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Military Comics #23 is an issue of the series Military Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 1943.
Synopsis for Blackhawk: "King Kono"
Appearing in Blackhawk: "King Kono"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Mike "King" Kono (Single appearance; dies)
- Derk (Dies)
- Unga the Witch Doctor (Dies)
- Jivaro headhunters (some die)
- Togo, Japanese soldier
- Hiro, Japanese soldier
- more Japanese soldiers (some die)
Other Characters:
- Colonel Cloud, U.S. Garrison
- Davison, sculptor
Locations:
Vehicles:
- Blackhawk Grumman XF5F Skyrockets
Synopsis for The Sniper: "Rescue On Kaifu Island"
Appearing in The Sniper: "Rescue On Kaifu Island"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Paul Hammond
- U.S. forces
Locations:
Synopsis for Death Patrol: "Jackie's Mine Detector"
Appearing in Death Patrol: "Jackie's Mine Detector"
Featured Characters
- Death Patrol
- Del Van Dyne
- Boris
- Frere Jacques, the Patchwork Kid
- Gramps
- Hank
- King Hotintot
- Yogi
Antagonists:
Locations:
- Pacific Ocean
- Bismark Sea
Items:
- Jackie's Mine Detector
Vehicles:
- Death Patrol self-designed home-built fighter planes
- Japanese Submarine Aircraft Carrier (captured)
Synopsis for Private Dogtag: "Garlimburger Gas"
Appearing in Private Dogtag: "Garlimburger Gas"
Featured Characters:
Synopsis for P.T. Boat: "The Desertion of Lieutenant-Commander Harvey"
Appearing in P.T. Boat: "The Desertion of Lieutenant-Commander Harvey"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- MTB Squadron Eight
- PT Squadron Commander (not yet named)
- Harvey & Tobias's PT Boat Crew (most or all die)
- other PT Boat Crews (some die)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- LCDR James Harvey, Paul's father
- Admiral Whaley, Paul's father's accuser (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- South Pacific Ocean
- Laeki Island, occupied
- Java Sea (Flashback only)
- Midway (Flashback only)
- Solomon Islands (Flashback only)
Vehicles:
- squadron of U.S. PT Boats (some destroyed)
- several Japanese Fake Fishing Junks (some destroyed)
- U.S. Battleship
Synopsis for Atlantic Patrol: "The Dry Martini"
Appearing in Atlantic Patrol: "The Dry Martini"
Featured Characters:
- Atlantic Patrol
- Captain Allen V. Martini, bomber pilot
- his bomber crew
Locations:
Vehicles:
- B-17 Flying Fortress, the "Dry Martini"
- large force of Messerschmitt interceptors (ten destroyed)
Synopsis for Sailor Danny: "The Parrot and the Spies"
Appearing in Sailor Danny: "The Parrot and the Spies"
Featured Characters:
- Sailor Danny (Final appearance)
Synopsis for Secret War News: "Yank Ace Downs 26 Jap Planes"
(Nonfiction account of the air war over the Solomon Islands, in October 1942)
Appearing in Secret War News: "Yank Ace Downs 26 Jap Planes"
Featured Characters:
- Captain Joe Foss, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve
Antagonists:
Locations:
Vehicles:
- USMC Grumman F4F Wildcats (series, some destroyed)
- Japanese aircraft (many destroyed)
- USN Consolidated PBY Flying Boat
- USAAF Lockheed P-38 Lightnings
Notes
- Published by Comic Magazines.
- Atlantic Patrol
- Capt. Allen V. Martini was a real person, but has no Wikipedia page.
- Death Patrol
- Frere Jacques, the Patchwork Kid, joined in Military Comics #7, was absent when the team re-appeared in Military Comics #20, and now returns, in mid-continued-story, without explanation.
- After last issue's absence, Gramps now reappears, in mid-continued-story, without explanation.
- PT Boat
- Lieutenants Tobias and Harvey are now attached to MTB Squadron Eight; they formerly were with Squadron Six.
- Again no hull number is visible on their PT Boat, which gets destroyed.
- At this story's end both Paul and Perry are hospitalized, but in good spirits.
- Last issue for Sailor Danny by Sid Lazarus and Robin King.
- Secret War News
- "This is an actual story based upon inside facts gathered from U.S.N. Information Bureaus."
- Joe Foss was shot down once, and hospitalized once, and returned to combat afterward.
- Also appearing in this issue of Military Comics were:
- Johnny Doughboy by Bernard Dibble
- "Sparkling Death" (text story)
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