Don Winslow of the Navy (1943 Fawcett) comic books 1942-1944

Stories and art by Tom McNamara and Virgil Partch. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don investigates the sinking of a harmless fishing vessel, and learns of a Nazi scheme to secure the plans for a submersible aircraft carrier. Don and Red rescue a shipwreck survivor from a life raft, little suspecting that he's involved in a plot against America. Don discovers that a treasonous yachtsman is using phony depth charges to refuel submerged Nazi U-boats! Plus background on the Don Winslow character and his appearances in other media. Cover by an unknown artist features Shazam, aka Captain Marvel, introducing Don Winslow to Fawcett readers. The Coast Guard Menace; Eaglebeak Spruder; Red Herrings in the Panama Canal; Too Old to Fight; Bombs over New York; Jetsam Joe; The Ash Can Cannon. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Tom McNamara and others. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. While demonstrating an experimental new fuel to the Navy, inventor Nordin abruptly vanishes from sight. While Don seeks a saboteur whose initials are VV, Red meets his beautiful blind date, Miss Veda. Gangsters tie Red and Don to the pier at low tide, a classic deathtrap. Eaglebeak Spruder; The Inventor Who Vanished; Foreign Legion Guerillas; Saga of Inway Island; Jetsam Joe; The Mystery of the Crossword Puzzle. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Leonard Starr and Victor Pazmiño. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don mounts a single-handed invasion of the Axis-occupied Philippines, or as the opening caption puts it, "Wherever there's work to be done... dangerous work... action-ful work... American work... there you'll find Don Winslow...!" Don tries to protect an American from Nazi assassins. Don leads a convoy of Navy ships to North Africa, facing a strange accident, a top Nazi spy, and opposing Axis ships on the way. Plus a PSA for US war bonds featuring Shazam, aka Captain Marvel. Some of these stories feature inks by future comic strip legend Leonard Starr. Don Winslow of the Navy Invades the Philippines!; Stepping on the Gestapo; Warriors of the Sea: Battle by Moonlight; The Smoking Skull!; Jetsam Joe; Convoy to North Africa! 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Tom McNamara and Victor Pazmiño. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. When Nazi agents target the supposedly unsinkable new radio-controlled Allied transports, Don is called in to find the leak. Don and Red train young Navy sailors in the finer points of boxing. Don leads American minesweepers against the Nazi U-boat fleet. Plus a PSA for US war bonds featuring Shazam, aka Captain Marvel ("American boots for you Axis brutes!"). The Cut Feed Line; Warriors of the Sea: Havoc at Cavite; The Boxing Champ of the Atlantic Fleet; Eaglebeak Spruder; The Camouflage Secret!; Jetsam Joe; Don Winslow Undermines the Axis. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Tom McNamara and Victor Pazmiño. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. The Nazis send three agents in a miniature sub to steal an American battleship. The capture of an Axis spy leaves his replacement out there, about whom nothing is known. Don and Red have information that will benefit an Allied ship convoy, but they are trapped on a jungle island by Axis forces and hostile natives. The Stolen Battleship; Warriors of the Sea: Second Chance Victory!; The Unknown Spy; Eaglebeak Spruder; The Invisible Sub Strikes Again!!!; Jetsam Joe and the Pirate's Chest. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Tom McNamara and others. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don and Red deliver new American bombsights to Russian forces in the Arctic, and wind up smack in the middle of the Battle of the Black Sea. Don is assigned to fly a special plane through a section of South America where other planes have mysteriously disappeared. A strange radio transmission in the Arctic puts Don on the trail of a hidden Axis base. The Battle of the Black Sea!; Eaglebeak Spruder; Silent Ack-Ack; El Diablo's Victory; Tactical Problem #37; Jetsam Joe: The White Elephant of Boompa; Attack in the Arctic. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Otto Binder, Edd Ashe, Tom McNamara and Victor Pazmiño. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. New Orleans partiers put on their own Mardi Gras celebration during WWII, only to have it crashed by Nazi agents and a U-boat in the Mississippi. Don makes his own "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" bombing run. An early, homemade version of the famous game "Battleship." Plus a PSA for US War Bonds featuring Captain Midnight, and a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie and the Great Jewel Robbery," with art by Shazam creator C.C. Beck. Carnival of Carnage; Warriors of the Sea: Vengeance at Tripoli!; Don Winslow of the Navy Turns Toward Tokyo; Eaglebeak Spruder; Death Wears a False Face; Play the Navy Game Battleship; Jetsam Joe: A Quiet Day in the Tropics!; Sea Ghosts. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Nazi U-boats target the US war effort by trying to corner the world sponge market, leading Don into battle with The Sponge Pirates of Poco Kayo. Don and Red are assigned to find out who is killing US Marines in South America. Don leads American and Chinese forces in an invasion of the Japanese mainland, which was then believed to be an inevitable event in those pre-atomic days. The Sponge Pirates of Poco Kayo; Warriors of the Sea: One Ship Fleet; Murder Stalks the Jungle; Don Winslow Joins the Sea Scouts; Jetsam Joe: In Which Our Hero Becomes a Mummy!; Rehearsal For Victory. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Tom McNamara and Victor Pazmiño. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don and Red go undercover aboard US fishing vessels to stop Nazi U-boat attacks on America's fish supply. The duo joins forces with the Marines to find out who is killing US soldiers on the island of Bongu. Captured by Axis forces, Don and Red must fire themselves out of cannons to escape! Fisherman's Fate!; Eaglebeak Spruder; 30 Means the End; Don Winslow Crossword Puzzle; Jetsam Joe; The Mystery of Cyrus Crane!; Warriors of the Sea: Heroes Die But Once; Sabotage Express. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Tom McNamara and Victor Pazmiño. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Red is accidentally taken up in a carnival hot-air balloon, only to discover a Nazi spy is using it for reconnaissance. Don and Red join forces with the "Sea Bees" in an attack on an Axis-held island. Someone is killing Marines in Australia, and attaching the corpses to kangaroos - a truly bizarre image. Don Winslow of the Navy with the Coast Guard; Eaglebeak Spruder; Warriors of the Sea: The Disobeyed Command; Don Winslow Crossword Puzzle; Jetsam Joe; Delayed Death; Marines to the Front! 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Tom McNamara and Victor Pazmiño. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don and Red investigate the bazaar market in Calcutta to find out who's hiding Axis spies. The duo must destroy a Nazi radio outpost on the remote island of St. Philippe to protect an Allied bombing mission. Don and Red help US Marines on a desperate mission in the Solomon Islands. Plus a PSA for US War Bonds featuring the Marvel Family, and a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie and the Secret Weapon," with art by Shazam creator C.C. Beck. The Mystery of the Orient!; U.S.S. Mississippi; Eaglebeak Spruder; Warriors of the Sea: Torpedo Channel; The French Have a Word for It: Victoire!; Don Winslow Crossword Puzzle; Jetsam Joe; Marines Never Say Die! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Tom McNamara and John Jordan. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don and Red face a cunning criminal foe in the remote reaches of Basra. The pair investigates how Axis forces are getting re-supplied on a remote island surrounded by Allied forces. Don and Red try to figure out how Axis mines are targeting American ships. Plus an activity page, and an illustration of the U.S. Sturgeon submarine. Sealed Orders; Eaglebeak Spruder; Warriors of the Sea: Assault on the Mole; The Malalonga Mine Mystery!; U.S. Sturgeon No. 187; Hitler's Strange Sea Weapon!; Don Winslow Puzzle Page; Jetsam Joe; Tuned for Death! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Victor Pazmiño and others. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don and Red are captured by Axis forces, and must bide their time until they can attempt an escape. The pair goes undercover to investigate who is sending coded Nazi messages from a Naval academy. Don bluntly uses Red as bait to discover a woman who is sending coded messages to the Nazis by knitting sweaters! That's a new one. Hospitality of Hirohito!; A Nazi in Navy College; Jetsam Joe; The Sweater Girl Mystery: Unraveled!; Warriors of the Sea: Out of the Hat; Don Winslows Puzzle Page; Torpedoes from Nowhere! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by John Jordan, Tom McNamara and Victor Pazmiño. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don and Red help make a Naval recruitment film, but it turns out the filmmakers are secretly Nazis with nefarious plans for our heroes. Don leads a group of news correspondents into battle, to show them what Marines have to go through during WWII. Don discovers that a traitor is sending commandos into a trap. Plus a Don Winslow PSA for wartime paper rationing. Death on the Retake; Eaglebeak Spruder; How Headlines Are Made; Jetsam Joe; Tunnel to Triumph!!!; Warriors of the Sea: Pride of the Nazis; Don Winslows Puzzle Page; Commandos Die at Dawn! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by John Jordan, Tom McNamara and Victor Pazmiño. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don and Red join forces with the Merchant Marine to protect a tanker from Axis submarines. The duo battles enemy forces after crash-landing on Axis-held Island 23. Don seeks a gang of saboteurs on the eve of launching the Navy's largest WWII battleship. Plus a Don Winslow PSA for wartime paper rationing. Don Winslow of the Navy and the Fighting Merchant Marine; Don Winslow of the Navy Takes Island 23; The Radium Plot; Jetsam Joe; Warriors of the Sea: Butch and His Wildcat; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Mystery of the Changing Cards! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Tom McNamara and Victor Pazmiño. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. In an issue-length saga, Don faces the US-educated Axis spy known as the American, a longtime foe for years to come. When the American escapes with a locket containing coded Navy intel, Don is assigned to find him. But when the Axis sends its warships to create a trap, Don sees a way to turn the tables. Plus a Don Winslow PSA for wartime paper rationing. Don Winslow of the Navy Meets the American!; The Vanishing Locket; Eaglebeak Spruder; Warriors of the Sea: The Honored Pirate; On Toguchi's Trail!; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Jetsam Joe. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don is assigned to escort USO performers on a Pacific tour, in a story featuring cameos by Bob Hope, Hedy Lamaar (as "Bob Faith and Hedy Glamoor"), Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. Don and Red go undercover in a Marine barracks to find an Axis spy named Joe... but ALL the Marines are named Joe. Don and Joe are captured by saboteurs who are targeting a French warship. Plus a fact sheet on the USS Somers. Cover by an unknown artist is a PSA for US War Stamps. The Show Must Go On!; Six Guys Named Joe; Warriors of the Sea: Bait; Don Winslow of the Navy Saves the Liberté!; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Jetsam Joe. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Frank Bourgholtzer and Victor Pazmiño. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don is caught in the middle of a fierce seaborne battle against Axis forces. Don and Red must rescue a captive US Colonel to before the assault on an Axis-held island can begin. WAC lieutenant Betty is being framed for espionage by "the Slippery Spy"... unless Betty IS the Slippery Spy. Plus a Don Winslow PSA for wartime paper rationing. Expendable; Jetsam Joe; Marines at Malaua; Warriors of the Sea: Bait; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; The Adventure of the Slippery Spy! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by John Jordan, Edd Ashe, Tom McNamara, and Victor Pazmiño. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don and Red seek help from Australia in taking a well-held Axis island. The pair joins a task force to take the Axis stronghold on Wemak Island. Don and Red must restore lights to an airfield before a dynamite-laden transport lands. Plus a Don Winslow PSA for wartime paper rationing, and an illustration of the ship U.S.S. K-7. Bonape Excursion!; Jetsam Joe; Eaglebeak Spruder; Wemak Attack; Warriors of the Sea: The Human Destroyer; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Don Winslow and the Dynamite Transport! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Tom McNamara and Victor Pazmiño. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don is the commander of a prison ship full of Nazi POWs, and must decide what to do when a storm threatens to sink the ship. Don and a task force of five Marines try to retake an Axis-controlled island. Captain Wiggum entertains Coast Guard troops with the showboat on his paddlewheel steamer... too bad he's also the cover for Axis agents. Plus a Don Winslow PSA for wartime paper rationing. The Prison Ship; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Death Trap; The Dakar Incident; Jetsam Joe; Eaglebeak Spruder; The Showboat Mystery. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by John Jordan, Edd Ashe, Tom McNamara and Victor Pazmiño. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don is captured by Axis forces and used as a propaganda tool. Don and Red are caught between hostile natives and Axis forces after landing on a remote island. The duo finds adventure while helping the Coast Guard with its annual historical re-creation battle of Revolutionary War frigates. Plus a Don Winslow PSA for wartime paper rationing, and an illustration of the Douglas SBD-3 "Dauntless" dive bomber. Prisoner of the Nazis; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Jetsam Joe; Eaglebeak Spruder; British Seagoing Slang; Battle of the Frigates; Warriors of the Sea: Against the Storm; Delayed Leave. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Tom McNamara and Joseph Millard. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don and Red go undercover at a shipyard to find saboteurs, in a rare 1940s story featuring a non-stereotypical, competent Black character, Jim. In a cautionary tale, young Freddy accidentally gives away his soldier brother's location to an Axis spy. Don and Red find a mystery when an extra submarine turns up during maneuvers. Plus a Don Winslow PSA for wartime paper rationing, and an illustration of the U.S.S. Colorado. Don Winslow of the Navy Joins the War Workers; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Jetsam Joe; Eaglebeak Spruder; Careless Talk!; Warriors of the Sea: The Warrior That Never Died; No Margin for Error!; Navy Names. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.