Issue Details

Issue	#6
Published	Spring 1944
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Jack Schiff (actual)
Notes	Cover colors credits from Greg Theakston, via the GCD Error List (5 April 2008)

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters	Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfy; Jan; Andre
Genre	war; children
Pencils	Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks	Joe Simon (signed)
Colors	Jack Kirby
Notes	Cover colors credits from Greg Theakston, via the GCD Error List (5 April 2008)

1 page Alfred public service announcement "Paper, Paper Everywhere"

Characters	Alfred Pennyworth; Robin; Batman
Synopsis	Americans are urged to collect waste paper for the war effort
Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Jerry Robinson
Inks	George Roussos
Notes	inside front cover

11 page Boy Commandos story "News From Belgium"

Characters	Rip Carter; Alfy; Brooklyn; Jan; Andre; Nanette; Pierre Beauchamp
Synopsis	The commandos deliver a newspaper press to the Belgian underground
Genre	war; children
Pencils	Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks	Joe Simon (signed)
Letters	Howard Ferguson
Reprinted	in Boy Commandos (DC, 1973 Series) #2 (November 1973)

Half page Shorty filler "This camouflage stuff is great!"

Characters	Shorty
Synopsis	Shorty camouflages a ship's guns
Genre	war; humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff
Notes	upper two-thirds of page

Half page text article "Statement of Ownership"

Synopsis	Owners of World's Best Comics Company are given as "H. Donenfeld, J.S. Liebowitz, G.F. Frank, and A.I. Menin." 480 Lexington Ave, NY, NY Editor: F.W. Ellsworth
Genre	fact
Script	Jack Liebowitz
Letters	typeset
Notes	lower third of page

1 page advertisement "Anti aircraft Detector. Shush!"

Synopsis	a comic strip ad for General Mills, Inc.'s Wheaties breakfast cereal
Pencils	L. Chen ? (signed-hard to read)
Inks	L. Chen ? (signed-hard to read)

10 page Boy Commandos story "The Jackals of Jawnpore!"

Characters	Rip Carter; Alfy; Brooklyn; Andre; Jan; the Rajah of Jawnpore; Lal Kadar; Bayindra Singh;
Synopsis	The commandos assist an India rajah in his efforts to control crime in his city
Genre	war; children
Pencils	Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks	Joe Simon (signed); Simon and Kirby shop

2 page Thom McAn advertisement "Commando Training with Thom McAn"

Synopsis	a comic strip ad for Thom McAn's Commando shoes
Genre	children
Pencils	George Roussos (signed)
Inks	George Roussos (signed)

9 page Boy Commandos story "Action Along the Adriatic!"

Characters	Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfy; Jan; Andre; Capt. Danovic; Josip; Dr. Konrad; Bohuslas;
Synopsis	The commandos go on a mission to aid partisans in the Balkans.
Genre	war; children
Script	Don Cameron ?
Pencils	Louis Cazeneuve [ghosting for Jack Kirby]
Inks	Louis Cazeneuve ?
Notes	credits by Bob Hughes 7/07

2 page text story "For Valor"

Genre	war
Script	Ted Udal ? [as Ted Loury]
Letters	typeset

1 page Handy Andy filler "Howdy, Folks!...Today I'm agonna tell ya exactly how you can take a few old left-over knick-knacks..."

Characters	Handy Andy
Synopsis	Andy explains how to build a windmill
Genre	humor
Script	Jack Farr
Pencils	Jack Farr
Inks	Jack Farr
Letters	Jack Farr

11 page Boy Commandos story "Destiny Writes the Headlines"

Characters	Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfy; Jan; Andre; Bovar; Cecil Merriwether;
Synopsis	The commandos encounter a fake fortune teller.
Genre	war; children
Pencils	Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks	Louis Cazeneuve ?

1 page advertisement "Amazing Forecaster"

Synopsis	an ad for The Weather Man's Swiss "weather house."
Notes	inside back cover

1 page Captain Tootsie advertisement "Captain Tootsie and the Secret Weapon!"

Characters	Rollo; Capt. Tootsie
Synopsis	A comic strip ad for Tootsie Rolls
Genre	superhero
Script	Rod Reed (signed)
Pencils	C.C. Beck (signed)
Inks	C. C. Beck (signed)
Notes	back cover