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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
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/10/1941
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Will Eisner
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
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Scavengers of Doom; Bismark Sunk

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Chuck Cuidera
Inker(s): Chuck Cuidera
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Feature(s): Blackhawk
Character(s): Blackhawk; The Scavengers
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In Issue: FlagThe Blackhawk Archives #1 published November 2001
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Scavengers of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick French
Penciller(s): Chuck Cuidera [as Chas. Cuidera) (signed)
Inker(s): Chuck Cuidera [as Chas. Cuidera] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Feature(s): Blackhawk
Character(s): Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Hendrickson; Olaf; Chop-Chop; 1 other unidentifiable member (see Note #3 for possible candidates)]; 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!
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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
Writer(s): Ted Udall
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Feature(s): The Sniper
Character(s): The Sniper (guerilla soldier, introduction); Paula; 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
Writer(s): Klaus Nordling
Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling
Inker(s): Klaus Nordling
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Shot and Shell
Character(s): Josef Goebbels (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Hungry House

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tom Hickey
Inker(s): Tom Hickey
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Miss America
Character(s): Miss America [Joan Dale]
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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Miscellaneous
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
Writer(s): Dave Berg [as David Berg] (signed)
Penciller(s): Dave Berg [as David Berg] (signed)
Inker(s): Dave Berg [as David Berg] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, humorous, war
Feature(s): Death Patrol
Character(s): The Death Patrol [Del Van Dyke; Gramps; Butch; Zazzy (death); Hank; King Hotintot (introduction)]; the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: The Patrol members, now flying small, snub-nosed, colorfully painted aircraft, lose member Zazzy, who died while rescuing undercover agents. He is quickly replaced by King Hotintot, whose African nation was invaded by the Axis.
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Pages: 6
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The Mary Lee II

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Smith [as John Stewart] (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Smith [as John Stewart] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Yankee Eagle
Character(s): Jerry Noble; Sam (an eagle)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Art credits suggested by Jerry Bails’ Who’s Who.
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The Ghost Ship

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Guardineer
Penciller(s): Fred Guardineer
Inker(s): Fred Guardineer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Feature(s): The Blue Tracer
Character(s): Captain William "Wild Bill" Dunn; Private Boomerang Jones; Lola Thomas; the 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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Abercrombie McZombie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tex Blaisdell
Penciller(s): Tex Blaisdell
Inker(s): Tex Blaisdell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Diary of a Draftee
Character(s): Abercrombie McZombie (first appearance)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Seven Dragons Cafe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Powell
Penciller(s): Bob Powell (Bud Ernest)
Inker(s): Bob Powell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Loops and Banks
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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On Silent Wings

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tex Blaisdell
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: true story; Bravery Award
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Floating Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al McWilliams
Penciller(s): Al McWilliams [as A. McWilliams] (signed)
Inker(s): Al McWilliams [as A. McWilliams] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, war
Feature(s): Secret War News
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: true story

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