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| Date | | Number: 2 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | War Comics 2 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Contents copyrighted 1940 by Dell Publishing Co., Inc. On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 456198. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | War |
| Activity | $25 in Cash Prizes! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | contest |
| Feature | War Comics |
| Notes | On inside front cover in black, white and red. |
| Story | Peace Raider (8 pages) |
| Genre | War |
| Characters | Peace Raider [Larry MacIntosh]; Babanoff (villain); O'Roke (first appearance, villain) |
| Script | Arthur McCaffery |
| Pencils | Arthur McCaffery ? |
| First Line | A close shave, mates, but we made it! |
| Notes | In most stories in this issue, the byline refers to the artist. Unable to find any information on this creator to determine if he's writer/artist or both. |
| Story | The Tripod Trio (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor; War |
| Characters | Tripod Trio [Mickey] |
| First Line | Having reached no man's land much against their will |
| Notes | Mickey is named in this story. |
| Comic Story | Greg Gilday and the Martians / Greg Gilday (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The U.S. Crusier "Brooklyn" spots a weird, flying metal object and radios authorities with information. But the mysterious object blows the ship to pieces as well as the S.S. Aurentic which was sent to investigate. The mysterious craft then appears over Washington D.C. and shoots down every airplane sent to intercept it, then disappears. The President's Cabinet decides to turn the matter over to the dying Dr. Gilday. He travels to his lab to finish work on his Atomic Supervitalizer anyway and accidentally falls into it, gaining tremendous powers and abilities, and vows to take on the craft. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Dr. Greg Gilday (introduction, origin, doctor); Joan; President Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Pencils | Dick Fletcher (signed) |
| Inks | Dick Fletcher (signed) |
| Notes | Continued next issue. Fletcher signs every page of this story in the last panel. |
| Comic Story | The Admiral Graf Spee (4 pages) |
| Genre | Non-fiction; War |
| Characters | Captain Langsdorff |
| Pencils | Al McWilliams |
| Inks | Al McWilliams |
| Notes | Al McWilliams credit from "Comic book culture: an illustrated history" by Ron Goulart (2000-Collectors Press Inc.) [Submitted by Doc Mars via the Error Tracker]. |
| Story | The Tripod Trio (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor; War |
| Characters | Tripod Trio [Mickey] |
| First Line | Aha, mon braves! |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Small News True Stories from Behind the Lines |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| First Line | A Spanish fishing vessel catches big fish.. |
| Notes | This issue is the only appearance of the "Small News True Stories from Behind the Lines" feature |
| Text Article | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | New War Tactics |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| First Line | Long before the outbreak of the present war |
| Story | Scoop Mason (8 pages) |
| Genre | War |
| Characters | Scoop Mason; Sleepy Samson; Jay-Jay [Judy Jackson; also as Rosita]; Crane; Baron Treville (villain); Carl (villain) |
| Script | Alan Blane |
| First Line | On the trail of worthless ammunition smuggled from France into Germany |
| Story | The Sky Hawk (8 pages) |
| Genre | War |
| Characters | Storm Allen; Lucky Lane; Buzz Magee; Admiral White; Commander Kerry (first appearance); Judy Baines (first appearance); Ah Wing; Nichi Koto |
| Script | Ralf Stone |
| Pencils | Tom Hickey |
| Inks | Tom Hickey |
| First Line | Following their graduation from Annapolis, the three buddies |
| Notes | Judy Baines is named in War Comics #3. |
| Story | The Tripod Trio (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor; War |
| Characters | Tripod Trio [Mickey] |
| First Line | Forward March! |
| Story | Danny Dash Globe Trotter (6 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; War |
| Characters | Danny Dash; Captain Georges Barnett; J.D.S.; Miss Stanley; Mr. Boumier; Dr. Lagron; Albert; Gray Hordes from the Center of the Earth |
| Pencils | Erwin Hess (signed) |
| Inks | Erwin Hess (signed) |
| First Line | Enroute to London on a rainy night, Danny's car is wrecked |
| Notes | last appearance |
| Comic Story | Mines (5 pages) |
| Pencils | Roy Humphries (signed) |
| Inks | Roy Humphries |
| Genre | Non-fiction; War |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Small News True Stories from Behind the Lines |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| First Line | It happened in Germany |
| Notes | This issue is the only appearance of the "Small News True Stories from Behind the Lines" feature |
| Story | The Tripod Trio (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor; War |
| Characters | Tripod Trio [Mickey] |
| First Line | After wrecking that train boys, it'll be too bad if they ever catch us again |
| Story | Blockade (8 pages) |
| Genre | War |
| Characters | Jerry; Tim; Mr. Bailey; Mr. Bosun (villain); Schultz (villain) |
| Pencils | Ray Burley (signed) |
| Inks | Ray Burley |
| First Line | Jerry and Tim, after being fished out of the North Sea by a British destroyer |
| Advertisement | This Beautiful Desk for Only $1.00 (1 page) |
| Feature | Remington Rand Inc. |
| Notes | On inside back cover in black, white and red. Ad for a desk/Remington Portable Typewriter. |
| Advertisement | Announcing the Sensational New Daisy 1000-shot Red Ryder Carbine (1 page) |
| Feature | Daisy Red Rider |
| Notes | Back cover ad for Daisy "Red Ryder" BB gun. |
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