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Military Comics
Date | Number: 6 | Lang: English (en)
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Fiche scans. Most of the scans are readable without too much eye strain, except for the text story. I especially like the unusual page 46 of the scan (numbered page 44 in the comic book)! Death Patrol by Dave Berg. Too bad it's so hard to get paper scans for the really early and great Golden Age comic books, so I'm grateful even for the fiche scans!
  
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NameMilitary Comics 6 | Published
PublicationPrice: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly
NotesThe on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.
 
CoverThe Vial of Death! / 1 page
GenreAdventure; War
CharactersNazi officer
PencilsChuck Cuidera
InksChuck Cuidera
 
They Called Him "Stay-at-Home-Sammy" -- But Now He Leads the Gang ! / Schwinn Bicycles (1 page)
SynopsisSammy cannot join his friends since he does not have a bike. A friend suggests that Sammy order a movie cyclorama and show it to his father. He does and it convinces his father to buy him a bicycle.
Letters?; typeset
GenreAdventure; Children
CharactersSammy; Sammy's friends; Sammys' father; Sammy's mother
First LineGee! I wish I could go...
NotesInside front cover. Includes the indicia at the bottom of the page.

An advertisement for Schwinn-Built Bicycles and the promotional brochure for a color movie cyclorama of movie stars like Buck Jones, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, and others on their bikes.
 
Comic StoryThe Vial of Death! / Blackhawk (11 pages)
SynopsisBlackhawk succeeds in getting a diabolical formula back for a destructive killer germ from the Nazis, who plan to use it to wipe out Allied forces, then takes it on the run as the Nazis concentrate their forces to catch him and get it back.
GenreAdventure; War
CharactersProfessor Hammel (introduction, death); Elsa Hammel (introduction, death); Pierre (Hammel's assistant); Fritz (Nazi villain); Nazis (villains, many die)
Script
PencilsChuck Cuidera (signed)
InksChuck Cuidera (signed)
LettersSam Rosen (see Note #1)
Notes(1) Letterer credit per Cuidera and added by Craig Delich January 14, 2012.
(2) The 3 unidentified members are likely Stanislaus, Zeg, and Chuck (or possibly Boris).
(3) Subtitled, "Army" and "Stories of the Military Action on Land Section 1."
 
Comic StoryTo Kill a Commander / Blue Tracer (5.67 pages)
SynopsisBill and Boomerang fight Nazi paratroopers in Iceland.
GenreAviation; War
CharactersCaptain Bill Dunn; Private Boomerang Jones
Script (signed)
PencilsFred Guardineer (signed)
InksFred Guardineer (signed)
First LineAn unarmed Lockheed P-38 Interceptor plane high above the clouds...
 
Comic StoryNo Title
SynopsisA brief breakdown of the importance of the .50 caliber machine gun for the United States Army.
FeatureModern War Weapons
GenreNon-fiction
CharactersPrivate Boomerang Jones
Script
PencilsFred Guardineer
InksFred Guardineer
First LineAlthough the Blue Tracer's .50 caliber machine guns are used for all-around shooting...
NotesAppears at the bottom of the late page of the Blue Tracer story.
 
Comic StoryThe Invasion of Iceland / Loops and Banks (6 pages)
SynopsisLoops and Banks fight Nazi paratroopers in Iceland.
GenreAviation; Military
CharactersBanks Barrows; Loops McCann
Script
PencilsBob Powell
InksBob Powell
First LineAm I glad we're staying here in Hawaii!
NotesOddly, both this story and the Blue Tracer story in this issue involve a German invasion of Iceland by parachute.
 
StoryMiss America (5 pages)
SynopsisMiss America discovers an unscrupulous man who teaches children to steal, and it turns out he is also working with Nazi fifth columnists.
GenreSuperhero
CharactersTim Healy
PencilsTom Hickey
InksTom Hickey
First LineWhen the 'Crime School' goes in for defense studies...
NotesJoan keeps tinkering with the design of her costume, with the stripes moving from her skirt to her blouse, with stars now appearing on the skirt.
 
Comic StoryClothes Make the Men / Shot and Shell (4 pages)
SynopsisOur heroes think they have landed in Scotland but they are thousands of miles away. At least they're able to uncover a Nazi spy ring.
GenreAviation
CharactersSam Shot; Slim Shell
Script
PencilsKlaus Nordling
InksKlaus Nordling
First LineGolly, Colonel, we been over these clouds so long...
 
Comic StoryThe Trap for Jerry Noble / Yankee Eagle (7.75 pages)
SynopsisJerry and his animal allies break up a Japanese spy ring.
GenreAdventure; Military
CharactersJerry Noble; Sam (an eagle); Tami (Japanese clipper ship captain, death); Japanese clipper crew members (deaths); Aki (Japanese agent); Matsiaka (Japanese agent, death); The Master (Japanese spy leader); unnamed Japanese spies; Commander Alcock
Script
PencilsBill Smith (credited)
InksBill Smith (credited)
First LineSuddenly two tremendous explosions rock the entire fleet ....
NotesLarry Noble is now called Jerry Noble in this story.

Has a secondary title: "Navy" and "Stories of Military Action at Sea Section 2."
 
Comic StoryNo Title
SynopsisThe story of the statue of Tecumseh and the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland.
FeatureNaval Information
Script? [as Jerry Noble] (credited)
GenreNon-fiction; Historical
PencilsBill Smith
InksBill Smith
First LineThis statue of Tecumseh is a replica of the figurehead of the 'U.S.S. Delaware.'
 
Comic StoryThe Painted Lady Patrol / Death Patrol (6 pages)
SynopsisBoris becomes the newest member of the Patrol as it seems Gramps has been killed saving the other members. Boris and the others go up against a female Nazi Death Patrol, whose wiles won't work on the male Patrol, who are all woman haters at heart. In order to escape alive, the male Patrol dons the female uniforms, leaving the ladies to wear the male uniforms, and which results in all of them being shot to death, mistaken for the men!
GenreHumor; Aviation; War
CharactersThe Death Patrol [Del Van Dyke; Gramps; Butch (appears to die, but returns in #12); Hank; King Hotintot; Boris (introduction)]; Nazis' version of the Death Patrol (villains, all female, all die); Adolf Hitler (villain)
Script
PencilsDave Berg
InksDave Berg
First LineVe must get rid of uff this Death Patrol!
NotesNew member Boris is referred to as "The Borsht Eater".

Writer/artist Berg demonstrates a flash of brilliance in this tale, with a stunning one-page illustration depicting the cross-section of a house with a member fighting in each room.
 
Comic StoryPotato's Revenge / Diary of a Draftee (1 page)
SynopsisThe potatoes revolt against being peeled but it turns out to be the draftee's bad dream.
GenreHumor; Military
Script
PencilsTex Blaisdell
InksTex Blaisdell
First LineAll right, Bud! Up!
NotesThe last appearance of this feature.
 
Comic StoryThe Fiend of the Wilhelmstrasse / The Sniper (6 pages)
SynopsisThe Sniper faces a mad Nazi chemist who is able to turn men into monsters.
GenreAdventure; War
CharactersThe Sniper; Hans Kronitz (villain, chemist, death); Nazi sentries (some die); Kronitz's captives
Script
PencilsVern Henkel
InksVern Henkel
First LineToward a Nazi-held vil-lage shuffled a group of men...
 
Text StoryThe Avenger (1.67 pages)
Pencils? (illustrations)
Inks? (illustrations)
Colors? (illustrations)
Letterstypeset
GenreAdventure
 
ActivityHero Stamp #5 Squadron Leader Roland R. S. Tuck
SynopsisA brief biography of exploits R.A.F. Squadron Leader Roland R. S. Tuck and his actions against the Luftwaffe.
FeatureHero Stamp
GenreBiography; Military
CharactersRoland R. S. Tuck
First LineThe most daring ace of the R.A.F.
NotesAppears at the bottom of the first page of The Avenger text story. A stamp to clip out and collect, listed as worth "5".
 
Comic StoryWho Is Monsieur X? / Secret War News (9 pages)
SynopsisX succeeds in liberating a German ship filled with prisoners at Calais, France, and, with the help of another British ship, takes out a German destroyer. Although a Parisian newspaper reports that X was lost at sea, he, in fact, dove back into the English Channel and swam back to France to further torment the Nazis.
GenreNon-fiction; War
CharactersMonsieur X [un-named French freedom fighter] (introduction); Nazis (villains, some die)
Script (signed)
PencilsAl McWilliams (signed)
InksAl McWilliams (signed)
ColorsAl McWilliams (signed)
NotesOnly appearance.

Although this tale is supposed to be a true story, research tells one that the phrase, "Monsieur X", appears throughout French arts and culture, but a search in the Le Petite Journal (archived on-line only through 1940) yields no evidence of this story represented in McWilliam's tale.

Henri Rousseau painted the "Portrait of Monsieur X" (Pierre Loti, a novelist who died in 1923). It was also the name used by an erotic photographer of the 1920's and 1930's. And in 1948, Edith Piaf recorded a song called "Monsieur X", a melancholy song about a beautiful man who wandered in sadness by the Seine.
 
Advertisement1000-Shot Cowboy Carbine / Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns (1 page)
SynopsisAn advertisement for the Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine air rifle for $2.95.
Script? (ad copy)
Letterstypeset
GenreWestern-frontier
PencilsFred Harman Fred Harman
InksFred Harman Fred Harman
NotesInside front cover.

An advertisement for Daisy Air Rifles from the Daisy Manufacturing Company, 4912 Union Street, Plymouth, Michigan, U. S. A.
 
AdvertisementBig New Electronic Football 1942 Model (1 page)
SynopsisAn advertisement for the 1942 model electronic football game. Also mentions other electronic games for baseball, basketball, and ice hockey.
FeatureElectronic Game Company
Script? (ad copy)
Letters?; typeset
GenreSports
CharactersJim Prentice
First LineO.K. fellows! Here they are!
NotesBack cover. Includes a blurb from Jim Prentice.

An advertisement from the Electronic Game Company, Inc., 6 Ridge Street, Holyoke, Mass.
 
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