Military Comics #25

(January 1944)

[Wang the Tiger] (Table of Contents: 1)

Blackhawk / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Woolfolk ?

Pencils

John Cassone

Inks

Alex Kotzky

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero

Characters

Blackhawk; Olaf; Andre; Hendrikson; Chuck; Stanislaus; Chop-Chop; Wang the Tiger [Mandarin Wang] (introduction)

Synopsis

Chop-Chop, armed with his ever-present meat cleaver, is sent to Ching-Wu, China, where he meets up with a local resistance fighter, Mandarin Wang, who is known for fighting modern warfare with ancient weapons.

Indexer Notes

Story title taken from the cover.

[The Trojan Fish] (Table of Contents: 2)

Death Patrol / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Al Stahl

Pencils

Al Stahl

Inks

Al Stahl

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; aviation; war; adventure

Characters

The Death Patrol [Del Van Dyne; Boris; Gramps; Hank; King Hotintot; Jackie; Yogi]

Synopsis

Things go from bad to worse when the Patrol's members are swallowed by a whale!

[The Return of Suratai] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Sniper / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Ted Udall

Pencils

Vern Henkel

Inks

Vern Henkel

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; war

Characters

The Sniper; Oku-Sama (daughter of Suratai, introduction, death); Pvt. Hirota (introduction, death); Suratai (villain); Hirohito (villain);

Synopsis

Suratai kills his daughter, since he considers her a traitor. But Suratai's superior does not approve of his actions and throws him into prison for mis-conduct.

Indexer Notes

Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Johnny Doughboy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bernard Dibble

Pencils

Bernard Dibble

Inks

Bernard Dibble

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Thanks for the salute, soldier--

Genre

humor; military

Characters

Johnny Doughboy; General

Synopsis

Johnny gets a dollar each from two lieutenants, not realising they're following the custom of paying the first soldier who salutes them. Johnny hopes a general will pay him even more for a salute.

Girl Wanted (Table of Contents: 5)

Private Dogtag / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Bart Tumey

Pencils

Bart Tumey

Inks

Bart Tumey

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Adolf Hitler (villain)

[The Derelict's Curse] (Table of Contents: 6)

P.T. Boat / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

war

Keywords

navy

Death Rides a Ray (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

[The Flying Parson] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Fred Guardineer

Pencils

Fred Guardineer

Inks

Fred Guardineer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

war

Keywords

navy

Coast Guard Cutter Battles Six U-Boats (Table of Contents: 9)

Secret War News / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Guardineer

Pencils

Fred Guardineer

Inks

Fred Guardineer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; war

Indexer Notes

true story

The Secret Weapon (Table of Contents: 10)

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script

Rod Reed (signed)

Pencils

C. C. Beck (signed)

Inks

C. C. Beck (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Good night, Rollo.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Tootsie; Rollo; Hans

Synopsis

Nazi spies try to kidnap Rollo to discover his secret weapon, but they are foiled by Captain Tootsie.

Keywords

Nazis

Indexer Notes

On back cover.