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| Name | Military Comics 7 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly | Editing: Claire C. Arnold (credited) (owner, per statement of ownership); Henry P. Martin (credited) (owner, per statement of ownership) |
| Notes | The ownership statement for Police Comics is mistakenly printed in this issue. As a result, it lists Edward Cronin as the editor for this series in error. The indicia lists Eisner as the editor. The 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. On sale date same as listed in the previous issue. Published monthly by Comic Magazines, Inc., S. Lord St., Buffalo, N. Y. Executive and editorial offices, Gurley Building, 322 Main Street, Stamford, Conn. |
| Cover | The Return of Genghis Khan; The Phantom Army of Vengeance / 1 page |
| Genre | Adventure; War |
| Characters | Bill Dunn; The Sniper; Yankee Eagle; Loops McCann; Banks Barrows; Genghis Khan II |
| Pencils | Chuck Cuidera |
| Inks | Chuck Cuidera |
| Be Sure Your Christmas Bike Has This Coaster Brake (1 page) | |
| Synopsis | The cartoon includes a fill-in the dots activity that when finished creates Santa Claus on the page. |
| Feature | Morrow Coaster Brake |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Children |
| Characters | unnamed boy |
| First Line | What's missing in this picture? |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Indicia at the bottom of the page. A cartoon activity advertisement for the Morrow Coaster Brake from Eclipse Machine Division of the Bendix Aviation Corporation of Elmira, New York. |
| Comic Story | The Return of Genghis Khan! / Blackhawk (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Genghis Khan is re-born and starts on his reign of terror, until Blackhawk catches up with him. However, Blackhawk is captured and even Chop-Chop becomes one of Khan's own Generals, but recovers his sanity in time to release his leader. |
| Genre | Adventure; War |
| Characters | unnamed Padré (death); unnamed guardian of Genghis Khan's tomb (death); Genghis Khan II (reincarnation of Genghis Khan, villain, introduction, death); Von Trope (Nazi envoy, presumably killed) |
| Script | Dick French |
| Pencils | Chuck Cuidera (signed) |
| Inks | Chuck Cuidera (signed) |
| Letters | Sam Rosen (see Note #1) |
| Notes | (1) Letterer credit per Cuidera and added by Craig Delich January 14, 2012. (2) The 1 unidentified member could be Stanislaus, Zeg, or Chuck (or possibly Boris). (3) Subtitled, "Stories of the Military Action on Land Section 1." and "Army". |
| Comic Story | The Iceberg of Death / Blue Tracer (5.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | A Nazi submarine, hidden inside a phony iceberg, has been attacking ships off the Icelandic coast until the Blue Tracer crew exposes the deception and scuttles the sub. |
| Genre | Aviation; War |
| Characters | Private Boomerang Jones; Captain Bill Dunn |
| Script | Fred Guardineer |
| Pencils | Fred Guardineer |
| Inks | Fred Guardineer |
| First Line | Looks like they're all dead down there! |
| Publisher advertisement | Drums of Doom / Blue Tracer |
| Genre | Aviation; War |
| Script | Fred Guardineer |
| Pencils | Fred Guardineer |
| Inks | Fred Guardineer |
| First Line | A preview of the next issue in which The Blue Tracer smashes the Nazi lines on the frozen steppes of Russia... |
| Comic Story | Cannibal Island / Loops and Banks (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Loops and Banks are ordered to fly a general and the woman accompanying him to Manila, but when they land on an island for repairs, they are turned over to the natives. |
| Genre | Aviation |
| Characters | Loops McCann; Banks Barrows; Chief Kono-Mambi |
| Script | Bob Powell |
| Pencils | Bob Powell |
| Inks | Bob Powell |
| Comic Story | The Death of Herr Brock / The Sniper (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Even a ruthless killer like Herr Brock fears for his life when pursued by the Sniper. |
| Genre | Adventure; War |
| Characters | The Sniper; Franz Brock (villain, introduction, death) |
| Script | Ted Udall (signed) |
| Pencils | Vern Henkel (see notes) |
| Inks | Vern Henkel (see notes) |
| Notes | Ken Quattro, in an article in Alter Ego (TwoMorrows, 1999 series) #127 (August 2014), cites a quote made by Busy Arnold, in which Arnold states that Jerry Robinson did the art on this story. But the art is clearly Henkel's. Possibly Arnold had this issue confused with #8's story, illustrated by Robinson's good friend, Bernard Klein. |
| Comic Story | Van Der Dopple's Rice Paddies / Shot and Shell (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Forced by bad weather to land on an island in the Dutch East Indies, Shot and Shell are waylaid by Nazi spies and put to work harvesting rice. |
| Genre | Aviation |
| Characters | Sam Shot; Slim Shell; Mr. Van der Dopple |
| Script | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| Pencils | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| Inks | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| Notes | Final appearance. |
| Comic Story | Spies in the Shipyard / Yankee Eagle (7.8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jerry brings down a ring of Nazi saboteurs. |
| Genre | Adventure; Military |
| Characters | Jerry Noble; Senator Walter Noble; Joe Dillon; Miriam Dillon; Rudolph; Victor; Manfred |
| Script | John Stewart |
| Pencils | Bill Smith |
| Inks | Bill Smith |
| Notes | Has a secondary title: "Navy" and "Stories of Military Action at Sea Section 2." |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Synopsis | The feature talks about American battleships, their guns, tonnage, and that they are named after states. |
| Feature | Jerry Noble's Scrapbook of Naval Information |
| Script | ? [as Jerry Noble] (credited) |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Military |
| Pencils | Bill Smith ? |
| Inks | Bill Smith ? |
| First Line | This is the U.S. battleship 'Maryland' |
| Comic Story | The Patchwork Kid / Death Patrol (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | A French teen enlists the help of the Death Patrol to save his parents from a German firing squad, then becomes the newest member. |
| Genre | Humor; Aviation; War |
| Characters | The Death Patrol [Del Van Dyke; Hank; King Hotintot; Chief Chuckalug; Boris; The Patchwork Kid [aka Frere Jacques in issue #9] (introduction)] |
| Script | Dave Berg (signed) |
| Pencils | Dave Berg (signed) |
| Inks | Dave Berg (signed) |
| Notes | This tale is one of two (#7 and #8) that no member of the Patrol was killed in the story. |
| Comic Story | Moth / Miss America (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Miss America faces a non-costumed silk thief who uses cards that burst into flames when thrown. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Tim Healy (of the FBI); The Moth (villain, introduction, death); Moth's gang (villains, introduction for all) |
| Script | Maurice Kashuba |
| Pencils | Maurice Kashuba |
| Inks | Maurice Kashuba |
| First Line | Joan Dale, (Miss America) endowed with the magical powers of the Statue of Liberty,[...] |
| Notes | The Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #100 and Heroine Heaven (AC, 2022 Series) #6 reprints credit Elmer Wexler with the art. Final appearance of the Miss America [Quality] feature. The character Miss America [Joan Dale] next appears in All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #31 (March 1984). |
| Comic Story | The Green Terror / Inferior Man (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Quartermaster at Fort Bang dons an emblem and cape, calling himself Inferior Man, in order to take care of the Green Terror by whipping out his sissy serum and turning the Terror into a dancing dandy. |
| Genre | Humor; Superhero |
| Characters | Inferior Man [Courtney Fudd] (introduction); The Green Terror (villain, introduction) |
| Script | Al Jaffee (signed) |
| Pencils | Al Jaffee (signed) |
| Inks | Al Jaffee (signed) |
| Notes | Jaffee, wanting to get into comic books, was hired by Will Eisner to do this strip, but he soon found that his style ill-suited for the wartime hero books, and the strip being astoundingly anachronistic for its parody of the superhero. |
| Text Story | Women of France (1.42 pages) |
| Synopsis | Madame Le Donne sacrifices her life to save her daughter. |
| Pencils | ? (illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (illustrations) |
| Colors | ? (illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction; War |
| Characters | Madame Le Donne |
| Statement of Ownership | Statement of Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Script | Busy Arnold (business manager) |
| Notes | The wrong statement was printed. This is for Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series). The statement for this issue is in Police Comics #7. Comic Magazines Inc., 322 Main Street, Stamford, Conn.; Editor: Edward Cronin, 322 Main Street, Stamford, Conn.; Business Manager: Everett M. Arnold, 198 Shore Road, Old Greenwich, Conn.; Owners: Everett M. Arnold, Claire C. Arnold, Henry P. Martin, 8 Foster Dr. Des Moines, Iowa; Published monthly at Buffalo, New York. This statement is at the bottom of page one of the text story. |
| Cartoon | The Top Ace of the RAF. |
| Synopsis | Brief highlights of Royal Air Force war ace pilot Albert Gerald Lewis, including downing 28 Nazi fighters at the age of 22, including six over a 6 hour period, and shot down, burning head to foot, surviving and fighting again three months later. |
| Feature | Military Comics RAF Hero Stamp |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Aviation; Biography; War |
| Characters | Albert Gerald Lewis |
| First Line | Flying officer Albert Gerald Lewis from Kimberly, South Africa |
| Notes | This appears at the bottom of page two of the text stories. |
| Comic Story | Phantom Army of Vengeance / Secret War News (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Soldiers of the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZACs) battle Nazis on the Greek island of Crete. |
| Genre | Non-fiction; War |
| Script | Al McWilliams (signed) |
| Pencils | Al McWilliams (signed) |
| Inks | Al McWilliams (signed) |
| Notes | true story |
| Comic Story | The U. S. S. Greer / Atlantic Patrol (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Story of the U.S.S. Greer, first United States Navy ship fired on in World War II. |
| Genre | Non-fiction; War |
| Script | Al McWilliams (signed) |
| Pencils | Al McWilliams (signed) |
| Inks | Al McWilliams (signed) |
| Advertisement | Your Christmas Daisy Ready / Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns (1 page) |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Pencils | Fred Harman (signed) Fred Harman (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Harman (signed) Fred Harman (signed) |
| First Line | Look 'em over now! |
| Notes | Inside back cover. An advertisement for Daisy Air Rifles from Daisy Manufacturing Company, 491 Union Street, Plymouth, Michigan, U.S.A. Air rifles include, Daisy Single Shot, Nickled 500-Shot Repeater, Lightning-Loader Carbine, Buck Jones Special, Daisy Pump Gun, and the Golden Branded 1000 Shot Red Ryder Saddle Carbine. Also offers a free catalog, a Daisy Targeteer Pistol, and the Daisy Bulls Eye Shot Jumbo Tube for 5¢. |
| Tom Had the Merriest Christmas Ever! / Schwinn Bicycles (1 page) | |
| Synopsis | Tom talks about wanting to get a Schwinn bicycle when his friend recommends he order the Schwinn movie cyclorama and show it to his father. He asks his father if he can get one for Christmas. his father tells him "We'll see about it, son." On Christmas, Tom's parents show him the Schwinn bicycle they got for him. Tom says "It's the swellest present you could give me!" |
| Script | ? (ad copy); ? (comic art) |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Genre | Children; Domestic |
| Characters | Tom; Tom's friend; Tom's father; Tom's mother |
| First Line | Gee! That's what I want for Christmas... |
| Notes | Back cover. A comic-form advertisement for Schwinn-built bicycles from the Arnold, Schwinn & Company, Inc., 1756 N. Kildare Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Includes the promotional brochure for a color movie cyclorama of movie stars like Buck Jones, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, and others on their bikes. |
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