Military Comics Vol 1 32

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Blackhawk: "Back From the Dead"
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Military Comics Vol 1 #32
September, 1944
Publisher	Quality Comics
Executive Editor	Everett M. Arnold
Cover Artists	Al Bryant
Blackhawk: "Back From the Dead"
Writers	M.W. Wellman
Pencilers	Mort Leav
Editors	George E. Brenner
Death Patrol: "Hirohito's Birthday"
Writers	Al Stahl
Pencilers	Al Stahl
Inkers	Al Stahl
Sniper: "Suratai"
Writers	Ted Udall
Pencilers	Vernon Henkel
Inkers	Vernon Henkel
Private Dogtag: "General De Livry's Mission To China"
Writers	Bart Tumey
Pencilers	Bart Tumey
Inkers	Bart Tumey
P.T. Boat: "First Come--First Served"
Writers	M.W. Wellman
Pacific Patrol: "James Cook's One-Man Raid on Rabaul"
Writers	M.W. Wellman
Pencilers	Bill Quackenbush
Inkers	Bill Quackenbush
Secret War News: "An American Fights Back In Burma"
Writers	Fred Guardineer
Pencilers	Fred Guardineer
Inkers	Fred Guardineer
Previous Issue	Military Comics # 31
Next Issue	Military Comics # 33

Military Comics #32 is an issue of the series Military Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1944.

Appearing in Blackhawk: "Back From the Dead"

Featured Characters:

• Blackhawk Squadron
  • Blackhawk
  • Chop Chop
  • Hans Hendrickson
  • Olaf
  • Stanislaus (believed to be dead)
  • Andre
  • Chuck Wilson

Antagonists:

• Captain Hitsu (Dies)
  • his Suicide Squadron: Ito, Sati, Koga, Ushi, others (most die)

Other Characters:

• Captain Al Stone, Medical Corps
  • Pete, his hero dog (Dies)

Locations:

• South Pacific Ocean
  • Secret suicide Squadron Base
  • Parento
  • Zeppelin Wreckage Site

Vehicles:

• Blackhawk Grumman XF5F Skyrockets
  

Appearing in Death Patrol: "Hirohito's Birthday"

Featured Characters:

• Death Patrol
  • Del Van Dyne
  • Boris
  • Gramps
  • Hank
  • King Hotintot
  • Yogi

Antagonists:

• Emperor Hirohito
  • minions and flunkies
    • many many troops

Locations:

• Pacific Ocean
• Secret Death Patrol Airbase
• Tokyo

Items:

• Japanese Boomerang Cannon
• Hirohito's Birthday Cake

Vehicles:

• Death Patrol's Unique Combat Planes
  

Appearing in Sniper: "Suratai"

Featured Characters:

• The Sniper

Supporting Characters:

• Sniper's Guerrillas

Antagonists:

• Japanese Military
  • Suratai the Slaver
    • his orderly, Katsu (Dies)
    • his ex-convict detachment (some die)

Locations:

• Pacific Theater
  

Appearing in Private Dogtag: "General De Livry's Mission To China"

Featured Characters:

• Private Dogtag

Antagonists:

• Major No Hara
  • his spies and assassins

Other Characters:

• General De Livry, Military Diplomat
• General Wun Shu, Guerrilla Leader
• Chinese Mob

Locations:

• North China
  • Guerilla Mountain Camp
  • Hu Pee
  • Two Sens Hotel

Items:

• Dogtag's Knowledge Exchange Machine
  

Appearing in P.T. Boat: "First Come--First Served"

Featured Characters:

• Lieutenant Perry Tobias
• Lieutenant Paul Harvey

Supporting Characters:

• MTB Squadron Six

Antagonists:

• Japanese Navy

Other Characters:

• Killer Kane (Dies)
  • Gringo, hench (Dies)
• Captain of "Alexander Robbins" (Dies)
  • Crew of "Alexander Robbins" (Dies)

Locations:

• San Francisco
• South Pacific Ocean

Vehicles:

• Cargo Ship "Alexander Robbins" (Destroyed)
• Japanese Submarine
• U.S. PT Boats (one is destroyed)
  

Appearing in Pacific Patrol: "James Cook's One-Man Raid on Rabaul"

Featured Characters:

• Lieutenant James Cook

Supporting Characters:

• Pacific Patrol

Antagonists:

• Japanese Military

Locations:

• South Pacific Ocean
  • Rabaul

Vehicles:

• North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber
  

Appearing in Secret War News: "An American Fights Back In Burma"

Featured Characters:

• Corporal Warner Katz (Apparent Death)

Other Characters:

• Lieutenant-General Joseph W. Stillwell
• Julius Katz

Antagonists:

• Japanese Infantry

Locations:

• Burma

Notes

• Blackhawk:
  • Stanislaus's vision is restored surgically, with corneas transplanted from a dog.
  • Japanese reconnaissance planes have earlier mapped the location of the newest Blackhawk base. However there is a decoy airfield, elsewhere on Blackhawk Island, with the real base very well camouflaged.
• First issue for Al Stahl as writer/artist on Death Patrol.
• Private Dogtag invents a machine that enables him to understand and speak Chinese. After this story, it is never mentioned again.
• P.T. Boat:
  • The third page of this story has no connection to anybody or anything else in this story, and takes place in Burma.
  • As usual, Lieutenants Tobias and Harvey seem to be the entire crew of their PT Boat, and as usual, they wear their dress white uniforms into combat.
• Last issue for Fred Guardineer art and story on Secret War News.
  • One page of this story appears twice, both in and out of sequence, here and in the P.T. Boat story.
• Also appearing in this issue of Military Comics were:
  • "Trapped-- by Snow" (text story)
  • Johnny Doughboy: "Air Raid" by Bernard Dibble

Trivia

• Del Van Dyne and Emperor Hirohito have the same birthday.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Military Comics series

Links and References

• Military Comics #32, Sep 1944

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