Issue: #3
Published: October 1941, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Will Eisner
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 4.
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Comic Story (11 pages) |
The Doomed Battalion! |
Featuring: |
Blackhawk |
Synopsis: |
A plane crash lands on Blackhawk Island and the survivor, Chop-Chop, tells Blackhawk about a food profiteer named Markov, who is mad at a Red Cross nurse in the Drina River Valley in Yugoslavia, because she is giving crippled soldiers food for free. The Blackhawks decide to intervene and run smack dab into a large Nazi force. |
Credits: |
Script: Will Eisner | Pencils: Chuck Cuidera [as Chas. Cuidera) (signed) | Inks: Chuck Cuidera [as Chas. Cuidera] (signed) | Letters: Sam Rosen |
Genre: |
Adventure War |
Characters: |
Blackhawks [Blackhawk Andre (apparent Death) Hendrickson Olaf 3 Other Unidentifiable Members (see Note #2 For Possible Candidates)] Chop-Chop (introduction) Ann (Red Cross Nurse Last Seen In #1, Named Here) Maxim (freedom Fighter, Death) Markov (traitor, Death) Captain Schroeder (Nazi Villain, Death) Unnamed Nazi General (villain, Death) Nazis (villains, Many Die) |
Comic Story (6 pages) |
Battle near the Burma Road |
Featuring: |
Blue Tracer |
Credits: |
Script: Fred Guardineer | Pencils: Fred Guardineer | Inks: Fred Guardineer |
Genre: |
Aviation War |
Comic Story (6 pages) |
Light in the Fog |
Featuring: |
Loops and Banks |
Credits: |
Script: Bob Powell | Pencils: Bob Powell [as Bud Ernest] | Inks: Bob Powell |
Genre: |
Aviation |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Sabotage |
Credits: |
Script: Tex Blaisdell; Lake French | Pencils: Tex Blaisdell; Lake French | Inks: Tex Blaisdell; Lake French |
Genre: |
Humor |
Comic Story (8 pages) |
School Children Defeat Hitler |
Featuring: |
Secret War News |
Synopsis: |
True story of King Peter of Yugoslavia. |
Credits: |
Script: Al McWilliams | Pencils: Al McWilliams [as A. McWilliams] (signed) | Inks: Al McWilliams [as A. McWilliams] (signed) |
Genre: |
Non-fiction War |
Comic Story (8 pages) |
The Noah's Ark Destroyer |
Featuring: |
Yankee Eagle |
Credits: |
Pencils: Bill Smith [as John Stewart] (signed) | Inks: Bill Smith [as John Stewart] (signed) |
Genre: |
Adventure |
Characters: |
Jerry Noble Sam (an Eagle) |
Comic Story (4 pages) |
The City of Stranded Men |
Featuring: |
Shot and Shell |
Credits: |
Script: Klaus Nordling | Pencils: Klaus Nordling | Inks: Klaus Nordling |
Genre: |
Aviation |
Characters: |
Adolf Hitler (villain) |
Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Forged Defense Bonds |
Featuring: |
Miss America |
Credits: |
Pencils: Tom Hickey (signed) | Inks: Tom Hickey (signed) |
Genre: |
Superhero |
Characters: |
Miss America [Joan Dale] |
Text Story (2 pages) |
Blackout |
Credits: |
Script: Tex Blaisdell | Letters: typeset |
Comic Story (6 pages) |
Battle at Benghazi |
Featuring: |
Archie Atkins |
Credits: |
Pencils: Harry Campbell ? |
Genre: |
War |
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