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| Name | Military Comics 5 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 4. |
| Cover | Scavengers of Doom / 1 page |
| Genre | Adventure; War |
| Characters | The Scavengers |
| Pencils | Chuck Cuidera |
| Inks | Chuck Cuidera |
| Notes | The Secret War News story referenced on the cover appeared in the previous issue. |
| Comic Story | Scavengers of Doom / Blackhawk (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | In the ravages of war, it's inevitable that jackals of war, called the Scavengers, would murder, torture helpless victims, and ghoulishly hunt and rob the dead. Ironically, it's the Nazis who succeed in capturing them, but then vow to spare their lives if they can capture the Blackhawks! |
| Genre | Adventure; War |
| Characters | The Scavengers [Garle, and many others] (villains, introduction, some die); Red Laura (villain, introduction); unnamed Nazi General (villain, death); Nazis (villains, some die) |
| Script | Dick French |
| Pencils | Chuck Cuidera (signed) |
| Inks | Chuck Cuidera (signed) |
| Letters | Sam Rosen (see Note #2) |
| Notes | (1) Story title is taken from the cover. (2) Letterer credit per Cuidera, added by Craig Delich January 12, 2012. (3) Hendrick is first called Hendrickson in this issue (no references to the character's name in issue #3 or #4). (4) Through the process of elimination, the one unidentified member seen on page 6 panel 7 and page 8 panels 1-5 who resembles Andre is likely Zeg. Andre himself is believed to be dead at this time. |
| Comic Story | Enter the Sniper / The Sniper (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Aided by a local girl in Austria, the Sniper ambushes a group of Gestapo officers, all of whom he outwits and kills. |
| Pencils | ? (see notes) |
| Inks | ? (see notes) |
| Genre | Adventure; War |
| Characters | Paula Stone; The Gestapo (villains, all die) |
| Script | Ted Udall ? |
| Notes | Artist credits revised from Vernon Henkel to ? by Craig Delich January 1, 2014. Jim Amash and Mike Kooiman, in The Quality Companion (TwoMorrows Publishing, 2011 series) (November 2011), state that the art on this story is NOT that of Vernon Henkel nor Bernard Klein. Possibles could be either Frank Harry or Joe Gallagher. |
| Comic Story | Cutting out of the Concentration Camp / Shot and Shell (4 pages) |
| Genre | Aviation |
| Script | Klaus Nordling |
| Pencils | Klaus Nordling |
| Inks | Klaus Nordling |
| Story | Miss America (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | While on a boat ride, Joan stumbles across a submarine. Then, while investigating a nearby house, she discovers fifth columnists and is ambushed by a brute. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Tim Healy |
| Pencils | Tom Hickey |
| Inks | Tom Hickey |
| First Line | High above the Atlantic's troubled waters... |
| Comic Story | The Prisoners Who Didn't Want to Be Rescued / Death Patrol (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | King Hotentot, whose African kingdom was invaded by the Axis powers, has joined to assist England. The Patrol members, now flying small, snub-nosed, colorfully painted aircraft, lose member Zazzy, who dies while rescuing undercover agents. |
| Genre | Humor; Aviation; War |
| Characters | Nazis (villains) |
| Script | Dave Berg (signed) |
| Pencils | Dave Berg (signed) |
| Inks | Dave Berg (signed) |
| Comic Story | The Mary Lee II / Yankee Eagle (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jerry and his furred and feathered friends expose an enemy submarine prowling the waters off the northeast United States. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Herman Himnet; Lieutenant Gottschalk |
| Pencils | Bill Smith (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Smith (signed) |
| Comic Story | The Ghost Ship / Blue Tracer (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dunn comes across the sunken hull of the S.S. Athenia, and uses the Blue Tracer to push it back to the surface to terrorize the Nazis into releasing their British prisoners. |
| Genre | Aviation; War |
| Characters | Lola Thomas; Nazis (villains) |
| Script | Fred Guardineer |
| Pencils | Fred Guardineer |
| Inks | Fred Guardineer |
| Comic Story | Abercrombie McZombie / Diary of a Draftee (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Military |
| Characters | Abercrombie McZombie (first appearance) |
| Script | Tex Blaisdell |
| Pencils | Tex Blaisdell |
| Inks | Tex Blaisdell |
| Comic Story | The Seven Dragons Cafe / Loops and Banks (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | While on shore leave in Shanghai, Loops is kidnapped by Japanese forces with the help of a nightclub hostess. Banks has to enlist the help of a rival Naval lieutenant to save his pal. |
| Genre | Aviation |
| Characters | Sum Toy; Lieutenant Williams |
| Script | Bob Powell |
| Pencils | Bob Powell |
| Inks | Bob Powell |
| Text Article | On Silent Wings (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of the heroism of teenager Floyd James Cravath. |
| Colors | ? (illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Script | Tex Blaisdell |
| Pencils | Tex Blaisdell (illustrations) ? |
| Inks | Tex Blaisdell (illustrations) ? |
| Notes | True story. |
| Comic Story | Floating Death / Secret War News (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The British Navy confronts Nazi torpedo boats on the English shore. |
| Genre | Non-fiction; War |
| Script | Al McWilliams (signed) |
| Pencils | Al McWilliams (signed) |
| Inks | Al McWilliams (signed) |
| Notes | True story. |
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