| Additional Information |
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| Publication | December 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Cover | Commandos in Action |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; Girl Commando [Pat Parker] |
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| Synopsis | When the Young Defenders see a man horribly killed and get Don Wright to investigate a license plate number of the fleeing perpetrator, they find out the car belongs to an inventor named Silas Green, who has invented a horrible killing agent called the Yellow Death! Captain Freedom vows to track the fiend down. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; Young Defenders [Blackie, Joanie, Slim]; un-named Japanese [posing as Silas Green] (villain, introduction) |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Shock Gibson [Robert Charles Gibson]; Dr. Taro Imai |
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| Comic Story | Glorious History of Korea (6.5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Japanese spy Zero, posing as President Ahnho's Philippine manservant, tricks him into returning to Korea where he is captured by the Crab. The Girl Commandos, with Dick and Don, fly to Korea to rescue him. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: President Ahnho; Penny Kirk; Manolo [Zero] (villain); Bick Caniff; Pat Parker; Ellen, Tanya; Meiling; Don Fraser; Dick Lane; Crab (villain) |
| Notes | Ahn Chang Ho was President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in 1926? Kim Koo was the President from 1940-1947.
Mansei (ten thousand years), aka Man-se, refers to the March 1 (Sam-il), 1919 demonstrations against Japanese occupation. |
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| PSA | Mom's Best Birthday Present |
| Notes | Promotes War Savings Stamps. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Biff Bannon; The Admiral |
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| Text Story | Dog Gone (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Officer Reilly; Tommy |
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| Comic Story | Hendrik Hudson (1 page) |
| Featuring | Trail Blazers |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Hendrik Hudson |
| Notes | This is the only appearance of the "Trail Blazers" feature. Not to be confused with the "True Western Trail Blazers" feature at Prize. |
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| Comic Story | Nazi Uniforms (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Garboil (film director, villain); Heindrich (Nazi actor); Rick Horne; Captain Mason |
| Notes | Story begins with an excellent two-page spread. |
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| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Crash; Cork; The Baron; Carol |
| Notes | This is the final appearance of the "Crash, Cork, and the Baron" feature.
The 'By Art Gates' byline is ambiguous as to script, but Bails gives art only to Gates on this feature. |
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| Credits | Script: William Jourdain [as Jourdain] (signed) | Pencils: William Jourdain [as Jourdain] (signed) | Inks: William Jourdain [as Jourdain] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Flossie; Sgt. Dolan |
| Notes | Artist's name (initial only) added by Craig Delich. |
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| Credits | Script: William Jourdain [as Jourdain] (signed) | Pencils: William Jourdain [as Jourdain] (signed) | Inks: William Jourdain [as Jourdain] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Flossie; Flossie's mother; Flossie's father; Flossie's grandma |
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| Text Story | A Rat's Tale (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Old Grey Beard (a rat) |
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| Credits | Script:?;? [as Timmons] | Pencils:?;? [as Timmons] | Inks:?;? [as Timmons] | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Ted Parrish; Drait (film director, dies); Dinah Lake (villain) |
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| Activity | Solve a Riddle (1 page) |
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| Comic Story | John Paul Jones (1 page) |
| Featuring | American Heroes |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: John Paul Jones |
| Notes | Only appearance of the "American Heroes" feature. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Sports | Characters: Speed Taylor; Tubby; Mr. Montgomery |
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