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| The cover is blurry, maybe saved too lossy. |
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| The Private Dogtag story seems to be missing. Not to make too big a deal of it, though, because the one in the previous issue was… well, it's not a loss I feel too keenly. Counting the pages, though, and having looked for the story, I've deduced that it's absent for some reason. Perhaps having to do with national security! |
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| What's up with (our) page 49? Printing problem or image processing goof? Maybe Quality outsourced the printing to Charlton. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | January 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Cover | Witches of Death! |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: Blackhawk; the Japanese; Private Dogtag |
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| Comic Story | Men Who Never Came Back (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Blackhawks head for India to quell rioting fueled by the Japanese., When they arrive in Calcutta they call on the American consul who desperately asks for their help. When he is killed, the Blackhawks continue the mission he gave them: find and rescue the Scottish Lost Battalion. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck; Hendrickson (incorrectly spelled Hendrikson); Olaf; Zeg (final appearance); Chop-Chop]; Private Pickens (death); unnamed American consul (death); Major MacDonough; Scottish Lost Battalion; the Witches of Khanipan [Trouble; Terror; Mystery] (villains); Colonel Vooshu [also spelled Vishoo] (Japanese villain); Japanese soldiers (villains, some die) |
| Notes | Although the Blackhawk standing on page 8 panel 2 appears to be Stanislaus, he must in fact be Zeg, who is referenced by name on page 15 panel 3.
Script previously credited to Bill Woolfolk. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Gootenspiltch the Clown (10 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: Gootenspilch (first appearance; villain; death?) |
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| Comic Story | The Nazis Who Rose from the Dead (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dunn has his one and only brush with a super-human when he encounters Nazi soldiers endowed with rapid healing abilities, powers activated by radio waves, and counteracted by destroying the control tower. |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: Captain William "Wild Bill" Dunn; Private Boomerang Jones; Adolf Hitler (villain); Dr. Schwein (villain, introduction); the Nazis (villains) |
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| Comic Story | The Pirate Prince of Plunder (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Henry Morgan (first appearance; villain) |
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| Comic Story | The Nazi Farm Invasion (9 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Adolf Hitler (cameo; villain) |
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| Text Story | The Avalanche (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Homeward Bound -- Almost (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation |
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| Comic Story | P. T. Boat Raids Mulami (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War |
| Notes | true story |
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| Comic Story | Civil Air Patrol (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: War |
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