Credits
Writer(s):
Gaylord Du Bois
Penciller(s):
Jim Chambers
Inker(s):
?
Colorist(s):
?
Letterer(s):
?
Subject Matter
Genres:
war
Feature(s):
The Fighting Yanks
Character(s):
Pal Peyton (a Fighting Yank, leader of the three, their Captain, the [not at all] "Old Man"); Buck Banning (a Fighting Yank, trapped with Pal in the cavern); Snorky York (the other Fighting Yank of the trio, generally absent from this episode's action, believing his two comrades had perished when a mountain fell on them in the previous episode); Yamoshiro (Jap prisoner of Pal and Buck, who soon escapes into the depths with his fellows); Togoya (another Jap below, he appears to Yamoshiro with news, and they fade); mummified Aleutian Indians; a blue fox; three other Japs; other Yanks
First Line:
Trapped by an explosion in the cavern stronghold of their Jap prisoners, the Fighting Yanks search for a way out...
Synopsis:
Trapped in Attu's volcanic caverns, stalked by Japs, Pal and Buck are trying to survive and win through! Danger stalks them at every turn, but Providence smiles down upon them as they strive to persevere. A blue fox points the way.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
6
Notes:
Writer credit as per Du Bois Account Books.
The previous episode last issue was 8 pages, 6 panels per page. This issue's episode is only just 6 pages, but with an increase to 8 panels per page! Editorial machinations.
The Battle of Attu Island in the Aleutians of the Pacific off of Alaska, the only land battle of the war fought on U.S. territorial soil, was May 11-30, 1943. October 15, 1943, Red Ryder Comics #16 went on-sale, and we find The Fighting Yanks, now transferred from Tunisia, North Africa, to the Aleutians! By now (issue #19), having made their way to Attu, wounded Snorky off-scene, Pal and Buck are trapped in Attu's caverns...
Bob Jenny, illustrator of other aviation strips for Western Printing ≫ Dell (including his previous colaboration with Fighting Yanks chronicler Gaylord Du Bois on their Sky Ranger strip which they produced under the pseudonym Bob Gaylord), concluded his run on The Fighting Yanks with issue #16. By #17, with The Fighting Yanks now in the Pacific, illustration was assigned Jim Chambers, longtime illustrator of Western's Pacific island strip, The Hurricane Kids in the lost islands (a strip also assigned to writer Du Bois).
The presence of animals is a hallmark of Du Bois stories. Here, the blue fox, by appearing to Pal, bespeaks salvation!
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