Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 60
On-sale Date: 1943-10-26
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
Characters:
Rip Carter; Alfy; Brooklyn; Andre; Jan
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Indexer Notes

Signed "Simon Kirby"

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Assignment in Norway
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The Boy Commandos / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks:
Joe Simon (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:children; war
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.
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A Town to Remember
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The Boy Commandos / comic story / 11 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks:
Joe Simon (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:children; war
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.
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Get Going Full Speed Ahead
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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

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

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Buddies / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
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Pencils:
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Inks:
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Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Let's be fur trappers...

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Laffs / cartoon / 0.5 page

Script:
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Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:So long, Chief, if you ever come to New York...

Indexer Notes

3 gags.

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Gags / cartoon / 0.5 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
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Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Is there any chance for advancement?

Indexer Notes

3 gags.

The Mysterious Mr Mulani
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The Boy Commandos / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks:
Joe Simon (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:children; war
Characters:
Alfy; Brooklyn; Andre; Jan; Lt. Mulani
Synopsis:
The Commandos suspect Lt. Mulani of being a spy.
Reprints (1)

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Prof. Pipp / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Phew!-- Good evening, folks...
Characters:
Professor Pipp

Quick Figuring
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text story / 2 pages

Script:
Eric Carter (credited)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
typeset

Satan to See You!
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The Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks:
Joe Simon (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:children; war
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.
Reprints (1)

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Bombardier Training Cockpit, Pre-Flight Course and Bomb-Sight / advertisement / 1 page

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Des-Kit / advertisement / 1 page

The Great Jewel Robbery
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Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    The Boy Commandos
  2. ["Be sure to get these top favorites..."]
  3. Assignment in Norway
    The Boy Commandos
  4. A Town to Remember
    The Boy Commandos
  5. Get Going Full Speed Ahead
    Wheaties
  6. The Big Eight!
  7. ["Let's be fur trappers..."]
    Buddies
  8. ["So long, Chief, if you ever come to New York..."]
    Laffs
  9. ["Is there any chance for advancement?"]
    Gags
  10. The Mysterious Mr Mulani
    The Boy Commandos
  11. ["Phew!-- Good evening, folks..."]
    Prof. Pipp
  12. Quick Figuring
  13. Satan to See You!
    The Boy Commandos
  14. [no title indexed]
    Bombardier Training Cockpit, Pre-Flight Course and Bomb-Sight
  15. [no title indexed]
    Des-Kit
  16. The Great Jewel Robbery
    Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
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