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| Funny ending to the Blackhawk story. Blackhawk steps out from between the borders, then addresses the reader while Chop Chop tears through the page behind him. |
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| This appears to be a fiche scan. |
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| Publication | October 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | (1) The cover reproduces the splash page of the Blackhawk story (art by Cuidera) and the splash page from Yankee Eagle (art by Smith).
(2) The 3 unidentified members are likely Stanislaus, Zeg, and Chuck (or possibly Boris). |
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| Cover | The Doomed Battalion |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: Jerry Noble (inset) |
| Notes | (1) The cover reproduces the splash page of the Blackhawk story (art by Cuidera) and the splash page from Yankee Eagle (art by Smith).
(2) The 3 unidentified members are likely Stanislaus, Zeg, and Chuck (or possibly Boris). |
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| Comic Story | The Doomed Battalion! (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | A plane crash lands on Blackhawk Island and the survivor, Chop-Chop, tells Blackhawk about a food profiteer named Markov, who is mad at a Red Cross nurse in the Drina River Valley in Yugoslavia, because she is giving crippled soldiers food for free. The Blackhawks decide to intervene and run smack dab into a large Nazi force. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: Ann (Red Cross nurse last seen in #1, named here); Maxim (freedom fighter, death); Markov (traitor, death); Captain Schroeder (Nazi villain, death); unnamed Nazi General (villain, death); Nazis (villains, many die) |
| Notes | (1) Letterer credit per Cuidera, added by Craig Delich January 1, 2012.
(2) The 3 unidentified members are likely Stanislaus, Zeg, and Chuck (or possibly Boris).
(3) The last page of this story isn't related to the main story at all, but is a message in nine panels by Blackhawk (aided by Chop-Chop) to the readers, informing them that in the next issue (#4) there would be a giant map of Blackhawk Island, suitable for framing. |
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| Comic Story | Battle near the Burma Road (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; War |
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| Comic Story | Light in the Fog (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Military |
| Notes | Four one-panel cartoons. |
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| Cartoon | Camouflage |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military |
| Notes | Gag cartoon. |
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| Comic Story | School Children Defeat Hitler (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | True story of King Peter of Yugoslavia. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War |
| Notes | Signed in the second panel on the second page. |
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| Comic Story | The Noah's Ark Destroyer (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jerry Noble; Sam (an eagle) |
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| Comic Story | The City of Stranded Men (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Adolf Hitler (villain) |
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| Synopsis | Joan uncovers a forgery ring producing phony war bonds using the presses of the newspaper where she works. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Miss America [Joan Dale]; Sampson |
| Notes | This was Joan's last case as a newspaper reporter as the new writer in issue #4 dropped that occupation as a part of her character. |
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| Text Article | Blackout (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A blind girl in England helped rescue a child trapped in a bus during a bombing raid. |
| Credits | Colors:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | true story; Award For Youth Bravery |
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| Comic Story | Battle at Benghazi (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: War |
| Notes | Last appearance. |
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| Comic Story | The Stratosphere Bombs (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Death Patrol is called in to discover how bombs are falling on London when no planes are visible. During their mission, Slick, one of the original members, dies. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Aviation; War | Characters: Death Patrol [Gramps; Slick (death); Del Van Dyke; Hank; Butch; Zazzy (introduction)]; Emil |
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