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Issue: Boy Commandos #4
Publication Date: January 1943
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Issues: #4 of 36 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: World's Best Comics Co.
On Sale Date: 07/27/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth] (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of July 30 in ad in Detective Comics #79.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, war
Feature(s): Boy Commandos
Character(s): Rip Carter; Alfy; Brooklyn; Andre; Jan
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmerica at War: The Best of DC War Comics #[nn] published October 1979
as Boy Commandos No. 4 Fall 1943 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Swing Shift

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Josette Frank
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Invasion of Europe! Flames at Dawn

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Simon (signed); Simon and Kirby shop
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, war
Feature(s): Boy Commandos
Character(s): Rip Carter; Alfy; Brooklyn; Andre; Jan
Synopsis: The Commandos participate in D-Day, months before it actually happens.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Chapter 2: Brooklyn Revere's Ride!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Simon (signed); Simon and Kirby shop
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, war
Feature(s): Boy Commandos
Character(s): Rip Carter; Alfy; Brooklyn; Andre; Jan; Pere Hugo
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Chapter 3: The Madman of Mt. Cloud!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Simon (signed); Simon and Kirby shop
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, war
Feature(s): Boy Commandos
Character(s): Rip Carter; Alfy; Brooklyn; Andre; Jan; Col. Von Bleemer; Dr. Zeeda
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Chapter 4: Toinette the Terrible

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Simon (signed); Simon and Kirby shop
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, war
Feature(s): Boy Commandos
Character(s): Rip Carter; Alfy; Brooklyn; Andre; Jan; Toinette the Terrible
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: On the two pages between the 7th and 8th pages of the previous sequence.
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Chapter 5: West Meets East

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Raymond Perry ?
Inker(s): Raymond Perry ?
Colorist(s): Raymond Perry ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, war
Feature(s): Boy Commandos
Character(s): Rip Carter; Alfy; Brooklyn; Andre; Jan
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Chapter 6: Bugle of the Brave

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Simon (signed); Simon and Kirby shop
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, war
Feature(s): Boy Commandos
Character(s): Rip Carter; Alfy; Brooklyn; Andre; Jan; Mayor Anton; Jules Anton; Elmo the Guerilla
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Chapter 7: The Road to Berlin!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Simon (signed); Simon and Kirby shop
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, war
Feature(s): Boy Commandos
Character(s): Rip Carter; Alfy; Brooklyn; Andre; Jan; Adolph Hitler
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Be sure to get these top favorites for the best in comics!
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Pages: 1
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Doughboy

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Lehti (signed)
Penciller(s): Jack Lehti (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Lehti (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Facts About the Service
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Ruthless Ronald
First Line: Ronald have you mowed the lawn yet?
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Farr
Penciller(s): Jack Farr
Inker(s): Jack Farr
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jack Farr
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Prof. Pipp
Character(s): Professor Pipp
First Line: In our present journey around the sun...
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Pages: 2
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The Big Eight!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lightning Ju-Jitsu
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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