Modern Comics Vol 1 44

"Blackhawk: "Duel of Honor"": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.

Blackhawk: "Duel of Honor"
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Modern Comics Vol 1 #44
November, 1945
Publisher	Quality Comics
Executive Editor	Everett M. Arnold
Cover Artists	Al Bryant
Blackhawk: "Duel of Honor"
Pencilers	Al Bryant
Inkers	Al Bryant
Editors	George E. Brenner
Choo Choo and Cherry: "Queen of the Ice Carnival"
Writers	Gill Fox
Pencilers	Gill Fox
Inkers	Gill Fox
Death Patrol: "The Helicopter"
Writers	Al Stahl
Pencilers	Al Stahl
Inkers	Al Stahl
Private Dogtag: "In The Wild West"
Writers	Al Stahl
Pencilers	Al Stahl
Inkers	Al Stahl
Ezra: "The Model Plane Contest"
Writers	Harry Sahle
Pencilers	Harry Sahle
Inkers	Harry Sahle
P.T. Boat: "Fujara Lives"
Editors	George E. Brenner
Previous Issue	Military Comics #43
Next Issue	Modern Comics # 45

You're all under arrest -- And don't give me any arguments!

— Blackhawk

Modern Comics #44 is an issue of the series Modern Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of November, 1945.

Appearing in Blackhawk: "Duel of Honor"

Featured Characters:

• Blackhawk Squadron
  • Andre
  • Blackhawk
  • Chop Chop
  • Chuck Wilson
  • Hans Hendrickson
  • Olaf
  • Stanislaus

Antagonists:

• Marshal Chikara (Dies)
  • his troops (some die)
  • Black Dragon assassin (Dies)
  • two submarine crews (Dies)

Other Characters:

• Jamilese Civilians
• Allied collaborator girl (Dies)
• Allied 4-star General

Locations:

• South Pacific Ocean
  • Jamil Island (tropical)
  • Temporary Blackhawk HQ ("Island 502" on Japanese maps)

Vehicles:

• Blackhawk Grumman XF5F Skyrockets
  • fitted with pontoon landing gear
• Chikara's special fighter plane
• Chikara's two submarines (Destroyed)
• Japanese amphibious barges
• four Russian fighter planes
  

Appearing in Choo Choo and Cherry: "Queen of the Ice Carnival"

Featured Characters:

• Choo Choo LaMoe
• Cherry Lane

Supporting Characters:

• Peter

Antagonists:

• Mr. Blatt

Locations:

• Hollywood
  

Appearing in Death Patrol: "The Helicopter"

Featured Characters:

• Death Patrol
  • Boris
  • Gramps
  • Hank
  • Jackie
  • King Hotintot
  • Yogi

Locations:

• Death Patrol Private Airport

Vehicles:

• Death Patrol's Six Unique Aircraft
  

Appearing in Private Dogtag: "In The Wild West"

Featured Characters:

• Private Dogtag
  

Appearing in Ezra: "The Model Plane Contest"

Featured Characters:

• Ezra Jones

Supporting Characters:

• Myrna
• Rollo
• Drucilla Jackson
• Laura Jackson
• Mr. Jones, Ezra's dad
• Mr.Jackson
  

Synopsis for P.T. Boat: "Fujara Lives"

Ex-Minister Fujara has survived the massacre of his Suicide Fleet but is adrift in a rubber raft, until one of his destroyers, returning from a supply mission and loaded to the gunwales with high explosives, finds him. Clearly this is the handiwork of destiny; they will make one final strike at the Yankee dogs by sailing this ship into the U.S. PT Boat base and crashing it directly into the main quay. The resulting detonation will render the entire base useless.

En route to the U.S. base, Fujara is intercepted by a PT Boat, piloted by Perry Tobias and Paul Harvey. In a brief battle, the torpedo boat is destroyed, Harvey is wounded, and both American officers are captured onto the Japanese destroyer. Fujara demands that Lt. Tobias should pilot the warship thru the base's defensive minefield; Tobias refuses, and is locked in the brig. As soon as he is unobserved, Paul Harvey escapes from the ship's sick bay and makes his way to the brig, frees Tobias, then starts a fire in the hold among the densely-packed explosives. Paul and Perry then visit the wheelhouse and take it over, steering the speeding destroyer away from the harbor entrance and onto the nearby reefs. Harvey and Tobias dive to safety just before the destroyer explodes.

Appearing in P.T. Boat: "Fujara Lives"

Featured Characters:

• Lieutenant Perry Tobias
• Lieutenant Paul Harvey

Supporting Characters:

• Commander Platt, Squadron Commander
  • MTB Squadron Six
  • PT Crewmen (some die)

Antagonists:

• Minister Fujara (Apparent Death)
  • sole surviving destroyer crew, of his "Suicide Fleet" (Dies)

Locations:

• South Pacific Ocean
  • old MTB-6 Base
  • new MTB-6 Base (Mentioned only)

Vehicles:

• Fujara's final Destroyer (Destroyed)
• Lt.s Tobias & Havey's PT Boat (damaged)
• at least 3 other PT Boats

Notes

• Published by Comic Magazines.
• First issue of Modern Comics "Formerly Military Comics"
• Blackhawk:
  • The war is not yet quite over.
  • Two more enemy submarines are sunk with all hands.
  • Blackhawk gets shot down for the tenth time, out of a lifetime total of twenty-two times.
  • Blackhawk is head-konked, for the seventh time, with a rock, and falls down but does not black out. Being a Blackhawk is dangerous.
  • The rescuing Allied fighter planes at this story's end have Russian-style "Red Star" insignia.
• Death Patrol:
  • Yogi returns. He was last seen in Military Comics #39.
  • Del Van Dyne is still absent. He was last seen in Military Comics #41.
• PT Boat: This is Fujara's fifth and final appearance. He again is not seen to be killed, but is aboard the Japanese destroyer when it explodes.
• Also featured in this issue of Modern Comics were:
  • Johnny Doughboy by Bernard Dibble
  • "Stars with Stripes" (text story)

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Modern Comics series

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