(Fall 1944)

DC, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1944-07-22
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
World's Best Comics Co.
Brand
A Superman DC Publication
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

On to Tokio! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
children; war
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Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

Brooklyn's Dream! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
? [as Joe Simon]
Pencils
Louis Cazeneuve (ghosted for Jack Kirby)
Inks
Louis Cazeneuve ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
children; war
Characters
Rip Carter; Alfy; Brooklyn; Andre; Jan; Adolph Hitler
Synopsis
Brooklyn gets hit on the head and dreams he wins WW II single-handedly.

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

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Love Comes to Private 'Awkins! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
? [as Joe Simon]
Pencils
Louis Cazeneuve (ghosted for Jack Kirby)
Inks
Louis Cazeneuve ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
children; war
Characters
Rip Carter; Alfy; Brooklyn; Andre; Jan; Adelbert Hawkins; Clarabelle
Synopsis
The Commandos play matchmaker.

150 Mile Race to Save a Nation! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Thom McAn / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

A Spy in the Ointment! (Table of Contents: 7)

Drafty and Tim / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Stan Kaye ?
Inks
Stan Kaye ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; war
Characters
Drafty; Tim

Convoy Captain (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Miller
Letters
typeset

Nuggets of the North! (Table of Contents: 9)

The Boy Commandos / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Don C. Cameron ? (credited as Jack Kirby)
Pencils
Louis Cazeneuve (ghosted for Jack Kirby)
Inks
Louis Cazeneuve ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
children; war
Characters
Rip Carter; Alfy; Brooklyn; Andre; Jan; Pierre Luvalle; Phillipe Perault
Synopsis
in Alaska

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Jitter's Jeep / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Farr
Pencils
Jack Farr
Inks
Jack Farr
Colors
?
Letters
Jack Farr
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jitters, my whole staff chose you...
Genre
humor; war
Characters
Jitters

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Metro Publications / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

How Joe's Body Brought Him Fame Instead of Shame (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man! (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

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

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. On to Tokio!
    The Boy Commandos
  2. 1. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. 2. ["For spine-tingling action..."]
  4. 3. Brooklyn's Dream!
    The Boy Commandos
  5. 4. ["The leaflets tell 'em..."]
    Wheaties
  6. 5. Love Comes to Private 'Awkins!
    The Boy Commandos
  7. 6. 150 Mile Race to Save a Nation!
    Thom McAn
  8. 7. A Spy in the Ointment!
    Drafty and Tim
  9. 8. Convoy Captain
  10. 9. Nuggets of the North!
    The Boy Commandos
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Wheaties
  12. 11. ["Jitters, my whole staff chose you..."]
    Jitter's Jeep
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Metro Publications
  14. 13. How Joe's Body Brought Him Fame Instead of Shame
    Charles Atlas
  15. 14. Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man!
    Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
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