The fuse is lit! Let's travel!
Modern Comics #46 is an issue of the series Modern Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of February, 1946.
Appearing in Blackhawk: "The Liberation of Sai Fan"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Prime Minister Tojo (Cameo)
- Renegade Japanese Soldiers (Many die; few escape.)
Other Characters:
- Mountain People of Sai Fan
- Tula, mountain defense commander
Locations:
Vehicles:
- Blackhawk Grumman XF5F Skyrockets
Synopsis for Blackhawk: "The Liberation of Sai Fan"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in Choo Choo: "Neanderthal Statue"
Featured Characters:
- Choo Choo LaMoe
Supporting Characters:
- Cherry Lane
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
Locations:
Synopsis for Choo Choo: "Neanderthal Statue"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in Death Patrol: "Five Bad Boys"
Featured Characters:
- Death Patrol
- Boris
- Hank
- King Hotintot
- Yogi
Antagonists:
- Five Bad Boys: Joe, 4 others
Other Characters:
- Judge
Locations:
- Juvenile Court
- Death Patrol Private Airport
Vehicles:
- Death Patrol's Five Unique Aircraft
Synopsis for Death Patrol: "Five Bad Boys"
The Death Patrol adopt five juvenile delinquents.
Appearing in Private Dogtag: "Private Tate"
Featured Characters:
Synopsis for Private Dogtag: "Private Tate"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in Ezra: "The Dog Washer"
Featured Characters:
- Ezra Jones
Supporting Characters:
- Rollo
- Mr. Daniels
- Myrna
Synopsis for Ezra: "The Dog Washer"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in P.T. Boat: "The Steel Fortress of Mawuino Island"
Featured Characters:
- Lieutenant Perry Tobias (Final appearance)
- Lieutenant Paul Harvey (Final appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Commander Platt, Squadron Commander
- MTB Squadron Six
- Tobias & Harvey's PT Crew
Antagonists:
- Japanese Armed Forces
- Commander Nguio (Dies)
- Fortress Garrison (All die.)
- Commander Nguio (Dies)
Other Characters:
- cute Native girl
Locations:
- Pacific Ocean
- Mawuino Island
- Steel Fortress (Destroyed)
- Mawuino Island
Vehicles:
- P.T. Boats (One destroyed.)
- U.S. Supply Ship (Destroyed)
Synopsis for P.T. Boat: "The Steel Fortress of Mawuino Island"
A floating steel fortress is all that remains of the Japanese defenses of Mawuino Island, but the artillery aboard it still prevents U.S. use of the captured harbor, and they're not at all ready to quit. Shore-based U.S. artillery is brought to bear, and MTB Squadron Six is sent in. That attack fails; at least one P.T. Boat is lost, a crucial supply ship is sunk. Three infantry assaults have also failed.
Tobias and Harvey load their boat with twenty drums of oil, and one night, with engines cut, they drift into position alongside the floating fort. The crew quickly and quietly unloads the drums onto the fort, and Perry finds a way into the fort, but sets off an alarm. After a little bit of fist-fighting and pistol-shooting, Tobias gets the fuse rigged, then he and Harvey and the P.T. crew escape. The fortress is destroyed.
Notes
- In Blackhawk, WWII either is ending or has just ended.
- Enemy soldiers are called "Japanese Renegades."
- Hideki Tojo appears in the third panel of the final page to declare "Final defeat for all Japanese!"
- Death Patrol:
- Del Van Dyne is still absent. He was last seen in Military Comics #41.
- Five of the D.P.'s planes are seen, but only Boris, Hank, Hotintot, and Yogi are visible in the story.
- Last issue for P.T. Boat. Almost none of the stories in this series ran with writer or artist credits.
- Also featured in this issue of Modern Comics were:
- Johnny Doughboy, by Bernard Dibble
- "Mountains of Glass, Part 1" (text story)
Trivia
- No trivia.
See Also
- Discuss Modern Comics Vol 1 46 on the forums
- Cover gallery for the Modern Comics series
- Images from Modern Comics Vol 1 46
Recommended Reading
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