Unofficial Military Comics Index

MILITARY COMICS #3

Cover Date: October 1941
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1941-08-01

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Cover Credits:
Art: Chuck Cuidera, William Smith

Story: "The Doomed Battalion!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Will Eisner
Art	Chuck Cuidera
Lettering	Sam Rosen
Editing	Will Eisner

Feature Character(s):

Blackhawk

Blackhawks:

Stanislaus

Andre (appears to have died)

Hendrick

Boris

Zeg

Olaf

Chop-Chop (first appearance; a cook who summons The Blackhawks to aid Ann; becomes a part of the support crew)

Villain(s):

Nazis (first appearance for all; Captain Schroeder named; many die)

Markov (first appearance; Black market profiteer and traitor; dies)

Other Character(s):

Ann Avery (last in issue #1; now serving in Yugoslavia)

Location(s):

Blackhawk Island

Yugoslavia

Story Reprinted in:

Blackhawk Archives #1 (2001)

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Second Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Fred Guardineer
Art	Fred Guardineer
Editing	Will Eisner

Feature Character(s):

Blue Tracer

Supporting Character(s):

Boomerang Jones

Villain(s):

Japanese Army

Location(s):

China

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Third Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

Art	William Smith
Editing	Will Eisner

Feature Character(s):

Yankee Eagle

Supporting Character(s):

Sam

Senator Walter Q. Noble

Queen

Villain(s):

Captain Smeel (first appearance; uses a sub to sink ships for looting)

Location(s):

San Diego, CA

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Fourth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Tom Hinkley
Editing	Will Eisner

Feature Character(s):

Miss America

Villain(s):

Defense Bond Counterfeiters (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

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Fifth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jack Cole
Art	Jack Cole
Lettering	Jack Cole
Editing	Will Eisner

Feature Character(s):

Death Patrol:

Del Van Dyne

Hank

Butch

Slick (dies)

Gramps

Zazzy (first appearance; a kleptomaniac)

Villain(s):

Nazis (first appearance for all; uses a high-altitude dirigible as a landing base for bombers)

Location(s):

London, England

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