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Issue: Military Comics #8 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1942
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Issues: #8 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: 01/09/1942
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (12 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. 2.
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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 Sunken Island of Death!; The Bull of Berlin

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Blackhawk; The Sniper; The Blue Tracer; Death Patrol; Inferior Man
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In Issue: FlagThe Blackhawk Archives #1 published November 2001
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Sunken Island of Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Hendrickson; Olaf; Chop-Chop]; Captain Gorth (Nazi villain); Hans (Nazi villain); Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: When a mountain rises out of the mid-Atlantic, United States, British, and German ships converge on the location. When the Nazis arrive, Blackhawk and his men are already there to claim it.
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In Issue: FlagThe Blackhawk Archives #1 published November 2001
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Story title taken from the cover.

Letterer credit per Cuidera.

Following this story, the 11th page features "The Song of the Blackhawks" by Richard (Dick) French.
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The Song of the Blackhawks

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Synopsis: Illustrated, as a piece of sheet music, is the official "Song of the Blackhawks", featuring the lyrics and music.
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Pages: 1
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The Drums of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Captain William "Wild Bill" Dunn; Private Boomerang Jones; Gen. Von Blutt (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: In Russia, Dunn and Jones oppose a hook-handed, peg-legged, one-eyed Nazi named von Blutt, who has managed to capture the Tracer and Dunn. However, just as Dunn is about to be hung, Jones saves the day.
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Pages: 6
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Maria and the Spies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Introducing X

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: espionage
Character(s): X (a female spy, introduction); Bob Gray (reporter)
First Line: Paris, France...in cold blooded reprisal for the brave efforts...
Synopsis: Female agent X (most likely French), most often posing as a man, infiltrates many Axis camps, her efforts being complicated by reporter Bob Gray, who has uncovered her secret.
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Pages: 5
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Two Nuts in Norway

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Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
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Pages: 4
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Yankee Eagle and the Blonde Torch Singer!!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Jerry Noble [the Yankee Eagle]; Maisie Tenant
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Jerry Noble's pet eagle, Sam, is referred to as the Yankee Eagle once in issue #1 only, however Jerry himself is referred to as the Yankee Eagle multiple times in this issue. Sam does not appear in issues #7-8.

Last appearance. A second Yankee Eagle, Larry Noble, is featured in SMASH COMICS #38-47.

Art credits suggested by Jerry Bails’ Who’s Who.
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The Story of Pierre Raval

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): The Sniper
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The cover title is erroneous, as no "Bull From Berlin" appears in this story.
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The Stolen Tractor Cannon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 2
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Imposter!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, humorous, war
Character(s): The Death Patrol [Del Van Dyke; Butch; Boris; Hank; King Hotintot; Patchwork Kid [aka Frere Jacques as of #9]; Mademoiselle From Armentiers (introduction, French female assassin)]; Hermann Göring (villain); Adolf Hitler (villain)
Synopsis: The Patrol breaks into the Wilhelmstrasse, where Del disguises himself as Hitler and gives orders designed to undo much of the Nazi tyranny, including the release of political prisoners from the concentration camps. However, a female assassin shoots Del, thinking he was indeed the Führer, and she flees with the Death Patrol.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: This is one of two issues (#7 and #8) that no member of the Patrol was killed in the story.
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Cleansed By Fire

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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Nazi Terror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: drama, non-fiction, war
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: true story
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Pilot's Sacrifice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: naval, war
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Pages: 1

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