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Issue: Military Comics #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1941
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Issues: #5 of 43 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/10/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose 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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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Scavengers of Doom

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): The Scavengers
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Blackhawk Archives #1 published November 2001
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The Secret War News story referenced on the cover appeared in the previous issue.
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Scavengers of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): The Scavengers [Garle, and many others] (villains, introduction, some die); Red Laura (villain, introduction); unnamed Nazi General (villain, death); Nazis (villains, some die)
Synopsis: In the ravages of war, it's inevitable that jackals of war, called the Scavengers, would murder, torture helpless victims, and ghoulishly hunt and rob the dead. Ironically, it's the Nazis who succeed in capturing them, but then vow to spare their lives if they can capture the Blackhawks!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Blackhawk Archives #1 published November 2001
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Story title taken from the cover.

Letterer credit per Cuidera.

(Through the process of elimination, the 1 unidentified member seen on page 6 panel 7 and page 8 panels 1-5 who resembles Andre is likely Zeg. Hendrick is first called Hendrickson in this issue (no references to the character's name in issue #3 or #4).
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Enter the Sniper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (see notes)
Inker(s): ? (see notes)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Paula Stone; The Gestapo (villains, all die)
Synopsis: Aided by a local girl in Austria, the Sniper ambushes a group of Gestapo officers, all of whom he outwits and kills.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The Quality Companion states that the art on this story is NOT that of Vernon Henkel nor Bernard Klein. Possibles could be either Frank Harry or Joe Gallagher.
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Cutting out of the Concentration Camp

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Tim Healy
First Line: High above the Atlantic's troubled waters...
Synopsis: While on a boat ride, Joan stumbles across a submarine. Then, while investigating a nearby house, she discovers fifth columnists and is ambushed by a brute.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Wexler only drew the first two stories of this character, being replaced by Tom Hickey (the rest of 1941) and later Maurice Kashuba (in 1942).
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The Prisoners Who Didn't Want to Be Rescued

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, humorous, war
Character(s): Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: King Hotentot, whose African kingdom was invaded by the Axis powers, has joined to assist England. The Patrol members, now flying small, snub-nosed, colorfully painted aircraft, lose member Zazzy, who dies while rescuing undercover agents.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Mary Lee II

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Herman Himnet; Lieutenant Gottschalk
Synopsis: Jerry and his furred and feathered friends expose an enemy submarine prowling the waters off the northeast United States.
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Pages: 8
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The Ghost Ship

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Lola Thomas; Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: Dunn comes across the sunken hull of the S.S. Athenia, and uses the Blue Tracer to push it back to the surface to terrorize the Nazis into releasing their British prisoners.
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Pages: 6
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Abercrombie McZombie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Character(s): Abercrombie McZombie (first appearance)
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Pages: 1
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The Seven Dragons Cafe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Character(s): Sum Toy; Lieutenant Williams
Synopsis: While on shore leave in Shanghai, Loops is kidnapped by Japanese forces with the help of a nightclub hostess. Banks has to enlist the help of a rival Naval lieutenant to save his pal.
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Pages: 6
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On Silent Wings

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: The story of the heroism of teenager Floyd James Cravath.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: True story.
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Floating Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, non-fiction, war
Synopsis: The British Navy confronts Nazi torpedo boats on the English shore.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: True story.

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