Military Comics #7

(February 1942)

The Return of Genghis Khan! (Table of Contents: 1)

Blackhawk / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Dick French

Pencils

Chuck Cuidera [as Chas. Cuidera] (signed)

Inks

Chuck Cuidera [as Chas. Cuidera] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen

Genre

adventure; war

Characters

Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Hendrickson; Olaf; Chop-Chop; 1 other unidentifiable member (see Note #2 for possible candidates)]; Winston Churchill (cameo); President Franklin D. Roosevelt (cameo, voice only); unnamed Padré (death); unnamed guardian of Genghis Khan's tomb (death); Genghis Khan II (reincarnation of Genghis Khan, villain, introduction, death); Adolph Hitler (Nazi villain, cameo); Von Trope (Nazi envoy, presumably killed)

Synopsis

Genghis Khan is re-born and starts on his reign of terror, until Blackhawk catches up with him. However, Blackhawk is captured and even Chop-Chop becomes one of Khan's own Generals, but recovers his sanity in time to release his leader.

Reprints

• in The Blackhawk Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([November] 2001)

Indexer Notes

(1) Letterer credit per Cuidera and added by Craig Delich 2012-1-14.
(2) The 1 unidentified member could be Stanislaus, Zeg, or Chuck (or possibly Boris).

The Iceberg of Death (Table of Contents: 2)

Blue Tracer / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Guardineer

Pencils

Fred Guardineer

Inks

Fred Guardineer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

aviation; war

[Cannibal Island] (Table of Contents: 3)

Loops and Banks / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Powell

Pencils

Bob Powell (Bud Ernest)

Inks

Bob Powell

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

aviation

[The Death of Herr Brock] (Table of Contents: 4)

The Sniper / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Ted Udall [as Ted] (signed)

Pencils

Vernon Henkel

Inks

Vernon Henkel

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; war

Characters

The Sniper; Franz Brock (villain, introduction, death)

Indexer Notes

Ken Quattro, in an article in Alter Ego #127 (August 2014), cites a quote made by Busy Arnold, in which Arnold states that Jerry Robinson did the art on this story. But the art is clearly Henkel's. Possibly Arnold had this issue confused with #8's story, illustrated by Robinson's good friend, Bernard Klein.

[Van Der Dopple's Rice Paddies] (Table of Contents: 5)

Shot and Shell / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Klaus Nordling

Pencils

Klaus Nordling

Inks

Klaus Nordling

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

aviation

[Spies in the Shipyard] (Table of Contents: 6)

Yankee Eagle / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Smith [as John Stewart] (signed)

Inks

Bill Smith [as John Stewart] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Jerry Noble

Indexer Notes

Art credits suggested by Jerry Bails’ Who’s Who.

[The Patchwork Kid] (Table of Contents: 7)

Death Patrol / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Berg [as David Berg] (signed)

Pencils

Dave Berg [as David Berg] (signed)

Inks

Dave Berg [as David Berg] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; aviation; war

Characters

The Death Patrol [Del Van Dyke; Butch; Hank; King Hotintot; Boris; The Patchwork Kid [aka Frere Jacques in issue #9] (introduction)]

Indexer Notes

This tale is one of two (#7 and #8) that no member of the Patrol was killed in the story.

[The Moth] (Table of Contents: 8)

Miss America / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Maurice Kashuba

Pencils

Maurice Kashuba

Inks

Maurice Kashuba

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Miss America [Joan Dale]; Tim Healy (of the FBI); The Moth (villain, introduction, death); Moth's gang (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

Miss America faces a non-costumed silk thief who uses cards that burst into flames when thrown.

Reprints

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #100 (2016) [reprint in black and white]

Indexer Notes

Credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. The AC reprint credits Elmer Wexler with the art.

Miss America's next appearance is in All-Star Squadron #31.

[The Green Terror] (Table of Contents: 9)

Inferior Man / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Al Jaffee (signed)

Pencils

Al Jaffee (signed)

Inks

Al Jaffee (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

Inferior Man [Courtney Fudd] (introduction); The Green Terror (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

The Quartermaster at Fort Bang dons an emblem and cape, calling himself Inferior Man, in order to take care of the Green Terror by whipping out his sissy serum and turning the Terror into a dancing dandy.

Keywords

Fort Bang; sissy serum

Indexer Notes

Jaffee, wanting to get into comic books, was hired by Will Eisner to do this strip, but he soon found that his style ill-suited for the wartime hero books, and the strip being astoundingly anachronistic for its parody of the superhero.

Women of France (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Statement of Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc. (Table of Contents: 11)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

Everett M. Arnold

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

wrong statement printed. This is for Police Comics.
Comic Magazines Inc. 322 Main ST Stamford, CT
Editor: Edward Cronin 322 Main ST Stamford, CT
Bus Mgr: Everett M. Arnold 198 Shore Rd Old Greenwich, CT
Owners: Everett M. Arnold, Claire C. Arnold
Henry P. Martin 8 Foster Dr. Des Moines, Ia
Printed at Buffalo, NY

Phantom Army of Vengeance (Table of Contents: 12)

Secret War News / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Al McWilliams

Pencils

Al McWilliams [as A. McWilliams] (signed)

Inks

Al McWilliams [as A. McWilliams] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; war

Indexer Notes

true story

[The U. S. S. Greer] (Table of Contents: 13)

Atlantic Patrol / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al McWilliams

Pencils

Al McWilliams [as A. McWilliams] (signed)

Inks

Al McWilliams [as A. McWilliams] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; war

Keywords

navy