Boy Commandos #23 (1947) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Sunken World	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby	Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Tex; Andre
1	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
2	W Is for Woodchuck	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67
3	Unlucky Thirteen	comic story	12	script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby; colors: Jack Kirby	Case 13; Mr Zee; Brooklyn; Rip Carter; Andre (injured); Tex; Percy Clearwater (intro)
5	Join the Legion of Forgotten Men!	comic story	13	script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby; colors: Jack Kirby	Brooklyn; Rip Carter; Andre; Tex; Benet the Butcher; Brummer
8	Law and Order	text story	2	script: Tex Wade
9	-	comic story	0.5	script: Lit-Win; pencils: Lit-Win; inks: Lit-Win
11	In the Sunken World	comic story	13	script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby; colors: Jack Kirby	Brooklyn; Rip Carter; Andre; Tex; The Flame
13	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff

Plus 8.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Daisy Handbook #2	1948	On eBay ›

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