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Issue: Military Comics #9 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1942
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Issues: #9 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: 02/11/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (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 Man in the Iron Mask

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Blackhawk; Chop-Chop; Iron Face [Andre]
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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 Man in the Iron Mask

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Hendrickson; Olaf; Chop-Chop; Iron Face [Andre]; 2 other unidentifiable members (see notee for possible candidates)]; Dr. Fritz von Rath (introduction); General Herman von Ezel (Nazi villain, death); Fritz (Nazi villain); Nazis (villains, some die)
Synopsis: The Blackhawks return to the place where their beloved comrade, Andre, seemingly met his fate six months earlier. However, Blackhawk discovers a man called Iron Face held prisoner whom he later discovers is in fact Andre Whose face has been horribly disfigured. Later, Blackhawk rescues Dr. Fritz von Rath, the greatest plastic surgeon in the world, from a Nazi concentration camp, but the man is quite mad.
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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.

The 2 unidentified members likely include: Stanislaus, Zeg, or Chuck (or possibly Boris).
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The Story of Lord Henry Perkins

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
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Pages: 6
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The Russians' Mascot

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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The Berlin Express

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): X; Bob Gray
First Line: Directed by a beautiful leader who is sought by the Nazis, a daring group of freedom-loving women operate...
Synopsis: X inspires women all over Europe to join her covert operation, ditching Gray wherever she could because he wanted to also join her organization. But he was voted down by the women members.
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Pages: 5
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Bunglers in Baghdad

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
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Pages: 4
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Introducing the Phantom Clipper

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Subject Matter
Genres: naval, war
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Captain Seth Perkins (introduction); Lt. Cmdr. "Tiger" Shark (introduction); Phantom Clipper (introduction, a ship)
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The Rescue of Del Van Dyne

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, humorous, war
Character(s): The Death Patrol [Del Van Dyke; Butch; Boris; Hank (apparently dies, but returns in #12); King Hotintot (introduction); Mademoiselle from Armentieres; Frere Jacques [formerly the Patchwork Kid]; Goucho (introduction)]; the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: The Goucho joins the Patrol as they head back to Nazi Germany to rescue Del, which they did, but at the apparent cost of the life of Hank.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: This story reveals the true name of the Patchwork Kid, who, with issue #20, suddenly becomes Jackie.
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The Yellow Butcher of Koko Nor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Captain William "Wild Bill" Dunn; Private Boomerang Jones; Gen. Muki Zu (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: While in China, Dunn and Jones, aided by the Blue Tracer, fight the eveil General Muki Zu, often termed "The Yellow Butcher of Koko Nor".
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Pages: 6
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7:55, Dec. 7

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Johnny Bates
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Pearl Harbor story featuring Johnny Bates (not Kid Miracleman!).
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Jap Spies Everywhere -- Beware!

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Pages: 2
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Secret Passage to China Front

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: drama, non-fiction, war
Character(s): Nat Nitkin; Bill (a major, friend of Nat); Chen (Chinese civilian); the Japanese (villains)
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Nitkin is the Nat in this story and is the narrator of it.
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U.S.S. Kearney

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

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