Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	Winter 1942-43
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details

Characters	Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Andre; Jan; Alfy
Genre	war; children
Pencils	Jck Kirby
Inks	Joe Simon

12 page Boy Commandos story "The Town That Couldn't Be Conquered!"

Characters	Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Jan; Andre; Alfie; Von Glutt
Synopsis	The Commandos liberate Jan's village in the Netherlands.
Genre	war; children
Pencils	Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks	Joe Simon (signed)
Letters	Howard Ferguson

2 page Behind the 8-Ball story "Sailing, sailing, over the bounding main - n - n..."

Genre

humor; children

12 page Boy Commandos story "Heroes Never Die"

Characters	Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Jan; Andre; Alfie
Synopsis	The Commandos hear a story of an earlier group of adventurers in China.
Genre	war; children
Script	Jack Kirby
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Joe Simon
Reprinted	in Boy Commandos (DC, 1973 series) #1

2 page text story "Close Shave"

Script	John Hilton
Letters	typeset

12 page Boy Commandos story "Satan Wears a Swastika"

Characters	Boy Commandos; Rip Carter; Joe Simon; Jack Kirby; Newsboy Legion; Sandman; Sandy; V: Agent Axis; Jack Schiff; Jack Liebowitz; Whitney Ellsworth.
Synopsis	The boys are mistakenly reported killed in battle.
Genre	war; children
Script	Jack Kirby
Pencils	Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks	Joe Simon (signed)
Letters	Howard Ferguson
Notes	Kirby drawn Ellsworth, Schiff and Liebowitz into story verified on page 19 of Alter Ego #76.
Reprinted	in Mister Miracle (DC, 1971 series) #6 (February 1972); in Best of Simon and Kirby, The (Titan Books, 2009 series) #[nn]

1 page Jerry the Jitterbug story "It's a swell day for fishing!"

Genre	humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)

10 page Liberty Belle story "For Freedom-- For Justice-- For America-- We give You Liberty Belle!"

Characters	Liberty Belle [Libby Lawrence] (first appearance); Rickey Cannon; Tom Revere
Synopsis	The origin of Liberty Belle
Genre	superhero
Script	Don Cameron (signed)
Pencils	Chuck Winter (signed)
Inks	Chuck Winter
Notes	Information from Darci and "Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics" (http://www.dcindexes.com/database/story-details.php?storyid=11565), accessed 6/8/2006.

1 page Private Pete filler "The sarge told me to hang up these signs!"

Genre	war; humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)

12 page Boy Commandos story "Ghost Raiders"

Characters	Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfie; Jan; Andre; Francois Girard; Com.Allison; Heinrich Himmler;
Synopsis	The Commandos stage a raid into France at the behest of a French Resistance ghost.
Genre	war; children
Script	Jack Kirby ?
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Joe Simon