Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1942-11-07
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
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The Boy Commandos / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks:
Joe Simon (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
    Genre:children; war
Reprints (7)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration. An on-sale date of November 11 was listed in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #8 (Winter 1942).

Editorial Advisory Board
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

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Detective Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page

The Town That Couldn't Be Conquered!
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The Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
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Pencils:
Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks:
Joe Simon (signed)
Colors:
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Letters:
    Genre:children; war
Characters:
The Burgomaster (death); Gretchen (death); Frau Van Meer; Frau Jaeger; Father Haasan (death); Mother Haasan (death); Major Von Glutt (villain, death); Nazis soldiers (villains, deaths); Gestapo agents (villains, deaths)
Synopsis:
The Commandos liberate Jan's village in the Netherlands.
Reprints (2)

Behind the 8 Bell
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comic story / 2 pages

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Letters:
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    Genre:humor; children

Heroes Never Die
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The Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
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Letters:
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    Genre:children; war
Synopsis:
The Commandos hear a story of an earlier group of adventurers in China.
Reprints (2)

Close Shave
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text story / 2 pages

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typeset

Satan Wears a Swastika
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The Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Jack Kirby (signed)
Pencils:
Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks:
Joe Simon (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
    Genre:children; war
Characters:
The Boy Commandos The Newsboy Legion
Joe Simon; Agent Axis (villain); Jack Schiff; Whitney Ellsworth; Milton Small; Jameson (butler); Colonel Mueller
Synopsis:
The boys are mistakenly reported killed in battle.
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Kirby drew Ellsworth, Schiff, and Liebowitz into story, as verified on page 19 of Alter Ego #76.

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Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 1 page

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    Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It's a swell day for fishing!

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Liberty Belle / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Chuck Winter (signed)
Inks:
Chuck Winter (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
    Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:For freedom... For justice... For America-- We give you Liberty Belle!!
Characters:
Rickey Cannon; Tom Revere
Synopsis:
The origin of Liberty Belle.

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Private Pete / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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Letters:
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    Genre:humor; military
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The sarge told me to hang these signs up!

Ghost Raiders
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The Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
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Letters:
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    Genre:children; war
Synopsis:
The Commandos stage a raid into France at the behest of a French Resistance ghost.
Reprints (1)

The Big Eight!
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Tops in Comic Magazines
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    The Boy Commandos
  2. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. ["The Boy Commandos plus Batman..."]
    Detective Comics
  4. The Town That Couldn't Be Conquered!
    The Boy Commandos
  5. Behind the 8 Bell
  6. Heroes Never Die
    The Boy Commandos
  7. Close Shave
  8. Satan Wears a Swastika
    The Boy Commandos
  9. ["It's a swell day for fishing!"]
    Jerry the Jitterbug
  10. ["For freedom... For justice... For America-- We give you Liberty Belle!!"]
    Liberty Belle
  11. ["The sarge told me to hang these signs up!"]
    Private Pete
  12. Ghost Raiders
    The Boy Commandos
  13. The Big Eight!
  14. Tops in Comic Magazines
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