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1August 1941
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Military Comics #1

Quality Comics · August 1941 · on sale 1941-05-02

First appearance: OlafFirst appearance: HendricksonFirst appearance: ChuckOrigin: Blackhawk
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Identification plate

Series
Military Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
August 1941
Key date
1941-08-00
On-sale date
1941-05-02
Indicia publisher
Comic Magazines Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Olaf - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Hendrickson - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Chuck - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Andre - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Stanislaus - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Blackhawk - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Zeg - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Joan Dale - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Miss America - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Boris - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Baker - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Blackhawk, Joan Dale, Miss America.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Will Eisner, Gill Fox; inks: Will Eisner, Gill FoxBlackhawk First
2The Origin of Blackhawkcomic story11script: Will Eisner, Bob Powell; pencils: Chuck Cuidera; inks: Chuck Cuidera; letters: Sam RosenAndre First, Baker First, Blackhawk First, Boris First, Chuck First, Hendrickson First, Olaf First, Stanislaus First, Zeg First
3Flying with the Red Dragoncomic story6script: Bob Powell; pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob PowellLoops McCann (introduction); Banks Barrows (introduction); Gen. Cheng [the Red Dragon] (introduction); the Chinese (villains, some die)
4Origin of the Blue Tracercomic story5script: Fred Guardineer; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred Guardineer; letters: Fred GuardineerCaptain William "Wild Bill" Dunn (introduction); Private Boomerang Jones (introduction); the M'Bujies (villains, introduction for all, some die)
5Episode with a Goatcomic story6pencils: Harry Campbell, Frank Frollo; inks: Frank FrolloArchie Atkins (introduction); Jack Bailey (introduction); Achmed (introduction); Billy (a goat, introduction); Major Douglas (introduction)
6Enlisting the Hard Waycomic story4script: Klaus Nordling; pencils: Klaus Nordling; inks: Klaus NordlingColonel Sam Shot (introduction); Slim Shell (introduction); Herr von Slobben (villain, Nazi military attache)
7The Coming of the Yankee Eaglecomic story8script: John Stewart; pencils: Bill Smith; inks: Bill SmithJerry Noble (introduction); Sam [the Yankee Eagle] (an eagle, introduction); Senator Noble (Jerry's father, introduction); Captain Webb; Chalky; Nazi spies (villains)
8Origin of the Death Patrolcomic story6script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack ColeDeath Patrol [Del Van Dyne; Butch O'Keefe; Peewee; Hank; Slick Ward; Gramps] (introductions and origins for all); the Nazis (villains, some die)
9-comic story0.75script: Tex Blaisdell; pencils: Tex Blaisdell; inks: Tex Blaisdell; letters: Tex BlaisdellO'Rourke (former Brooklyn taxi driver)
10The Machine Gun Drillcartoon0.25script: Dick French; pencils: Dick French; inks: Dick French; letters: Dick French
11-comic story6script: Elmer Wexler; pencils: Elmer Wexler; inks: Elmer WexlerJoan Dale First, Miss America First
12Gone with the Drafttext story1.67script: Dick ScopesDirk
13U.S. Army Insigniasillustration0.33
14Sink the Kaiser Adolfcomic story9script: Henry Kiefer; pencils: Henry Kiefer; inks: Henry KieferCapt. Foghorn (introduction, origin); Bob Wayne (introduction, origin); Dick Martin (introduction, origin); Freckles [Marmaduke Van Weyden] (introduction, origin); Captain von Marz (villain); the Nazis (villains)

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Secret Origins #61974On eBay ›
America at War: The Best of DC War Comics #[nn]
ISBN 0-671-24774-3
1979On eBay ›
Blackhawk #71989On eBay ›
Flashback #51974On eBay ›
Millennium Edition: Military Comics No. 1 #[nn]2000On eBay ›
The Blackhawk Archives #1
ISBN 1563897008
2001On eBay ›
Great American Comic Books #[nn]
ISBN 0-7853-5590-1
2001On eBay ›
Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-60699-987-5
2017On eBay ›
The Comics Journal #1911996On eBay ›
Miss America
ISBN 978-1544189864
2017On eBay ›
Blue Tracer
ISBN 978-1543287417
2017On eBay ›
Loops & Banks
ISBN 978-1544120669
2017On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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