Issue Details

Issue	#2
Published	Spring 1943
Cover Price	.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Notes	Indicia publisher: World's Best Comics

Cover Details

Characters	Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfie; Jan; Andre; Adolf Hitler
Genre	war; children
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Joe Simon
Notes	Indicia publisher: World's Best Comics

1 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis	House ad for Detective Comics
Notes	Inside front cover

12 page Boy Commandos story "The Silent People Speak"

Characters	Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfie; Jan; Andre; Hans Anders; Henrick Anders; Paul Anders; Mrs. Anders
Synopsis	The Commandos stage a raid into the Netherlands in support of the underground resistance
Genre	war; children
Script	Jack Kirby
Pencils	Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks	Joe Simon (signed)
Letters	Howard Ferguson

Half page Laffs filler "I've always needed a place to practice my saxophone..."

Synopsis	3 one-panel gags
Genre	humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff

Half page promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis

House ad for World's Finest Comics

2 page Busy Bill the Bill Collector filler "Our next account is Andre's Beauty Parlor..."

Genre	humor
Pencils	George Storm (signed)
Inks	George Storm (signed)

12 page Boy Commandos story "On the Double, M'lord!"

Characters	Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfie; Jan; Andre; Lord Tweedbrook; Sgt. Oglethorp;
Synopsis	An English lord finds himself a private in a unit with his manservant as drill sergeant.
Genre	war; children
Script	Jack Kirby ?
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Joe Simon

Half page Shorty story Man overboard!"

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

Half page promo (ad from the publisher)

Characters	Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Synopsis	A house ad for Detective Comics and Star Spangled Comics

2 page text story "The Miracle"

Script	Anton Brieux
Letters	typeset

13 page Boy Commandos story "The Knights Wore Khaki"

Characters	Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfy; Jan; Andre
Synopsis	The Commandos liberate the castle of Camelon.
Genre	war; children
Script	Jack Kirby ?
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Joe Simon

10 page Liberty Belle story "Danger Underground"

Characters	Liberty Belle; Count Borgund; Carlotta Rolland; Tom Revere; Rickey Gannon
Synopsis	Liberty Belle exposes a woman newscaster as a spy.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Don Cameron (signed)
Pencils	Chuck Winter (signed)
Inks	Chuck Winter
Notes	Information from Darci and from "Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics" (http://www.dcindexes.com/database/story-details.php?storyid=11569), accessed 6/8/2006.

9 page Boy Commandos story "Nine Lives for Victory"

Characters	Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfy; Andre; Jan; Dodger
Synopsis	The Commandos stage a successful raid into France with the aid of Brooklyn's kitten.
Genre	war; children
Script	Jack Kirby
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Joe Simon
Letters	Howard Ferguson
Notes	writer id by Martin O'Hearn
Reprinted	in Boy Commandos (DC, 1973 series) #2