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Issue: Boy Commandos #12
Publication Date: January 1945
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Issues: #12 of 36 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: World's Best Comics Co.
On Sale Date: 07/24/1945
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (7 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.
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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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Joe Simon (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Simon [as Kirby] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, war
Feature(s): Boy Commandos
Character(s): Rip Carter; Boy Commandos [Alfy; Brooklyn; Jan]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: a house ad promoting DC's Editorial Advisory Board
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; left one-third of page.
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We Like to Think of It As a Medal -- Sort Of!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: a house ad promoting DC comics
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; right two-thirds of page.
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The Lesson of the Lotus!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Louis Cazeneuve
Inker(s): Louis Cazeneuve
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, war
Feature(s): Boy Commandos
Character(s): Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfy; Jan; Andre; Kung Ho; Chu Lao; Lotus Flower.
Synopsis: The commandos make a raid into China and expose a Chinese traitor. Brooklyn takes a stand for women's rights.
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Pages: 12
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Roland Coe (signed)
Inker(s): Roland Coe (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
First Line: Paydays he high tails it to town and loads up on Wheaties
Synopsis: a comic strip ad for General Mills Inc.'s Wheaties breakfast cereal
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Coast Guard Reconnaissance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Simon (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, war
Character(s): Fred Nirschel
Synopsis: A Coast Guard lieutenant wins a Silver Star during a reconnaissance mission on a Japanese-held island.
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In Content Item: FlagThe New Gods #4 published August 1971
as Coast Guard Reconnaissance [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bit-o-Honey
Synopsis: an ad for Schutter Candy Company's Bit-o-honey candies
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Pages: 1
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Warriors without Weapons!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don C. Cameron ?
Penciller(s): Louis Cazeneuve
Inker(s): Louis Cazeneuve
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, war
Feature(s): Boy Commandos
Character(s): Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Jan; Alfy; Andre; Dick Jones; Charlie Ross; Mary Brown;
Synopsis: The commandos are wounded in a raid on a German mining town.
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Pages: 12
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Tops in Comics!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: a house ad for DC's comics
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Pages: 1
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A Strike for Skid

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Carter
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Bill Brand Stories Behind Famous American Names
First Line: 16 o'clock? That's a funny way to tell time!
Synopsis: the story of Seth Thomas, 19th century American Clock maker
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, war
Feature(s): Private Pete
Character(s): Private Pete; the colonel
First Line: What's this? A report from Private Pete that he captured an island...
Synopsis: Pete captures an island.
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Pages: 1
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Want to Be a Football Champion?

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
Synopsis: an ad for General Mills, Inc.'s Wheaties Library of Sports
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Pages: 1
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Out of This World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Joe Simon]
Penciller(s): Louis Cazeneuve [as Jack Kirby]
Inker(s): George Klein ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, war
Feature(s): Boy Commandos
Character(s): Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfy; Jan; Andre; Endro; Zrux; K75
Synopsis: Space aliens try to decide whether Earth should be colonized. The Commandos have to convince them that Earthmen are human too.
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Pages: 12
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How Thom McAn Made Tokyo Tremble

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Thom McAn
Synopsis: a comic strip ad for Thom McAn's 326 shoes
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Pages: 1
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3 Big Values in One

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Illinois Merchandise Mart
Synopsis: an ad for Illinois Merchandise Mart's "All-Around" Zipper Pass Case Billfold
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside back cover
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Captain Tootsie and the Hand Grenade

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): Pete Costanza
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
Synopsis: a comic strip ad for Tootsie Rolls candy
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: back cover

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