They never hit me! I knew you'd be all right, once you got the feel of a boat under your hands again! So I faked that little act! Was I good? 
Military Comics #28 is an issue of the series Military Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 1944.
Contents
- 1 Appearing in Blackhawk: "Dungeon of Doom"
- 2 Synopsis for Blackhawk: "Dungeon of Doom"
- 3 Appearing in Death Patrol: "The Floating Island"
- 4 Synopsis for Death Patrol: "The Floating Island"
- 5 Appearing in Sniper: "The Valley of Death"
- 6 Synopsis for Sniper: "The Valley of Death"
- 7 Appearing in Private Dogtag: "The Courage Serum"
- 8 Synopsis for Private Dogtag: "The Courage Serum"
- 9 Appearing in PT Boat: "This is a Story of Courage"
- 10 Synopsis for PT Boat: "This is a Story of Courage"
- 11 Appearing in Pacific Patrol: "The Bombing of Paramushiro"
- 12 Synopsis for Pacific Patrol: "The Bombing of Paramushiro"
- 13 Appearing in Secret War News: "The Rise and Fall of Mussolini"
- 14 Synopsis for Secret War News: "The Rise and Fall of Mussolini"
- 15 Notes
- 16 Trivia
- 17 See Also
- 18 Recommended Reading
- 19 Links and References
Appearing in Blackhawk: "Dungeon of Doom"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Old Man of the Dungeon (Dies)
Locations:
- Blackhawk Island
- Kobe, Japan
- Dungeon of Doom
Items:
- unnamed prisoner's box of super strength pills
Vehicles:
- six Blackhawk Grumman XF5F Skyrockets (1 is destroyed)
- Japanese Zero fighter planes (4 are destroyed)
Synopsis for Blackhawk: "Dungeon of Doom"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in Death Patrol: "The Floating Island"
Featured Characters:
- Death Patrol
- Del Van Dyne
- Boris
- Gramps
- Hank
- King Hotintot
- Yogi
Villains:
Other Characters
- FDR (Cameo)
Locations:
Vehicles:
- Death Patrol's unique compact warplanes
- Japanese Floating Island
Synopsis for Death Patrol: "The Floating Island"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in Sniper: "The Valley of Death"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- his band of Guerrillas
Antagonists:
- Black Dragon Society (Behind the scenes)
- Suratai, Chief Assassin (Apparent Death)
- his troops (most or all die)
- Suratai, Chief Assassin (Apparent Death)
Other Characters:
- American Flier (Dies)
Locations:
- Philippines
- Sniper's Retreat, remote crag
- Burzai, on the path to the Valley
- Valley of Death, between two sheer cliffs
- camouflaged factory building
Items:
- Japanese Gas
Vehicles:
- Japanese light bomber
Synopsis for Sniper: "The Valley of Death"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in Private Dogtag: "The Courage Serum"
Featured Characters:
Synopsis for Private Dogtag: "The Courage Serum"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in PT Boat: "This is a Story of Courage"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- MTB Squadron Six
- PT Squadron Commander (not yet named)
Antagonists:
- Japanese Military
- Solomon Ish (Dies)
Locations:
- South Pacific Ocean
- U.S. Naval Base
- Hospital
- MTB-6 base
- Rejavi Island
- Kybar Island
- U.S. Naval Base
Vehicles:
- U.S. PT Boats (some destroyed)
- Solomon Ish's fleet of small freighters (many destroyed)
- Japanese Cruiser (damaged or destroyed)
Synopsis for PT Boat: "This is a Story of Courage"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in Pacific Patrol: "The Bombing of Paramushiro"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
Locations:
- Northern Pacific Ocean
Vehicles:
- U.S. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers
- U.S. B-25 Mitchell medium bombers (10 total bombers lost)
- Japanese Zero interceptors (10 destroyed)
Synopsis for Pacific Patrol: "The Bombing of Paramushiro"
(nonfiction account of a bombing raid in the Kurile Islands)
Appearing in Secret War News: "The Rise and Fall of Mussolini"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Adolf Hitler
Antagonists:
- King Victor Emmanuel
- Marshal Pietro Badoglio
- General Molinero
- Allied Armed Forces
- German Armed Forces
Locations:
Synopsis for Secret War News: "The Rise and Fall of Mussolini"
(nonfiction account of the career of Benito Mussolini)
Notes
- Blackhawk:
- One of the Grumman XF5F Skyrockets is now equipped with a rear turret, where Chop Chop mans the heavy machine gun. This modification is not seen again afterward.
- Blackhawk gets shot down, for at least the fourth time.[1]
- Blackhawk speaks Japanese.
- Blackhawk is out of action for several weeks, while he recuperates from his torture ordeal, after the mystery prisoner's super strength drug wears off. Being a Blackhawk is dangerous.
- Death Patrol
- Hank, who was absent from last issue, is present in this one. Jackie is still missing.
- PT Boat
- Perry is still an Ensign and Paul is still a Lieutenant
- Paul is hospitalized again.
- Secret War News
- "This is an actual story based upon inside facts gathered from U.S.N. Information Bureaus."
- At this story's end, Mussolini is still alive but under arrest.
- The Sniper :
- Suratai makes his third appearance. No other adversary of the Sniper has even made a second.
- He apparently dies at the end of this story, but the closing blurb raises the question of his return. He is last seen, alive and at large, in a canyon which is then flooded with poison gas.
- Also featured in this issue of Military Comics were:
- Johnny Doughboy by Bernard Dibble
- "Heart of a Correspondent" (text story)
Trivia
- Jack Cole signs his Death Patrol art as "Jack Cole." Last issue he signed it as "Ralph Johns."
See Also
Recommended Reading
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.
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