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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published Winter 1944-1945
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Notes Cover colors credits from Greg Theakston, via the GCD Error List (5 April 2008)

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Jan; Alfy; Andre
Genre war; children
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Joe Simon (signed)
Colors Jack Kirby
Notes Cover colors credits from Greg Theakston, via the GCD Error List (5 April 2008)

12 page Boy Commandos story "Assignment in Arrawa Atol"

Characters Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Jan; Alfy; Andre; Captain Takato
Genre war; children
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Louis Cazeneuve [ghosting for Jack Kirby]
Inks Louis Cazeneuve ?

2 page Grandpa Peters filler "The Magic Kite"

Characters Granda Peters; Lefty Peters; Grandma
Genre children
Script Tom McNamara
Pencils Tom McNamara
Inks Tom McNamara

12 page Boy Commandos story "A Tale of Sherwood Forest"

Characters Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Jan; Alfy; Andre; Robin Hood; Sir Gobble; Sir Voiman; The Black Knight; Princess Ellen
Synopsis Brooklyn retells the story of Robin Hood his way.
Genre war; children
Pencils Louis Cazeneuve [ghosting for Jack Kirby]
Inks Louis Cazeneuve ?

1 page Major Muffit story "He's Always Got Another New Code In His Head"

Characters Major Muffit
Genre humor
Script Jack Farr
Pencils Jack Farr
Inks Jack Farr
Letters Jack Farr

2 page text story "Return to the Sky"

Script Joseph Greene
Letters typeset

12 page Boy Commandos story "The Man Who Laughed At Horror"

Characters Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Jan; Alfy; Andre; Hans Von Mutter
Synopsis Han Von Mutter is an old crazy man living in a village in Holland. The other villagers think he's a witch. But maybe he's a Nazi spy instead.
Genre children; war
Script Joe Greene ?
Pencils Louis Cazeneuve [ghosting for Jack Kirby]
Inks Louis Cazeneuve ?

2 page Jitters Jeep filler "Bendin' Elbow Creek"

Characters Jitters
Genre war; humor
Script Jack Farr
Pencils Jack Farr
Inks Jack Farr