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Issue: Military Comics #6 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1942
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Issues: #6 of 43 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/07/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 18 (13 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, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.
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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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The Vial of Death!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Nazi officer
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In Issue: FlagThe Blackhawk Archives #1 published November 2001
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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They Called Him "Stay-at-Home-Sammy" -- But Now He Leads the Gang !

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens
Character(s): Sammy; Sammy's friends; Sammys' father; Sammy's mother
First Line: Gee! I wish I could go...
Synopsis: Sammy cannot join his friends since he does not have a bike. A friend suggests that Sammy order a movie cyclorama and show it to his father. He does and it convinces his father to buy him a bicycle.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Includes the indicia at the bottom of the page.

An advertisement for Schwinn-Built Bicycles and the promotional brochure for a color movie cyclorama of movie stars like Buck Jones, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, and others on their bikes.
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The Vial of Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Professor Hammel (introduction, death); Elsa Hammel (introduction, death); Pierre (Hammel's assistant); Fritz (Nazi villain); Nazis (villains, many die)
Synopsis: Blackhawk succeeds in getting a diabolical formula back for a destructive killer germ from the Nazis, who plan to use it to wipe out Allied forces, then takes it on the run as the Nazis concentrate their forces to catch him and get it back.
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In Issue: FlagThe Blackhawk Archives #1 published November 2001
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit per Cuidera.

The 3 unidentified members are likely Stanislaus, Zeg, and Chuck (or possibly Boris).
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To Kill a Commander

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Captain Bill Dunn; Private Boomerang Jones
First Line: An unarmed Lockheed P-38 Interceptor plane high above the clouds...
Synopsis: Bill and Boomerang fight Nazi paratroopers in Iceland.
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Pages: 5.67
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Modern War Weapons
Character(s): Private Boomerang Jones
First Line: Although the Blue Tracer's .50 caliber machine guns are used for all-around shooting...
Synopsis: A brief breakdown of the importance of the .50 caliber machine gun for the United States Army.
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Appears at the bottom of the late page of the Blue Tracer story.
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The Invasion of Iceland

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, military
Character(s): Banks Barrows; Loops McCann
First Line: Am I glad we're staying here in Hawaii!
Synopsis: Loops and Banks fight Nazi paratroopers in Iceland.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Oddly, both this story and the Blue Tracer story in this issue involve a German invasion of Iceland by parachute.
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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: When the 'Crime School' goes in for defense studies...
Synopsis: Miss America discovers an unscrupulous man who teaches children to steal, and it turns out he is also working with Nazi fifth columnists.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Wexler was an artist only, writing no strips that he ever drew, including this one. The Quality Companion states that Wexler only drew the first two stories, then left the strip.

Joan keeps tinkering with the design of her costume, with the stripes moving from her skirt to her blouse, with stars now appearing on the skirt.
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Clothes Make the Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Character(s): Sam Shot; Slim Shell
First Line: Golly, Colonel, we been over these clouds so long...
Synopsis: Our heroes think they have landed in Scotland but they are thousands of miles away. At least they're able to uncover a Nazi spy ring.
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Pages: 4
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The Trap for Jerry Noble

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, military
Character(s): Jerry Noble; Sam (an eagle); Tami (Japanese clipper ship captain, death); Japanese clipper crew members (deaths); Aki (Japanese agent); Matsiaka (Japanese agent, death); The Master (Japanese spy leader); unnamed Japanese spies; Commander Alcock
First Line: Suddenly two tremendous explosions rock the entire fleet ....
Synopsis: Jerry and his animal allies break up a Japanese spy ring.
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Pages: 7.75
Disclose Notes: Larry Noble is now called Jerry Noble in this story.

Has a secondary title: "Navy" and "Stories of Military Action at Sea Section 2."
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Jerry Noble] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, non-fiction
Feature(s): Naval Information
First Line: This statue of Tecumseh is a replica of the figurehead of the 'U.S.S. Delaware.'
Synopsis: The story of the statue of Tecumseh and the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland.
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Pages: 0.25
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The Painted Lady Patrol

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, humorous, war
Character(s): The Death Patrol [Del Van Dyke; Gramps; Butch (appears to die, but returns in #12); Hank; King Hotintot; Boris (introduction)]; Nazis' version of the Death Patrol (villains, all female, all die); Adolf Hitler (villain)
First Line: Ve must get rid of uff this Death Patrol!
Synopsis: Boris becomes the newest member of the Patrol as it seems Gramps has been killed saving the other members. Boris and the others go up against a female Nazi Death Patrol, whose wiles won't work on the male Patrol, who are all woman haters at heart. In order to escape alive, the male Patrol dons the female uniforms, leaving the ladies to wear the male uniforms, and which results in all of them being shot to death, mistaken for the men!
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: New member Boris is referred to as "The Borsht Eater".

Writer/artist Berg demonstrates a flash of brilliance in this tale, with a stunning one-page illustration depicting the cross-section of a house with a member fighting in each room.
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Potato's Revenge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
First Line: All right, Bud! Up!
Synopsis: The potatoes revolt against being peeled but it turns out to be the draftee's bad dream.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The last appearance of this feature.
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The Fiend of the Wilhelmstrasse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): The Sniper; Hans Kronitz (villain, chemist, death); Nazi sentries (some die); Kronitz's captives
First Line: Toward a Nazi-held vil-lage shuffled a group of men...
Synopsis: The Sniper faces a mad Nazi chemist who is able to turn men into monsters.
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Pages: 6
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The Avenger

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1.67
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Hero Stamp #5 Squadron Leader Roland R. S. Tuck

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, military
Feature(s): Hero Stamp
Character(s): Roland R. S. Tuck
First Line: The most daring ace of the R.A.F.
Synopsis: A brief biography of exploits R.A.F. Squadron Leader Roland R. S. Tuck and his actions against the Luftwaffe.
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Appears at the bottom of the first page of The Avenger text story. A stamp to clip out and collect, listed as worth "5".
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Who Is Monsieur X?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, non-fiction, war
Character(s): Monsieur X [un-named French freedom fighter] (introduction); Nazis (villains, some die)
Synopsis: X succeeds in liberating a German ship filled with prisoners at Calais, France, and, with the help of another British ship, takes out a German destroyer. Although a Parisian newspaper reports that X was lost at sea, he, in fact, dove back into the English Channel and swam back to France to further torment the Nazis.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Only appearance.

Although this tale is supposed to be a true story, research tells one that the phrase, "Monsieur X", appears throughout French arts and culture, but a search in the Le Petite Journal (archived on-line only through 1940) yields no evidence of this story represented in McWilliam's tale.

Henri Rousseau painted the "Portrait of Monsieur X" (Pierre Loti, a novelist who died in 1923). It was also the name used by an erotic photographer of the 1920's and 1930's. And in 1948, Edith Piaf recorded a song called "Monsieur X", a melancholy song about a beautiful man who wandered in sadness by the Seine.
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1000-Shot Cowboy Carbine

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Synopsis: An advertisement for the Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine air rifle for $2.95.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.

An advertisement for Daisy Air Rifles from the Daisy Manufacturing Company, 4912 Union Street, Plymouth, Michigan, U. S. A.
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Big New Electronic Football 1942 Model

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Electronic Game Company
Character(s): Jim Prentice
First Line: O.K. fellows! Here they are!
Synopsis: An advertisement for the 1942 model electronic football game. Also mentions other electronic games for baseball, basketball, and ice hockey.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Includes a blurb from Jim Prentice.

An advertisement from the Electronic Game Company, Inc., 6 Ridge Street, Holyoke, Mass.

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