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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published Winter 1943-44
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 60
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details

Characters Rip Carter; Alfy; Brooklyn; Andre; Jan
Genre war; children
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Simon

13 page Boy Commandos story "Assignment in Norway"

Characters Rip Carter; Alfy; Brooklyn; Andre; Jan; Jeanne D'Arcy; Sally Richards
Synopsis Feature about the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. Jeanne and Sally of the Bomber Ferry Command fly new Bombers from the America to England to be used in the war. Through Hurricanes if necessary. And sometimes they land in occupied Norway by mistake.
Genre war; children
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Joe Simon (signed)
Letters Howard Ferguson

11 page Boy Commandos story "A Town to Remember"

Characters Rip Carter; Alfy; Brooklyn; Andre; Jan; John Hussite
Synopsis Set in Czechoslovakia. A dead man masterminds a plot to save his fellow villagers from the Nazis.
Genre war; children
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Joe Simon (signed)
Letters Howard Ferguson

2 page Buddies filler "Let's be Fur Trappers"

Genre children; humor

Half page Laffs filler

Genre gags
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Half page Gags filler

Genre gags
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff (signed)

10 page Boy Commandos story "The Mysterious Mr Mulani"

Characters Alfy; Brooklyn; Andre; Jan; Lt. Mulani
Synopsis The Commandos suspect Lt. Mulani of being a spy.
Genre war; children
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Joe Simon (signed)
Letters Howard Ferguson

2 page Professor Pipp filler "Climate Change"

Characters Professor Pipp
Genre humor
Script Jack Farr
Pencils Jack Farr
Inks Jack Farr
Letters Jack Farr

2 page text story "Quick Figuring"

Script Eric Carter (signed)
Pencils Raymond Perry ?
Inks Raymond Perry ?
Colors Raymond Perry ?
Letters typeset

12 page Boy Commandos story "Satan to See You"

Characters Rip Carter; Alfy; Brooklyn; Andre; Jan; M'Sieu Bleak; Gen. Krueg
Synopsis In 1933 Gen. Krueg sold his soul for 10 years of fame and fortune.
Genre war; children
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Joe Simon (signed); Simon and Kirby shop
Letters Howard Ferguson