Digital Comic Museum - Military Comics 020 (paper)


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Issue: #20
Published: July 1943, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: John Beardsley
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, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 3.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	The Blonde Bomber
Featuring:	Blackhawk
Credits:	Pencils: Reed Crandall \| Inks: Reed Crandall
Genre:	Adventure War
Characters:	Blackhawk

Comic Story (15 pages)	The Blonde Bomber
Featuring:	Blackhawk
Synopsis:	A lady Blackhawk, who wants to be called "Sugar" (because she is hard to get), comes from America and demands to join the group, refusing to leave until she is. Blackhawk finds out that she seeks revenge for her brother, who was shot down over Germany. She helps the Blackhawks infiltrate France and rescue General Dugere. Blackhawk instructs her to fly the General back to England. She agrees, but promises that she'll be back.
Credits:	Script: Bill Woolfolk ? \| Pencils: Reed Crandall \| Inks: Reed Crandall
Genre:	Adventure War
Characters:	Blackhawks [Blackhawk Andre Chuck Hendrickson Olaf Stanislaus Chop-Chop] Sugar (introduction) General Dugere Kapitan Von Ulsler (Nazi Villain) Nazis (villains, Some Die)

Comic Story (10 pages)	The Conquerors Are Toppling
Featuring:	Sniper
Credits:	Pencils: Harry Ramsey [as Ray Ramsey] (signed) \| Inks: Harry Ramsey [as Ray Ramsey] (signed)
Genre:	Adventure War

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Return of the Death Patrol
Featuring:	Death Patrol
Synopsis:	Del explains the reason to readers why the Death Patrol had not been seen since issue #12: their adventures had been too top secret to be told in the wake of Pearl Harbor.
Credits:	Script: Gill Fox \| Pencils: Gill Fox \| Inks: Gill Fox
Genre:	Humor Aviation War
Characters:	The Death Patrol [Del Van Dyne King Hotintot Boris Gramps Yogi (introduction, Telepath/telekinetic From India)]

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Johnny Doughboy
Synopsis:	Johnny and his pal get lost in the desert and mistake a member of a sheik's harem for a mirage.
Credits:	Script: Bernard Dibble \| Pencils: Bernard Dibble \| Inks: Bernard Dibble
Genre:	Humor Military War
Characters:	Johnny Doughboy Murphy Sheik

Comic Story (9 pages)	The Shooting Gallery Ace
Featuring:	Private Dogtag
Credits:	Script: Bart Tumey \| Pencils: Bart Tumey \| Inks: Bart Tumey
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (9 pages)	The Snob and the Sub
Featuring:	P.T. Boat
Credits:	Pencils: John Cassone \| Inks: John Cassone ?
Genre:	War

Text Story (2 pages)	The Way of Blackhawk
Featuring:	Blackhawk
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Adventure War

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Saboteurs' Competition
Featuring:	Sailor Danny
Credits:	Script: Art Gates \| Pencils: Art Gates \| Inks: Art Gates
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (1 page)	Destroyer Sinks Sub In Almost Hand-to-Hand Action
Featuring:	Atlantic Patrol
Credits:	Script: Fred Guardineer \| Pencils: Fred Guardineer \| Inks: Fred Guardineer
Genre:	War

Comic Story (7 pages)	U. S. Marines Raid Jap Held Island
Featuring:	Secret War News
Credits:	Script: Fred Guardineer \| Pencils: Fred Guardineer \| Inks: Fred Guardineer
Genre:	Non-fiction War

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