Issue Details

Issue	#16
Published	February 1943
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	John Beardsley

Cover Details

Genre	adventure; war
Pencils	Reed Crandall
Inks	Bill Ward

15 page Blackhawk story "Blackhawk Vs. the Fox"

Characters	Hans Haupt [the Fox] (first appearance; villain)
Genre	adventure; war
Script	Bill Woolfolk
Pencils	Reed Crandall
Inks	Bill Ward
Notes	inker identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr 28/2/2009

1 page Johnny Doughboy story

Genre	Gags
Script	Bernard Dibble
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble

10 page Sniper story "Stalemate!"

Characters	Temket (first appearance)
Genre	war; adventure
Script	Ted Udall
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

5 page Blue Tracer story "The U-1"

Genre	war; aviation
Script	Fred Guardineer
Pencils	Fred Guardineer
Inks	Fred Guardineer
Notes	last appearance

8 page Phantom Clipper story "The Ghost Subs"

Characters	Phantom Clipper (last appearance); Baron Von Volf (first appearance; villain; death); Commodore Carl Von Kirpitz (first appearance; villain; death); Capt. Manfred Steidler (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	war; navy
Pencils	Andre LeBlanc
Inks	Andre LeBlanc
Notes	art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr 28/2/2009

1 page Pacific Patrol story "The Airacobras"

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

9 page Private Dogtag story "The Three Granites"

Characters	Felix Hamburger (first appearance; villain)
Genre	humor
Script	Bart Tumey
Pencils	Bart Tumey
Inks	Bart Tumey

2 page text story "Down To Earth"

Letters

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4 page Shot and Shell story "The Pasha and the Tax Problem"

Genre	aviation
Script	Klaus Nordling
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Klaus Nordling

7 page Secret War News story "Convoy Attack"

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