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Issue: Military Comics #18 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1943
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Issues: #18 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: 02/10/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): John Beardsley
Disclose Notes: On sale date from a promo in Smash Comics #41.

The on-sale date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2 is listed as Feb. 12, 1943.
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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 Thunderer

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Reed Crandall
Inker(s): Reed Crandall
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Feature(s): Blackhawk
Character(s): Blackhawk; Olaf; Hendrickson; Stanislaus; Chop-Chop; Chuck; Andre; The Lama; Sailor Danny
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Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Kid Eternity; Mr. Keeper; Captain Triumph
First Line: Boy! Oh, boy! Two! Two tremendous new features!
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Pages: 1
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The Thunderer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Woolfolk ?
Penciller(s): Reed Crandall
Inker(s): Reed Crandall
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Feature(s): Blackhawk
Character(s): Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck; Hendrickson (incorrectly spelled Hendrikson); Olaf; Stanislaus; Chop-Chop]; Chen Yu; Ashley-Cripp (British agent, death); unnamed British officer; The Lama; unnamed Tibetans; Japanese soliders (villains, some die)
Synopsis: A dying British agent tells the Blackhawks that whoever finds The Thunderer in the Gura Mountain Lamassary in Tibet will control the natives. They must beat the Japanese there and stop the revolt.
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Pages: 15
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bernard Dibble
Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble
Inker(s): Bernard Dibble
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Johnny Doughboy
Character(s): Johnny Doughboy
First Line: The natives don't seem to trust us, so I want to talk with them! Round me up some stragglers!
Synopsis: Johnny is sent to gather up some stragglers for the sergeant to talk to.
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Pages: 1
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World's Most Hated Heel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bart Tumey (signed)
Penciller(s): Bart Tumey (signed)
Inker(s): Bart Tumey (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Private Dogtag
Character(s): Private Dogtag; Cecil; Adolf Hitler (villain); Hawkins
Synopsis: Cecil and Dogtag go to Germany to capture Hitler.
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Pages: 9
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The Ghost of the Maginot Line!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)
Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)
Inker(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Feature(s): The Sniper
Character(s): The Sniper; Major Von Steuffin; General Brecht; Adolf Hitler (villain); The Ghost (first appearance; death)
Synopsis: The Sniper impersonates a dead Nazi to infiltrate a German fortress on the Maginot Line.
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Pages: 10
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The Bomb Balls of Dr. Murk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Klaus Nordling [as K. Nordling] (signed)
Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling [as K. Nordling] (signed)
Inker(s): Klaus Nordling [as K. Nordling] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Shot and Shell
Character(s): Colonel Sam Shot; Slim Shell; Dr. Murk (first appearance; villain; death); Abd-Ul-Skram
Synopsis: Shot and Shell fly a man to a meeting with an Arab chief.
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Pages: 4
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Battle With a U-Boat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al McWilliams
Penciller(s): Al McWilliams
Inker(s): Al McWilliams
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: naval, war
Feature(s): Atlantic Patrol
Synopsis: A PT boat with one torpedo is attacked by a U-Boat.
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Pages: 2
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U.S. Sub Sinks 7 Jap Warships

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al McWilliams
Penciller(s): Al McWilliams
Inker(s): Al McWilliams
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, war
Feature(s): Secret War News
Character(s): Fred Warder
Synopsis: The exploits of the USS Seawolf.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: True story.
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The Giant of the Air

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Feature(s): Blackhawk
Character(s): Blackhawk; Olaf; Andre; Chop-Chop; Henderson
Synopsis: Blackhawk is shot down and discovers a hidden Nazi airfield with giants.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: First Blackhawk text story.
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The Sabotaged Potatoes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Art Gates (signed)
Penciller(s): Art Gates (signed)
Inker(s): Art Gates (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sailor Danny
Character(s): Sailor Danny; Davy Jones; Alice; Clementine; Joan Lawford
Synopsis: Danny has to peel potatoes, but then discovers that explosives have been planted in them.
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Pages: 6
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The Trail of the Mako Shark!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Andre LeBlanc (signed)
Inker(s): Andre LeBlanc (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: naval, war
Feature(s): P.T. Boat
Character(s): Paul Harvey; Perry Tobias
Synopsis: Paul and Perry go looking for a hidden Nazi submarine refueling base.
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Pages: 9
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Metro Publications
First Line: Free with this offer 33 power telescope lens kit
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Seed Company
First Line: Hurry! Hurry! Sell seeds for victory gardens
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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