Here's our chance to slip outa sight while those guys are pre-occupied!
- — Slim Shell, who hasn't been seen since.
Military Comics #19 is an issue of the series Military Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of May, 1943.
Contents
- 1 Synopsis for Blackhawk: "King Cobra"
- 2 Appearing in Blackhawk: "King Cobra"
- 3 Synopsis for Shot and Shell: "Idiots on Ice"
- 4 Appearing in Shot and Shell: "Idiots on Ice"
- 5 Synopsis for Sniper: "The Flying Battleship"
- 6 Appearing in Sniper: "The Flying Battleship"
- 7 Synopsis for Private Dogtag: "Orphans From Slovania"
- 8 Appearing in Private Dogtag: "Orphans From Slovania"
- 9 Synopsis for PT Boat: "Island Incident"
- 10 Appearing in PT Boat: "Island Incident"
- 11 Synopsis for Pacific Patrol: "The Sharpshooter"
- 12 Appearing in Pacific Patrol: "The Sharpshooter"
- 13 Synopsis for Secret War News: "U.S. Fliers Raid Germany"
- 14 Appearing in Secret War News: "U.S. Fliers Raid Germany"
- 15 Synopsis for Sailor Danny: "The Parrot and the Peril"
- 16 Appearing in Sailor Danny: "The Parrot and the Peril"
- 17 Notes
- 18 See Also
- 19 Recommended Reading
- 20 Links and References
Synopsis for Blackhawk: "King Cobra"
Appearing in Blackhawk: "King Cobra"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Nazi Party
- Adolf Hitler
- King Cobra (wears a monocle) (First appearance) (Dies)
- The Rattlesnake Squadron
Other Characters:
- Farmer
- Hausfrau (Dies)
Locations:
- Blackhawk Island
- Germany
- Berchtesgaden
- Black Forest
- Vyberg's Barony
- Ground Batteries at Wormer
Vehicles:
- RAF Hawker fighters (some are destroyed)
- Luftwaffe Messerschmitt fighters (some are destroyed)
- 6 Blackhawk Grumman XF5F Skyrockets
Synopsis for Shot and Shell: "Idiots on Ice"
Shot and Shell crash their plane in the ocean, they're not sure where, but it's way up north. It turns out that they're in German territory, and have to do some escaping, on skis, from a squad of riflemen. They cause enough slapstick commotion that the local German garrison is distracted while a team of Norwegian Patriot Commandos raid the outpost. They hook up with the withdrawing commando team.
Appearing in Shot and Shell: "Idiots on Ice"
Featured Characters:
- Colonel Sam Shot (Final appearance)
- Slim Shell (Final appearance)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Norwegian Patriot Commandos
Locations:
Vehicles:
- airplane (Destroyed)
- Norwegian Patriot Commando Boat
Synopsis for Sniper: "The Flying Battleship"
Appearing in Sniper: "The Flying Battleship"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Luftwaffe
- Captain Hunz (Dies)
- his aviators: Fritz, others (Dies)
Locations:
Vehicles:
- German 6-engine high-altitude long-range "Flying Battleship" aircraft (Destroyed)
- Sniper's fighter plane (lost)
- Formation of Allied Flying Fortresses (Destroyed)
- RAF fighter planes
Synopsis for Private Dogtag: "Orphans From Slovania"
Appearing in Private Dogtag: "Orphans From Slovania"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Sergeant Roarigan
Other Characters:
- Slovanian Orphans
Locations:
- Slovania (Mentioned only)
Synopsis for PT Boat: "Island Incident"
Appearing in PT Boat: "Island Incident"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- PT Squadron Commander (not yet named)
- PT Boat Crew
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Jean, Nurse
- Likota, Chief
- Island Tribe
Locations:
- Pacific Ocean
- Lemmos Group
- Owalli Harbor
- Lemmos Group
Vehicles:
- at least 4 U.S. PT Boats
- Japanese Landing Craft (one destroyed)
- at least 3 U.S. Medium Bombers
Synopsis for Pacific Patrol: "The Sharpshooter"
Appearing in Pacific Patrol: "The Sharpshooter"
Featured Characters:
- Pacific Patrol
- U.S. Marines
- U.S. Civilian Contractor
Antagonists:
Locations:
- Pacific Ocean
- Secret New American Island Base
Vehicles:
- flight of Japanese Dive Bombers (one destroyed)
Synopsis for Secret War News: "U.S. Fliers Raid Germany"
(Nonfiction account of U.S. 8th Air Force's first raid on Nazi Germany)
Appearing in Secret War News: "U.S. Fliers Raid Germany"
Characters:
- Captain Charles C. Kegelman
- his bomber crew: Lt. Dorton, Sgt. Cunningham, Sgt. Golay
- General Dwight Eisenhower (Cameo)
Antagonists:
Locations:
Vehicles:
- 12 U.S. medium bombers
Synopsis for Sailor Danny: "The Parrot and the Peril"
Appearing in Sailor Danny: "The Parrot and the Peril"
Featured Characters:
- Sailor Danny
Notes
- Blackhawk:
- Olaf mentions Tondeleyo, the mysterious woman from Military Comics #14 who sapped the Blackhawks' will to fight, though her name is misspelled "Tondelyo". Then again, Olaf speaks with a pretty thick accent, and that could just be his way of saying "Tondeleyo."
- Blackhawk gets shot down, for the third time.[1] He also crashes. Over the course of his long combat career, Blackhawk survived at least seventeen aircraft crashes.[2] Being a Blackhawk is dangerous.
- King Cobra is not thought to be related to or affiliated with the Communist King Cobra of 1952,[3] nor of the female pirate Cobra of 1948.[4]
- First issue for Fred Guardineer as writer/artist on Pacific Patrol, which now contracts back to one page.
- No claim is made about this story being true.
- First issue for Fred Guardineer as writer/artist on Secret War News, replacing Al McWilliams.
- "This is an actual story based upon inside facts gathered from U.S.N. Information Bureaus."
- Maybe so, but Wikipedia's article on this raid says 6 bombers, vice 12, went on the raid, and that these bombers were borrowed from the RAF. Six bombers went in and three came back, including Capt. Kegelman's plane, which was very badly damaged.
- Last issue for Shot and Shell by Klaus Nordling.
- We are not told how or why Shot and Shell are in the Arctic area, or where they got that airplane that they crash into the Arctic Ocean.
- Sam and Slim are last seen, with their new Norwegian friend, paddling an ice floe, towards a Norwegian patriot guerrilla boat.
- The Sniper still has a secret lair in the Eiffel Tower, first seen Military Comics #14. Before that, he simply roved.
- He also now has a fighter plane, which he keeps hidden, in or very near to Paris. This fighter plane was left atop Captain Hunz's Flying Battleship when it was destroyed.
- Also featured in this issue of Military Comics were:
- Johnny Doughboy by Bernard Dibble
- Blackhawk: "The Hawk and the Dragon" (text story)
See Also
Recommended Reading
- World War II Recommended Reading
- Adventures in the Rifle Brigade (Volume 1)
- Adventures in the Rifle Brigade (Volume 2)
- All-American Men of War (Volume 1)
- All-Out War (Volume 1)
- Blackhawk (Volume 1)
- Blitzkrieg (Volume 1)
- Capt. Storm (Volume 1)
- Four-Star Battle Tales (Volume 1)
- G.I. Combat (Volume 1)
- Men of War (Volume 1)
- Military Comics (Volume 1)
- Our Army at War (Volume 1)
- Our Fighting Forces (Volume 1)
- Sgt. Rock (Volume 1)
- Sgt. Rock (Volume 2)
- Star-Spangled War Stories (Volume 1)
- Unknown Soldier (Volume 1)
- Weird War Tales (Volume 1)
Links and References
- ↑ Military Comics #6, Military Comics #13, Military Comics #19, Military Comics #28, Military Comics #30, Military Comics #33, Blackhawk #9, Military Comics #39, Military Comics #42, Modern Comics #44, Blackhawk #10, Blackhawk #12, Blackhawk #13, Modern Comics #69, Blackhawk #18, Blackhawk #21, Blackhawk #36, Blackhawk #64, Blackhawk #80, Blackhawk #81, Blackhawk #85, Blackhawk #88 May 1955.
- ↑ Military Comics #4, Military Comics #6, Military Comics #13, Military Comics #14, Military Comics #19, Military Comics #33, Blackhawk #9, Military Comics #39, Modern Comics #61, Modern Comics #83, Modern Comics #91, Blackhawk #64, Blackhawk #70, Blackhawk #80, Blackhawk #81, Blackhawk #83, & Blackhawk #88
- ↑ Blackhawk #58
- ↑ Modern Comics #71
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- Everett M. Arnold/Executive Editor
- Reed Crandall/Cover Artist
- William Woolfolk/Writer
- Klaus Nordling/Writer
- Ted Udall/Writer
- Bart Tumey/Writer
- Andre LeBlanc/Penciler
- Fred Guardineer/Writer
- Art Gates/Writer
- Reed Crandall/Penciler
- Reed Crandall/Inker
- John Beardsley/Editor
- Klaus Nordling/Penciler
- Klaus Nordling/Inker
- Vernon Henkel/Penciler
- Vernon Henkel/Inker
- Bart Tumey/Penciler
- Bart Tumey/Inker
- Andre LeBlanc/Inker
- Fred Guardineer/Penciler
- Fred Guardineer/Inker
- Art Gates/Penciler
- Art Gates/Inker
- Slim Shell (Quality Universe)/Quotes
- Blackhawk Squadron (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Andre (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Blackhawk (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Chop Chop (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Charles Wilson (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Hans Hendrickson (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Olaf (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Stanislaus (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Nazi Party/Appearances
- Adolf Hitler (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Baron Vyberg (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Blackhawk Island/Appearances
- Germany/Appearances
- Black Forest/Appearances
- Grumman XF5F Skyrocket/Appearances
- Sam Shot (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Slim Shell (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Arctic Circle/Appearances
- Sniper (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- France/Appearances
- Paris, France/Appearances
- Eiffel Tower/Appearances
- United Kingdom/Appearances
- London/Appearances
- Dogtag (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Perry Tobias (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Paul Harvey (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Imperial Japan/Appearances
- Pacific Ocean/Appearances
- United States Navy/Appearances
- The Netherlands/Appearances
- Secret War News/Appearances
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- Military Comics Vol 1
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