Military Comics, #3
Published: October 1941
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The Doomed Battalion
Characters
- Andre
- Blackhawk
- Boris
- Chop-Chop
- Chuck
- Hendrickson
- Olaf
- Stanislaus
- Zeg
- Jerry Noble (inset)
Credits
- Pencils: Chuck Cuidera
- Pencils: Bill Smith
- Inks: Chuck Cuidera
- Inks: Bill Smith
Story 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).
The Doomed Battalion!
Storyline
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.
Characters
- Andre [Death]
- Blackhawk
- Boris
- Chop-Chop
- Chuck
- Hendrickson
- Olaf
- Stanislaus
- Zeg
- 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)
Credits
- Script: Will Eisner
- Pencils: Chuck Cuidera
- Inks: Chuck Cuidera
- Letters: Sam Rosen
Story 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.
Battle near the Burma Road (1)
Credits
- Script: Fred Guardineer
- Pencils: Fred Guardineer
- Inks: Fred Guardineer
Light in the Fog (1)
Credits
- Script: Bob Powell
- Pencils: Bob Powell
- Inks: Bob Powell
"But Sarge -- I had to call them!!"
Credits
- Script: Tex Blaisdell
- Pencils: Tex Blaisdell
- Inks: Tex Blaisdell
- Letters: Tex Blaisdell (uncertain)
Story Notes
Four one-panel cartoons.
Camouflage
"That's the 45th Infantry passing now..."
Credits
- Pencils:
- Letters: (uncertain)
- Script:
- Inks:
Story Notes
Gag cartoon.
School Children Defeat Hitler
Storyline
True story of King Peter of Yugoslavia.
Credits
- Script: Al McWilliams
- Pencils: Al McWilliams
- Inks: Al McWilliams
Story Notes
Signed in the second panel on the second page.
The Noah's Ark Destroyer (1)
Characters
- Jerry Noble
- Sam (an eagle)
Credits
- Pencils: Bill Smith
- Inks: Bill Smith
The City of Stranded Men (1)
Characters
- Adolf Hitler (villain)
Credits
- Script: Klaus Nordling
- Pencils: Klaus Nordling
- Inks: Klaus Nordling
"Gee, Joan, you're pretty enough without..."
Storyline
Joan uncovers a forgery ring producing phony war bonds using the presses of the newspaper where she works.
Characters
- Miss America [Joan Dale]
- Sampson
Credits
- Pencils: Tom Hickey
- Inks: Tom Hickey
Story 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.
Blackout
Storyline
A blind girl in England helped rescue a child trapped in a bus during a bombing raid.
Credits
- Script: Tex Blaisdell
- Pencils: Tex Blaisdell (uncertain)
- Inks: Tex Blaisdell (uncertain)
Story Notes
true story; Award For Youth Bravery
Battle at Benghazi (1)
The Stratosphere Bombs (1)
Storyline
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.
Characters
- Death Patrol [Gramps
- Slick (death)
- Del Van Dyke
- Hank
- Butch
- Zazzy (introduction)]
- Emil