
- Inks
- E. C. Stoner (signed) (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- war
Taps for the Japs
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jim Chambers (credited)
- Inks
- Jim Chambers (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; war
- Characters
- Larry Palmer; Sogo Lee; Colonel Taylor; Sako (villain); Japanese (villains)
Fighting Planes of U.S. Army and Navy
illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; war
Indexer Notes
On inside back cover in black, white and red.
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Tom Hickey (signed as Hickey)
- Inks
- Tom Hickey (signed as Hickey)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- war
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
Sky Silhouettes of Axis Warplanes
-
2.
Night Devils over Germany
Night Devils -
3.
Uncle Sam Clothes the Army
-
4.
Our Modern Streamlined United States Army
-
5.
["Say boss--there's one thing I don't like about these foreign ports!"]
Scoop Mason -
6.
U.S. Navy Convoys
-
7.
Army Officers' Uniforms
-
8.
["A reconnaissance flight is especially dangerous in these enemy waters, men."]
The Sky Hawk -
9.
The Whistler Strikes
-
10.
The Jinxes
The Jinxes -
11.
Undersea Raider
-
12.
Behind the Man behind the Gun!
-
13.
The Aerial Torpedo
-
14.
Taps for the Japs
-
15.
Fighting Planes of U.S. Army and Navy
-
16.
[no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Darci
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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