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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published Spring 1943
Cover Price .10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Notes Indicia publisher: World's Best Comics

Cover Details

Characters Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfie; Jan; Andre; Adolf Hitler
Genre war; children
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Simon
Notes Indicia publisher: World's Best Comics

1 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis House ad for Detective Comics
Notes Inside front cover

12 page Boy Commandos story "The Silent People Speak"

Characters Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfie; Jan; Andre; Hans Anders; Henrick Anders; Paul Anders; Mrs. Anders
Synopsis The Commandos stage a raid into the Netherlands in support of the underground resistance
Genre war; children
Script Jack Kirby
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Joe Simon (signed)
Letters Howard Ferguson

Half page Laffs filler "I've always needed a place to practice my saxophone..."

Synopsis 3 one-panel gags
Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff

Half page promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis House ad for World's Finest Comics

2 page Busy Bill the Bill Collector filler "Our next account is Andre's Beauty Parlor..."

Genre humor
Pencils George Storm (signed)
Inks George Storm (signed)

12 page Boy Commandos story "On the Double, M'lord!"

Characters Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfie; Jan; Andre; Lord Tweedbrook; Sgt. Oglethorp;
Synopsis An English lord finds himself a private in a unit with his manservant as drill sergeant.
Genre war; children
Script Jack Kirby ?
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Simon

Half page Shorty story Man overboard!"

Genre war; humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Half page promo (ad from the publisher)

Characters Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Synopsis A house ad for Detective Comics and Star Spangled Comics

2 page text story "The Miracle"

Script Anton Brieux
Letters typeset

13 page Boy Commandos story "The Knights Wore Khaki"

Characters Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfy; Jan; Andre
Synopsis The Commandos liberate the castle of Camelon.
Genre war; children
Script Jack Kirby ?
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Simon

10 page Liberty Belle story "Danger Underground"

Characters Liberty Belle; Count Borgund; Carlotta Rolland; Tom Revere; Rickey Gannon
Synopsis Liberty Belle exposes a woman newscaster as a spy.
Genre Superhero
Script Don Cameron (signed)
Pencils Chuck Winter (signed)
Inks Chuck Winter
Notes Information from Darci and from "Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics" (http://www.dcindexes.com/database/story-details.php?storyid=11569), accessed 6/8/2006.

9 page Boy Commandos story "Nine Lives for Victory"

Characters Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfy; Andre; Jan; Dodger
Synopsis The Commandos stage a successful raid into France with the aid of Brooklyn's kitten.
Genre war; children
Script Jack Kirby
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Simon
Letters Howard Ferguson
Notes writer id by Martin O'Hearn
Reprinted in Boy Commandos (DC, 1973 series) #2