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Military Comics, #22

Published: September 1943

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Military Comics #22

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Issue Contents:
1 page adventure; war
Characters
  • Blackhawk
  • Olaf
  • Chuck
Credits
Suspicion
Story 1 15 pages adventure; war
Storyline

In order to root out a Nazi look-alike of one of the Blackhawks who has infiltrated the team, Chop-Chop claims to have created a secret potion that is deadly poison to spies but not to an innocent man. Each of the suspects is brought into a room alone and forced to drink the concoction, which is actually just a mix of red-hot and plain horrible kitchen spices. All of the Blackhawks gag on the mixture, except for Hendrikson who pretends it doesn't bother him, revealing him to be the spy.

Characters
  • Blackhawks [Blackhawk
  • Andre
  • Chuck
  • Hendrickson
  • Olaf
  • Stanislaus
  • Chop-Chop]
  • Herr von Luben (Nazi villain, introduction, presumably killed)
  • Herr Lieb (Nazi villain, introduction, poses as Hendrickson, death)
  • Johann (Nazi villain)
  • Nazis (villains, some die)
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Story Notes

The Blackhawks go shopping for another island base in this story, relocating to one in the Pacific in order to be closer to the Americans' conflicts. They make their decision at the end of the story, determined to establish a base there "tomorrow" (the new Blackhawk Island is first depicted in issue #24).

Story 2 1 page humor; military; war

"Boy! I'm as homesick here as a duck on a desert!"

Storyline

Johnny mistakes the Caliph for a zoot-suiter and alienates the man "who controls a million armed men!"

Characters
  • Johnny Doughboy
  • Caliph
Credits
Dora Devine (1)
Story 3 9 pages humor
Credits
The Beer Hall Putsch Celebration (1)
Story 4 10 pages adventure; war
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Calling On Hirohito (1)
Story 5 4 pages humor; aviation; war
Storyline

Clad in their familiar prison striped uniforms once again, members Hank and Jackie return to lead the Patrol on a mission to Japan.

Characters
  • The Death Patrol [Del Van Dyne
  • Boris
  • Gramps
  • Yogi
  • King Hotintot
  • Hank
  • Jackie [formery Frere Jacques]]
Credits
Moby Dick Doesn't Like Japs
Story 6 9 pages war
Credits
The Red Star (1)
Story 7 1 page war
Credits
Murder Is the Goal
Story 8 2 pages crime
The Slave of the Lamp (1)
Story 9 6 pages humor
Credits
Barney Ross's Greatest Fight
Story 10 7 pages non-fiction; war
Storyline

True story of Barney Ross, boxer turned Marine.

Characters
  • Barney Ross
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