Issue Details

Issue	#3
Published	October 1941
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Will Eisner

Cover Details

Genre	adventure; war
Pencils	Chuck Cuidera
Inks	Chuck Cuidera

11 page Blackhawk story "The Doomed Battalion"

Characters	Chop-Chop (first appearance; joins the Blackhawks); Andre (apparently dies)
Genre	adventure; war
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Chuck Cuidera
Inks	Chuck Cuidera

6 page Blue Tracer story "Battle Near the Burma Road"

Genre	war; aviation
Script	Fred Guardineer
Pencils	Fred Guardineer
Inks	Fred Guardineer

6 page Loops and Banks story "Light In the Fog"

Genre	aviation
Script	Bob Powell
Pencils	Bob Powell (Bud Ernest)
Inks	Bob Powell

1 page Sabotage story

Genre	Gags
Script	Tex Blaisdell; Lake French
Pencils	Tex Blaisdell; Lake French
Inks	Tex Blaisdell; Lake French

8 page Secret War News story "School Children Defeat Hitler"

Synopsis	True story of King Peter of Yugoslavia.
Genre	war; true
Script	Al McWilliams
Pencils	Al McWilliams
Inks	Al McWilliams

8 page Yankee Eagle story "The Noah's Ark Destroyer"

Genre	adventure
Pencils	John Stewart
Inks	John Stewart

4 page Shot and Shell story "The City of Stranded Men"

Characters	Adolf Hitler (villain)
Genre	aviation
Script	Klaus Nordling
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Klaus Nordling

6 page Miss America story "The Forged Defense Bonds"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Tom Hickey
Inks	Tom Hickey

2 page text story "Blackout"

Script	Tex Blaisdell
Letters	typeset
Notes	true story; Award For Youth Bravery

6 page Archie Atkins story "Battle At Benghazi"

Genre	war
Pencils	Harry Campbell?
Notes	last appearance

6 page Death Patrol story "The Stratosphere Bombs"

Characters	Death Patrol [Gramps; Slick; Del; Hank; Butch]; Zazzy (first appearance; joins the Death Patrol); Slick (death); Emil
Synopsis	Death Patrol is called in to discover how bombs are falling on london when no planes are visible. During their mission one of them are killed.
Genre	War; Aviation; Humor
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole
Inks	Jack Cole
Reprinted	in Golden-Age Men of Mystery (AC, 1996 series) #12 (1999) [reprint title: "[Five escaped convicts and airlines pilot Del Van Dyne...]", in black and white]