Military Comics #34 is an issue of the series Military Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of November, 1944.
Synopsis for Blackhawk: "Eve Rice"
Appearing in Blackhawk: "Eve Rice"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Eve Rice (First appearance)
Locations:
- Pacific Ocean
- Laguja Island, aka "Shipwreck Island"
- nearby U.S. Naval Base
- Blackhawk Island
Vehicles:
- Blackhawk Grumman XF5F Skyrockets
- Eve Rice's Hawker fighter plane (Destroyed)
- many Mitsubishi fighters and bombers
Synopsis for Death Patrol: "The Japanese Propaganda Lab"
Appearing in Death Patrol: "The Japanese Propaganda Lab"
Featured Characters:
- Death Patrol
- Del Van Dyne
- Boris
- Gramps
- Hank
- King Hotintot
- Yogi
Antagonists:
- Three Japanese Generals
- Loco, Propaganda Scientist (Dies)
Locations:
- Mandated Japanese Islands
- Underground Propaganda Record Laboratory
Vehicles:
- six of Death Patrol's Unique Combat Planes
- Japanese Submarine
Synopsis for The Sniper: "The Rescue of Sgt. Martin"
Appearing in The Sniper: "The Rescue of Sgt. Martin"
Featured Characters:
- The Sniper (Final appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Sniper's Guerrillas
Antagonists:
- Japanese Infantry
- Colonel Sitsu (Dies)
- his many troops (some die)
- Colonel Sitsu (Dies)
Other Characters:
- Sgt. Judy Martin, Air Force Auxiliary
Locations:
Vehicles:
- U.S. 2-engine bomber (Destroyed)
Synopsis for Private Dogtag: "The Sultan of the Desert"
Appearing in Private Dogtag: "The Sultan of the Desert"
Featured Characters:
- Private Dogtag
Antagonists:
- Broadway Pete, as The Sultan
Other Characters:
- Dogtag's Platoon
- Sultan's Harem
- Lowder and Noyser, song writers
Locations:
- Arizona
- Army Base
- Army Base
Synopsis for P.T. Boat: "The Secret of Fan Tan"
Appearing in P.T. Boat: "The Secret of Fan Tan"
Featured Characters:
- Lieutenant Perry Tobias
- Lieutenant Paul Harvey
- their PT Boat crew
Supporting Characters:
- Squadron Commander (still not named)
- MTB Squadron Six
Antagonists:
- Japanese Navy
- Nightclub Owner
Other Characters:
- Patricia Ann Jackson, as Fan Tan, Burmese Dancing Girl
Locations:
- South Pacific Ocean
- Haveing Harbor
- Kinsiang
Vehicles:
- U.S. PT Boats
- Heavy Allied Bombers
- Japanese Surface Warships
Synopsis for Atlantic Patrol: "Sgt. James Raley"
Sgt. Raley survives a collision between two U.S. bombers.
Appearing in Atlantic Patrol: "Sgt. James Raley"
Featured Characters:
- Atlantic Patrol (Final appearance)
- Sgt. James Raley, USMC
Antagonists:
Locations:
Vehicles:
- two B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers (Destroyed)
Synopsis for Secret War News: "Major Richard Bong Is All-Time U.S. Ace"
(nonfiction account of the career of Richard Bong)
Appearing in Secret War News: "Major Richard Bong Is All-Time U.S. Ace"
Featured Characters:
- Major Richard Ira Bong, U.S. Army Air Corps
Antagonists:
Locations:
Vehicles:
- Lockheed P-38 Lightning
- 27 Japanese warplanes (Destroyed)
Notes
- Blackhawk: If they didn't already know it, the Japanese Military now know the secret location of Blackhawk Island, thanks to Eve Rice.
- Death Patrol
- In the 2nd panel of the 2nd page, the villain Loco looks over his shoulder, notices the readers of Military Comics, and breaks the Fourth Wall by announcing that he'll be concealing his plot behind a sound-proof curtain. And in the last panel of the last page, Hank breaks it again, by yelling at Gramps to "Stop showing off for the readers!"
- Jackie is still absent. He was last seen in Military Comics #26.
- P.T. Boat
- Perry Tobias is from Texas, and likes to say so.
- Not only do Tobias and Harvey wear their dress white uniforms in combat, their boat crew does also.
- Secret War News:
- "This is an actual story based upon inside facts gathered from U.S.N. Information Bureaus."
- Last issue for The Sniper by Ted Udall and Vernon Henkel.
- Also featured in this issue of Military Comics were:
- Johnny Doughboy, by Bernard Dibble
- "The Mystic Element" (text story)
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Look at how sad this is making Batman. You did this.
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