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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published March 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Will Eisner

Cover Details

Genre adventure; war
Pencils Chuck Cuidera
Inks Chuck Cuidera

10 page Blackhawk story "The Sunken Island of Death"

Genre adventure; war
Script Dick French
Pencils Chuck Cuidera
Inks Chuck Cuidera
Notes title from cover

1 page text article "The Song of the Blackhawks"

Script Dick French
Notes lyrics and music to Blackhawk's theme song

6 page Blue Tracer story "The Drums of Doom"

Characters Gen. Von Blutt (first appearance; villain)
Genre war; aviation
Script Fred Guardineer
Pencils Fred Guardineer
Inks Fred Guardineer

6 page Loops and Banks story "Maria and the Spies"

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

5 page X of the Underground story "Introducing X"

Characters X (first appearance; a female spy)
Genre spy
Script Vernon Henkel
Pencils Vernon Henkel
Inks Vernon Henkel

4 page Shot and Shell story "Two Nuts In Norway"

Genre aviation
Script Klaus Nordling
Pencils Klaus Nordling
Inks Klaus Nordling

8 page Yankee Eagle story "The Blonde Torch Singer"

Genre adventure
Pencils John Stewart
Inks John Stewart
Notes last appearance

6 page Sniper story "The Story of Pierre Raval"

Genre war; adventure
Script Ted Udall
Pencils Bernard Klein
Inks Bernard Klein
Notes cover title erroneous, as no "Bull From Berlin" appears in this story.

2 page Inferior Man story "The Stolen Tractor Cannon"

Script Al Jaffee
Pencils Al Jaffee
Inks Al Jaffee

5 page Death Patrol story "Imposter!"

Characters Adolf Hitler (villain); Hermann Goering (villain); Mademoiselle From Armentiers (first appearance; joins the Death Patrol)
Genre war; aviation; humor
Script Dave Berg
Pencils Dave Berg
Inks Dave Berg

2 page text story "Cleansed By Fire"

Letters typeset

8 page Secret War News story "Nazi Terror"

Genre war; true
Script Al McWilliams
Pencils Al McWilliams
Inks Al McWilliams
Notes true story

1 page Atlantic Patrol story "Pilot's Sacrifice"

Genre war; navy
Script Al McWilliams
Pencils Al McWilliams
Inks Al McWilliams