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Issue: Boy Commandos #1
Publication Date: January 1942
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Issues: #1 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: 11/07/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (9 stories, 1 cover)
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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
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Genres: childrens, war
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In Content Item: FlagCommandos [ashcan] #1 published October 1942
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]in black & white
In Content Item: FlagSupergirl [ashcan] #[nn] published February 1944
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]in black & white
In Content Item: FlagMovie Cartoons [ashcan] #[nn] published December 1944
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]in black & white
In Content Item: FlagBoy Commandos #1 published September 1973
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 published January 2010
as The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby Volume One [Illustration on Dustjacket]
In Content Item: FlagThe Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 published January 2010
as Boy Commandos No. 1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Feature(s): Detective Comics
First Line: The Boy Commandos plus Batman...
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Town That Couldn't Be Conquered!

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Genres: childrens, war
Character(s): 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.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 published January 2010
as The Town That Couldn't Be Conquered [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Behind the 8 Bell

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Genres: childrens, humorous
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Pages: 2
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Heroes Never Die

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Genres: childrens, war
Synopsis: The Commandos hear a story of an earlier group of adventurers in China.
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In Content Item: FlagBoy Commandos #1 published September 1973
as Heroes Never Die [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 published January 2010
as Heroes Never Die [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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Satan Wears a Swastika

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, war
Character(s): Joe Simon; Jack Kirby; Agent Axis (villain); Jack Schiff; Jack Liebowitz; Whitney Ellsworth; Milton Small; Jameson (butler); Colonel Mueller
Synopsis: The boys are mistakenly reported killed in battle.
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In Content Item: FlagMister Miracle #6 published January 1972
as Satan Wears a Swastika [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Simon and Kirby #[nn] published May 2009
as Satan Wears a Swastika [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 published January 2010
as Satan Wears a Swastika [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Genres: humorous
First Line: It's a swell day for fishing!
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Rickey Cannon; Tom Revere
First Line: For freedom... For justice... For America-- We give you Liberty Belle!!
Synopsis: The origin of Liberty Belle.
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Pages: 10
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, military, war
First Line: The sarge told me to hang these signs up!
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Ghost Raiders

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Genres: childrens, war
Character(s): Francois Girard; Com. Allison
Synopsis: The Commandos stage a raid into France at the behest of a French Resistance ghost.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 published January 2010
as Ghost Raiders [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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The Big Eight!

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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