Issue: #5
Published: December 1941, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 4.
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| Comic Story (11 pages) |
Scavengers of Doom |
| Synopsis: |
In the ravages of war, it's inevitable that jackals of war, called the Scavengers, would murder, torture helpless victims, and ghoulishly hunt and rob the dead. Ironically, it's the Nazis who succeed in capturing them, but then vow to spare their lives if they can capture the Blackhawks! |
| Genre: |
Adventure War |
| Characters: |
The Scavengers [Garle, And Many Others] (villains, Introduction, Some Die) Red Laura (villain, Introduction) Unnamed Nazi General (villain, Death) Nazis (villains, Some Die) |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Enter the Sniper |
| Synopsis: |
Aided by a local girl in Austria, the Sniper ambushes a group of Gestapo officers, all of whom he outwits and kills. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: ? (see notes) | Inks: ? (see notes) |
| Genre: |
Adventure War |
| Characters: |
Paula Stone The Gestapo (villains, All Die) |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
Cutting out of the Concentration Camp |
| Genre: |
Aviation |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
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| Synopsis: |
While on a boat ride, Joan stumbles across a submarine. Then, while investigating a nearby house, she discovers fifth columnists and is ambushed by a brute. |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Tim Healy |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Prisoners Who Didn't Want to Be Rescued |
| Synopsis: |
King Hotentot, whose African kingdom was invaded by the Axis powers, has joined to assist England. The Patrol members, now flying small, snub-nosed, colorfully painted aircraft, lose member Zazzy, who dies while rescuing undercover agents. |
| Genre: |
Humor Aviation War |
| Characters: |
Nazis (villains) |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
The Mary Lee II |
| Synopsis: |
Jerry and his furred and feathered friends expose an enemy submarine prowling the waters off the northeast United States. |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Herman Himnet Lieutenant Gottschalk |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Ghost Ship |
| Synopsis: |
Dunn comes across the sunken hull of the S.S. Athenia, and uses the Blue Tracer to push it back to the surface to terrorize the Nazis into releasing their British prisoners. |
| Genre: |
Aviation War |
| Characters: |
Lola Thomas Nazis (villains) |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Seven Dragons Cafe |
| Synopsis: |
While on shore leave in Shanghai, Loops is kidnapped by Japanese forces with the help of a nightclub hostess. Banks has to enlist the help of a rival Naval lieutenant to save his pal. |
| Genre: |
Aviation |
| Characters: |
Sum Toy Lieutenant Williams |
| Text Article (2 pages) |
On Silent Wings |
| Synopsis: |
The story of the heroism of teenager Floyd James Cravath. |
| Credits: |
Colours: ? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (9 pages) |
Floating Death |
| Synopsis: |
The British Navy confronts Nazi torpedo boats on the English shore. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction War |
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