| Additional Information |
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| Publication | October 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: Blackhawk; Jivaro headhunter |
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| Comic Story | King Kono (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | In 1932, two escapees from the French Penal Colony of Devil's Island make their way to the banks of the Orinoco, in the Venezuelan jungles, where they encounter Jivaro headhunters. One of the escapees, Mike Kono, offers the head of the other to the witch doctor. Over the next decade, Kono becomes the king of the tribe. In 1942, two Japanese soldiers crash in the area and are captured. They make an alliance with King Kono. Months later, the Blackhawks are sent to Venezuela to investigate rumors of a Japanese airbase hidden in the jungle. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus; Chop-Chop]; Colonel Cloud; Davison; King Kono [Mike Kono] (villain, introduction, death); Derk (villain, death); Unga the witch doctor (villain, death); Jivaro headhunters (villains, some die); Togo (villain, Japanese solider); Hiro (villain, Japanese solider); Japanese soliders (villains, some die) |
| Notes | Stanislaus erroneously says "Stanislaus!" to Hendrickson. |
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| Comic Story | Rescue on Kaifu Island (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Sniper turns to battling the Japanese. His first encounter with them is in the Philippines, where he offers his services to American forces under Paul Hammond. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: The Sniper; Paul Hammond; the Japanese (villains) |
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| Comic Story | Jackie's Mine Detector (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Aviation; War | Characters: The Death Patrol [Del Van Dyne; Boris; King Hotintot; Jackie; Hank; Yogi; Gramps] |
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| Synopsis | Johnny gets lost in the desert and dreams of home. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military; War | Characters: Johnny Doughboy; Sergeant |
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| Comic Story | Garlimburger Gas (9 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Adolf Hitler (villain); Benito Mussolini (villain) |
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| Comic Story | The Desertion of Lieutenant-Commander Harvey (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Lt.-Cmdr. James Harvey (first appearance; Paul's father) |
| Notes | Art credits suggested by Jerry Bails’ Who’s Who. |
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| Comic Story | The Dry Martini (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: War |
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| Text Story | Sparkling Death (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Parrot and the Spies (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | last appearance |
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| Comic Story | Yank Ace Downs 26 Jap Planes (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War |
| Notes | true story |
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