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Issue: Boy Commandos #5
Publication Date: January 1943
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Issues: #5 of 36 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: World's Best Comics Co.
On Sale Date: 10/26/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (7 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.
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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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Simon (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, war
Feature(s): Boy Commandos
Character(s): Rip Carter; Alfy; Brooklyn; Andre; Jan
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Signed "Simon Kirby"
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Be sure to get these top favorites...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the inside front cover. House ad for Green Lantern (DC, 1941 series) #9, Leading Comics (DC, 1941 series) #8, All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #18, Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #6, Batman (DC, 1940 series) #20, Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series) #11, Superman (DC, 1939 series) #26, and All-Flash (DC, 1941 series) #12, with cover repros.
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Assignment in Norway

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Simon (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, war
Feature(s): Boy Commandos
Character(s): 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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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A Town to Remember

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Simon (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, war
Feature(s): Boy Commandos
Character(s): 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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Pages: 11
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Get Going Full Speed Ahead

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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The Big Eight!

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad featuring Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #24, Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #82, All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #54, Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #67, Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #48, More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series) #94, Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #27, and Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #89, with cover repros.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Buddies
First Line: Let's be fur trappers...
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Pages: 2
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Laffs
First Line: So long, Chief, if you ever come to New York...
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: 3 gags.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gags
First Line: Is there any chance for advancement?
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Pages: 0.5
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The Mysterious Mr Mulani

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Simon (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, war
Feature(s): Boy Commandos
Character(s): Alfy; Brooklyn; Andre; Jan; Lt. Mulani
Synopsis: The Commandos suspect Lt. Mulani of being a spy.
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Pages: 10
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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: Phew!-- Good evening, folks...
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Pages: 2
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Quick Figuring

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Eric Carter (credited)
Penciller(s): Raymond Perry ?
Inker(s): Raymond Perry ?
Colorist(s): Raymond Perry ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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Satan to See You!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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; M'Sieu Bleak; Gen. Krueg
Synopsis: In 1933 Gen. Krueg sold his soul for 10 years of fame and fortune.
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Pages: 12
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Training Cockpit
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Des-Kit
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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The Great Jewel Robbery

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rod Reed
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): C. C. Beck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Rolls
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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