Issue Details

Issue	#12
Published	October 1942
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Will Eisner

Cover Details

Genre	adventure; war
Pencils	Reed Crandall
Inks	Reed Crandall

11 page Blackhawk story "The Curse of Xanukhara"

Characters	Xanukhara (first appearance; villain; next app. in #29); The "Briefcase Bearer" (first appearance; an unknown bearded narrator; next app. in #29)
Genre	adventure; war
Script	Dick French
Pencils	Reed Crandall
Inks	Reed Crandall
Notes	title from cover

6 page Sniper story "The Trial of Count Grubber"

Genre	war; adventure
Script	Ted Udall

4 page Shot and Shell story "Fruitcakes In France"

Genre	aviation
Script	Klaus Nordling
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Klaus Nordling

6 page Loops and Banks story "The Mess In Tokyo"

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

5 page X of the Underground story "The Gestapo's Costume Ball"

Genre	spy
Pencils	Bob Hebboa?
Inks	Bob Hebboa?

8 page Phantom Clipper story "The Mikado's Fishing Trip"

Characters	Hirohito (villain)
Genre	war; navy
Pencils	Fred Kida
Inks	Fred Kida

2 page Inferior Man story "Torpedo Tussle"

Characters	Inferior Man
Synopsis	Inferior Man joins the Navy.
Script	Al Jaffee
Pencils	Al Jaffee
Inks	Al Jaffee

5 page Death Patrol story "Deathtrap For the Death Patrol"

Characters	Death Patrol; Adolf Hitler (villain); Gramps (returns from the "dead"); Hank (returns from the "dead"); Hottentot (returns from the "dead")
Genre	war; aviation; humor
Script	Dave Berg
Pencils	Dave Berg
Inks	Dave Berg
Notes	Gramps, Hank, and Hottentot next app. in #20.

2 page text story "Death To the Killer!"

Letters

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6 page Blue Tracer story "The Thing"

Characters	The Thing (first appearance; villain; death; a robot); Hirohito (villain)
Genre	war; aviation
Script	Fred Guardineer
Pencils	Fred Guardineer
Inks	Fred Guardineer

8 page Secret War News story "Saga of the U.S.S. Marblehead"

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

1 page Atlantic Patrol story "Navy Blimp K-5"

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