Digital Comic Museum - War Stories 07_(Dell)


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Another book from the JVJ Collection. Scans by Jon. Edits by Dell4C.

Issue: #7
Published: November 1942-January 1943, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Newsprint Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Copyright, 1942, by Dell Publishing Co., Inc. The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Credits:	Pencils: Bob Jenney [as R. Jenney] (signed) \| Inks: Bob Jenney [as R. Jenney] (signed)
Genre:	War

Comic Story (1 page)	Our Modern Weapons Were Invented by Nature
Synopsis:	Shows the relationship of a tank's armor to a Rhino, Armadillo or a Triceratops.
Credits:	Pencils: Worth Carnahan [as WC] (signed) \| Inks: Worth Carnahan [as WC] (signed)
Genre:	Non-fiction War

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Ghost Strikes Again
Featuring:	The Ghost
Synopsis:	The Phoenix a speedy former rum-runner has been converted by the U.S. Navy into a Q-boat for use in the coral sea by using a florescent pigment which makes the ship practically invisible. Renamed the "Ghost" and commanded by the canny ex-trader Captain Barnaby the Q-boat conducts destructive raids upon Jap shipping.
Credits:	Script: Worth Carnahan [as W. B. Carnahan] \| Pencils: Jim Chambers (signed) \| Inks: Jim Chambers (signed)
Genre:	War
Characters:	Captain Joel Barnaby Ensign Bill Ware Professor Elmer Tobias Oggu Lattu Ben Lister Japanese (villains) Mr. Kuto (villain)

Comic Story (10 pages)	Oasis of Evil
Synopsis:	Tank crew fight Nazis at an Oasis.
Credits:	Pencils: Bill Ely \| Inks: Bill Ely
Genre:	War
Characters:	Sgt. Sanders [Doc] Cpl. Froggy Roget Pvt. Ted Kane Pvt. Shorty Harris Nazis

Comic Story (10 pages)	Tiger Vengeance
Featuring:	Tiger with Wings
Synopsis:	The Flying Tigers fight in the Southeast war front.
Genre:	War
Characters:	Burt Kelton Duke McShayne Hi Kuan Lao-Fung Mellita Roubaix (villain) The Red Dragon (villain) Gurta (villain) Po Lun (villain) Japanese (villains)

Text Story (3 pages)	Paid in Full
Synopsis:	Fighting in the Coral Sea.
Credits:	Pencils: Hal Bittner [as HB; as Hal Bit] (signed, illustrations) \| Inks: Hal Bittner [as HB; as Hal Bit] (signed, illustrations) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	War
Characters:	Cpl. Reddy Sgt. Mike Daley Smokey Davis Ham Kelly Billy Decker Sgt. Doug Quinlan

Comic Story (5 pages)	"Hoppy" Gets His Man
Featuring:	Yankee Dillon
Synopsis:	A Kangaroo mascot, with his owners Dillon and Dixon, fight the enemy in Australia.
Credits:	Script: Worth Carnahan [as Worth B. Carnahan] \| Pencils: Tom Hickey (signed) \| Inks: Tom Hickey (signed)
Genre:	Humor War
Characters:	Yankee Dillon [John Dillon] Rebel Dixon [Andy Dixon] Hoppy (a Kangaroo) Sgt. Butch McLouts Patch Smith Lt. Payne Captain Carver Pedro (villain) Lassar (villain)

Comic Story (9 pages)	Night Devils Pave the Way to Victory
Featuring:	Night Devils
Synopsis:	Costumed as the Night Devils, a squadron of Night-Fighting Winged Commandos wear specially designed Black Silk Costumes that give them practical invisibility on dark nights and are equipped with quick action black parachutes.
Credits:	Pencils: E. C. Stoner (signed) \| Inks: E. C. Stoner (signed)
Genre:	Spy War
Characters:	Night Devils [Lt. Dan Cork Lt. Tom Harrow] General Macon Professor Anton Renal Fraulein Timbaut Madame Rouge Henri Nazis (villains) Rudolph (villain) Ernst (villain) Colonel Von Schwern (villain) Pierre Duvall (villain)

Comic Story (11 pages)	Raja Bill
Featuring:	Raja Bill
Synopsis:	An American Flying Tiger pilot takes over a little North Indian native state and holds it against a threated Jap invasion.
Credits:	Pencils: Tom Hickey [as TH] (signed) \| Inks: Tom Hickey [as TH] (signed)
Genre:	War
Characters:	Raja Bill [Fightin' Bill Wexon] Monk Williams Princess Myrsa Haja Kila Chow (villain, Death) Japanese (villains)

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Blitz Grinders
Synopsis:	Russian Light Artillery fires on German Blitz aided by Olga Georevna a young Russian girl.
Genre:	War
Characters:	Olga Georevna Mikail

Text Article (1 page)
Synopsis:	Facts about aircraft carriers.
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Non-fiction War

Illustration (1 page)
Synopsis:	Full page pinup of soldiers (British?) storming a beach.
Genre:	War

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