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| (Page 13) -- Sheet music for "The Song of the Blackhawks" -- !!!
Unfortunately, this doesn't help me one damn bit, as I don't read music. It would be absolutely awesome if someone, sometime, somewhere, had made a recording of this song. Any barbershop quartets out there want to give it a shot? |
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| Publication | March 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Cover | The Sunken Island of Death!; The Bull of Berlin |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: Blackhawk; The Sniper; The Blue Tracer; Death Patrol; Inferior Man |
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| Comic Story | The Sunken Island of Death! (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | When a mountain rises out of the mid-Atlantic, United States, British, and German ships converge on the location. When the Nazis arrive, Blackhawk and his men are already there to claim it. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Hendrickson; Olaf; Chop-Chop]; Captain Gorth (Nazi villain); Hans (Nazi villain); Nazis (villains) |
| Notes | (1) Story title taken from the cover.
(2) Letterer credit per Cuidera and added by Craig Delich 2012-1-15.
(3) Following this story, the 11th page features "The Song of the Blackhawks" by Richard (Dick) French. |
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| Text Article | The Song of the Blackhawks (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Illustrated, as a piece of sheet music, is the official "Song of the Blackhawks", featuring the lyrics and music. |
| Credits | Script: Dick French [as Richard French] (signed) |
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| Comic Story | The Drums of Doom (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | In Russia, Dunn and Jones oppose a hook-handed, peg-legged, one-eyed Nazi named von Blutt, who has managed to capture the Tracer and Dunn. However, just as Dunn is about to be hung, Jones saves the day. |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: Captain William "Wild Bill" Dunn; Private Boomerang Jones; Gen. Von Blutt (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | Maria and the Spies (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation |
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| Comic Story | Introducing X (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Female agent X (most likely French), most often posing as a man, infiltrates many Axis camps, her efforts being complicated by reporter Bob Gray, who has uncovered her secret. |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: X (a female spy, introduction); Bob Gray (reporter) |
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| Comic Story | Two Nuts in Norway (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation |
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| Comic Story | Yankee Eagle and the Blonde Torch Singer!!! (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jerry Noble [the Yankee Eagle]; Maisie Tenant |
| Notes | Jerry Noble's pet eagle, Sam, is referred to as the Yankee Eagle once in issue #1 only, however Jerry himself is referred to as the Yankee Eagle multiple times in this issue. Sam does not appear in issues #7-8.
Last appearance. A second Yankee Eagle, Larry Noble, is featured in SMASH COMICS #38-47.
Art credits suggested by Jerry Bails’ Who’s Who. |
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| Comic Story | The Story of Pierre Raval (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: The Sniper |
| Notes | The cover title is erroneous, as no "Bull From Berlin" appears in this story. |
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| Comic Story | The Stolen Tractor Cannon (2 pages) |
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| Comic Story | Imposter! (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Patrol breaks into the Wilhelmstrasse, where Del disguises himself as Hitler and gives orders designed to undo much of the Nazi tyranny, including the release of political prisoners from the concentration camps. However, a female assassin shoots Del, thinking he was indeed the Führer, and she flees with the Death Patrol. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Aviation; War | Characters: The Death Patrol [Del Van Dyke; Butch; Boris; Hank; King Hotintot; Patchwork Kid [aka Frere Jacques as of #9]; Mademoiselle From Armentiers (introduction, French female assassin)]; Hermann Göring (villain); Adolf Hitler (villain) |
| Notes | This is one of two issues (#7 and #8) that no member of the Patrol was killed in the story. |
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| Text Story | Cleansed By Fire (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
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| Comic Story | Nazi Terror (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War |
| Notes | true story |
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| Comic Story | Pilot's Sacrifice (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: War |
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