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| Lots of great art in this, woo hoo. The story opening panels with the clever illustrated titles are particularly fun. |
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| Publication | April 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Cover | The Man in the Iron Mask |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: Blackhawk; Chop-Chop; Iron Face [Andre] |
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| Comic Story | The Man in the Iron Mask (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Blackhawks return to the place where their beloved comrade, Andre, seemingly met his fate six months earlier. However, Blackhawk discovers a man called Iron Face held prisoner whom he later discovers is in fact Andre Whose face has been horribly disfigured. Later, Blackhawk rescues Dr. Fritz von Rath, the greatest plastic surgeon in the world, from a Nazi concentration camp, but the man is quite mad. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Hendrickson; Olaf; Chop-Chop; Iron Face [Andre]; 2 other unidentifiable members (see notee for possible candidates)]; Dr. Fritz von Rath (introduction); General Herman von Ezel (Nazi villain, death); Fritz (Nazi villain); Nazis (villains, some die) |
| Notes | Story title taken from the cover.
The 2 unidentified members likely include: Stanislaus, Zeg, or Chuck (or possibly Boris). |
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| Comic Story | The Story of Lord Henry Perkins (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War |
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| Comic Story | The Russians' Mascot (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation |
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| Comic Story | The Berlin Express (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | X inspires women all over Europe to join her covert operation, ditching Gray wherever she could because he wanted to also join her organization. But he was voted down by the women members. |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: X; Bob Gray |
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| Comic Story | Bunglers in Baghdad (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation |
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| Comic Story | Introducing the Phantom Clipper (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: War |
| Notes | Captain Seth Perkins (introduction); Lt. Cmdr. "Tiger" Shark (introduction); Phantom Clipper (introduction, a ship) |
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| Comic Story | The Rescue of Del Van Dyne (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Goucho joins the Patrol as they head back to Nazi Germany to rescue Del, which they did, but at the apparent cost of the life of Hank. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Aviation; War | Characters: The Death Patrol [Del Van Dyke; Butch; Boris; Hank (apparently dies, but returns in #12); King Hotintot (introduction); Mademoiselle from Armentieres; Frere Jacques [formerly the Patchwork Kid]; Goucho (introduction)]; the Nazis (villains) |
| Notes | This story reveals the true name of the Patchwork Kid, who, with issue #20, suddenly becomes Jackie. |
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| Comic Story | The Yellow Butcher of Koko Nor (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | While in China, Dunn and Jones, aided by the Blue Tracer, fight the eveil General Muki Zu, often termed "The Yellow Butcher of Koko Nor". |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: Captain William "Wild Bill" Dunn; Private Boomerang Jones; Gen. Muki Zu (villain, introduction) |
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| Text Story | 7:55, Dec. 7 (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: Johnny Bates |
| Notes | Pearl Harbor story featuring Johnny Bates (not Kid Miracleman!). |
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| Comic Story | Jap Spies Everywhere -- Beware! (2 pages) |
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| Comic Story | Secret Passage to China Front (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Nat Nitkin; Bill (a major, friend of Nat); Chen (Chinese civilian); the Japanese (villains) |
| Notes | Nitkin is the Nat in this story and is the narrator of it. |
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| Comic Story | U.S.S. Kearney (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: War |
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