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 ([September] 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

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:

John Stewart

Inks:

John Stewart

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

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

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

Script:

Dave Berg

Pencils:

Dave Berg

Inks:

Dave Berg

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 [reprint in black and white]

Indexer Notes

Art and writing credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

The AC reprint credits Elmer Wexler with the art.....The Who's Who credits Wexler on art in 1941 only.

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

Inks:

Al McWilliams

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

non-fiction; war

Indexer Notes

true story

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

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

Script:

Al McWilliams

Pencils:

Al McWilliams

Inks:

Al McWilliams

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

war

Keywords:

navy

Indexer Notes

true story