Issue Details

Issue	#3
Published	Summer 1943
Cover Price	.10 USD
Pages	60
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Notes	Indicia publisher is World's Best Comics Company

Cover Details

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

1 page advertisement "Take Your Pick!"

Synopsis	an ad for Crowell-Collier Publishing Company sales
Notes	inside front cover

12 page Boy Commandos story "A Film From the Front -- Uncensored"

Characters	Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfy; Jan; Spud Mattson; Grimes; Capt. Gordon
Synopsis	The commandos are accompanied on a raid into Greece by a newsreel photographer
Genre	war; children
Script	Jack Kirby
Pencils	Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks	Joe Simon (signed)
Letters	Howard Ferguson

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Big Eight!"

Synopsis

a house ad for DC's monthly titles

4 page Jitters Jeep story "Oh Yeah-h? So you wanna play, eh?"

Characters	Jitters
Synopsis	Jitter tows cars for a group of sailors
Genre	war; humor
Script	Jack Farr
Pencils	Jack Farr (signed)
Inks	Jack Farr

10 page Boy Commandos story "War Album No. 1 -- The Siege of Troy"

Characters	Menelaus; Adolf Hitler [as Paris]; Helen; Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfy; Jan
Synopsis	A story of the commandos set in the Trojan War
Genre	war; children
Script	Jack Kirby ?
Pencils	Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks	Joe Simon (signed)
Letters	Howard Ferguson

1 page Hank the Yank filler "Gee! I wonder where we'll go when we're sent over?"

Synopsis	Hank's platoon runs an obstacle course
Genre	war; humor
Script	Ray Houlihan
Pencils	Ray Houlihan (signed)
Inks	Ray Houlihan (signed)

1 page Hank the Yank filler "Oh-oh!! Brace yourselves, Boys -- Hank's gonna pop off again --"

Characters	Hank
Synopsis	Hank's platoon goes on a forced march in the rain.
Genre	war; humor
Script	Ray Houlihan
Pencils	Ray Houlihan (signed)
Inks	Ray Houlihan (signed)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Be Sure to Get These Top Favorites for the Best in Comics!"

Synopsis

a house ad for DC comics

12 page Boy Commandos story "Cyril Thwaite Rides Again--"

Characters	Cyril Thwaite; Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfy; Jan
Synopsis	Cyril impersonates a German general and captures a regiment
Genre	war; children
Script	Jack Kirby ?
Pencils	Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks	Joe Simon (signed); Simon and Kirby shop
Letters	Howard Ferguson

1 page Private Pete filler "Here I go!"

Synopsis	Pete trains to be a paratrooper
Genre	war; humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

2 page text story "Night Fighter"

Genre	war
Script	Dan Mallory
Letters	typeset

11 page Boy Commandos story "The Return of Agent Axis"

Characters	Agent Axis; Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Jan; Alfy; Andre; Sigrid
Synopsis	A young woman asks the Commandos for protection from Agent Axiz. But who's side is she on?
Genre	war; children
Script	Jack Kirby ?
Pencils	Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks	Joe Simon (signed)
Letters	Howard Ferguson
Reprinted	in Mister Miracle (DC, 1971 series) #7 (March-April 1972)

1 page advertisement "Get Tiger Power Now"

Synopsis	an ad for Muscle Power company's exercise equipment
Notes	inside back cover

1 page advertisement "Free 150 Power Microscope"

Synopsis	an ad for Metro Publications' _Wonders of Living Things_
Notes	back cover