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Issue: Boy Commandos #1
Publication Date: January 1942
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Issues: #1 of 36 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: World's Best Comics Co.
On Sale Date: 11/07/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth] (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of November 11 in World's Finest Comics #8.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Simon (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, war
Feature(s): The Boy Commandos
Character(s): Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Andre; Jan; Alfy
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCommandos [ashcan] #1 published October 1942
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]in black & white
In Content Item: FlagSupergirl [ashcan] #[nn] published February 1944
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]in black & white
In Content Item: FlagMovie Cartoons [ashcan] #[nn] published December 1944
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]in black & white
In Content Item: FlagBoy Commandos #1 published September 1973
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 published January 2010
as The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby Volume One [Illustration on Dustjacket]
In Content Item: FlagThe Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 published January 2010
as Boy Commandos No. 1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Detective Comics
First Line: The Boy Commandos plus Batman...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Town That Couldn't Be Conquered!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Simon (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, war
Feature(s): The Boy Commandos
Character(s): Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Jan; Andre; Alfie; Von Glutt
Synopsis: The Commandos liberate Jan's village in the Netherlands.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 published January 2010
as The Town That Couldn't Be Conquered [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Behind the 8 Bell

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Heroes Never Die

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, war
Feature(s): The Boy Commandos
Character(s): Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Jan; Andre; Alfie
Synopsis: The Commandos hear a story of an earlier group of adventurers in China.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBoy Commandos #1 published September 1973
as Heroes Never Die [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 published January 2010
as Heroes Never Die [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Close Shave

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Hilton
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Satan Wears a Swastika

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Simon (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, war
Feature(s): The Boy Commandos
Character(s): Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfy; Andre; Jan]; Joe Simon; Jack Kirby; Newsboy Legion [Big Words; Gabby; Scrapper; Tommy Thompkins]; Sandman; Sandy; Agent Axis (villain); Jack Schiff; Jack Liebowitz; Whitney Ellsworth; Milton Small; Jameson (butler); Colonel Mueller
Synopsis: The boys are mistakenly reported killed in battle.
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In Content Item: FlagMister Miracle #6 published January 1972
as Satan Wears a Swastika [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Simon and Kirby #[nn] published May 2009
as Satan Wears a Swastika [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 published January 2010
as Satan Wears a Swastika [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jerry the Jitterbug
First Line: It's a swell day for fishing!
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don C. Cameron (signed)
Penciller(s): Chuck Winter (signed)
Inker(s): Chuck Winter
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Liberty Belle
Character(s): Liberty Belle [Libby Lawrence] (first appearance); Rickey Cannon; Tom Revere
First Line: For freedom... For justice... For America-- We give you Liberty Belle!!
Synopsis: The origin of Liberty Belle.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, war
Feature(s): Private Pete
First Line: The sarge told me to hang these signs up!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Ghost Raiders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, war
Feature(s): The Boy Commandos
Character(s): Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfie; Jan; Andre; Francois Girard; Com. Allison; Heinrich Himmler
Synopsis: The Commandos stage a raid into France at the behest of a French Resistance ghost.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 published January 2010
as Ghost Raiders [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Big Eight!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Tops in Comic Magazines

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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