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Issue Details

Issue #17
Published March 1943
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing John Beardsley

Cover Details

Genre adventure; war
Pencils Reed Crandall
Inks Reed Crandall

15 page Blackhawk story "The Golden Bell of Soong-Toy"

Characters The Golden Bell [Soong Toy; aka Yoshi Wara] (first appearance; death)
Genre adventure; war
Script Bill Woolfolk
Pencils Reed Crandall
Inks Reed Crandall
Notes Chuck is revealed as a TEXAN!

1 page Johnny Doughboy story

Genre Gags
Script Bernard Dibble
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

10 page Sniper story "The Prisoners of the Black Castle"

Characters Gen. Von Drac (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre war; adventure
Script Ted Udall
Pencils Vernon Henkel
Inks Vernon Henkel

9 page Private Dogtag story "Carlotta Carloada"

Characters Countess De Virt (first appearance; villain); Cecil (first appearance)
Genre humor
Script Bart Tumey
Pencils Bart Tumey
Inks Bart Tumey

4 page Shot and Shell story "Morons On Madagascar"

Genre aviation
Script Klaus Nordling
Pencils Klaus Nordling
Inks Klaus Nordling

9 page P.T. Boat story "First Mission"

Characters Ens. Paul Harvey (first appearance); Ens. Peter Tobias (first appearance)
Genre war; navy
Pencils Andre LeBlanc
Inks Andre LeBlanc

1 page Atlantic Patrol story "Anti-Submarine Patrol"

Genre war; navy
Script Al McWilliams
Pencils Al McWilliams
Inks Al McWilliams

2 page text story "The Lamb Is a Lion"

Letters typeset

1 page Johnny Doughboy story

Genre Gags
Script Bernard Dibble
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

6 page Secret War News story "Wake Island Still Holds"

Genre war; true
Script Al McWilliams
Pencils Al McWilliams
Inks Al McWilliams
Notes true story of Wake Island battle

6 page Sailor Danny story "The Trouble With Davy Jones"

Characters Sailor Danny (first appearance); Davy Jones (first appearance)
Genre humor
Script Art Gates
Pencils Art Gates
Inks Art Gates