Issue Details

Issue	#17
Published	March 1943
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	John Beardsley

Cover Details

Genre	adventure; war
Pencils	Reed Crandall
Inks	Reed Crandall

15 page Blackhawk story "The Golden Bell of Soong-Toy"

Characters	The Golden Bell [Soong Toy; aka Yoshi Wara] (first appearance; death)
Genre	adventure; war
Script	Bill Woolfolk
Pencils	Reed Crandall
Inks	Reed Crandall
Notes	Chuck is revealed as a TEXAN!

1 page Johnny Doughboy story

Genre	Gags
Script	Bernard Dibble
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble

10 page Sniper story "The Prisoners of the Black Castle"

Characters	Gen. Von Drac (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	war; adventure
Script	Ted Udall
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

9 page Private Dogtag story "Carlotta Carloada"

Characters	Countess De Virt (first appearance; villain); Cecil (first appearance)
Genre	humor
Script	Bart Tumey
Pencils	Bart Tumey
Inks	Bart Tumey

4 page Shot and Shell story "Morons On Madagascar"

Genre	aviation
Script	Klaus Nordling
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Klaus Nordling

9 page P.T. Boat story "First Mission"

Characters	Ens. Paul Harvey (first appearance); Ens. Peter Tobias (first appearance)
Genre	war; navy
Pencils	Andre LeBlanc
Inks	Andre LeBlanc

1 page Atlantic Patrol story "Anti-Submarine Patrol"

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

2 page text story "The Lamb Is a Lion"

Letters

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1 page Johnny Doughboy story

Genre	Gags
Script	Bernard Dibble
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble

6 page Secret War News story "Wake Island Still Holds"

Genre	war; true
Script	Al McWilliams
Pencils	Al McWilliams
Inks	Al McWilliams
Notes	true story of Wake Island battle

6 page Sailor Danny story "The Trouble With Davy Jones"

Characters	Sailor Danny (first appearance); Davy Jones (first appearance)
Genre	humor
Script	Art Gates
Pencils	Art Gates
Inks	Art Gates