Boy Commandos

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Official Team Name

Boy Commandos

Team Aliases

Kid gings

Status

Defunct

Identity

Secret

Alignment

Good

Universe

Earth-Two, New Earth

Base of Operations

European and Pacific theater of operations during World War II

Affiliations

Team Leader(s)

Rip Carter

Former Members

Alfy Twidgett, Andre Chavard, Brooklyn, Jan Haasan, Percy Clearweather, Tex

Enemies

Agent Axis

Origin

Place of Formation

England

Creators

Joe Simon, Jack Kirby

First appearance

Detective Comics #64
(June, 1942)

History

The eponymous Boy Commandos was an international elite commando squad of orphaned children led by grown-up Captain Rip Carter that fought on all fronts of World War II. The squad consists of André Chavard from France; Alfie Twidgett from England, Jan Haasan from the Netherlands, and Dan "Brooklyn" Turpin from the United States.

The team's adventures continued well past the war, even though there were many roster changes. Jan left first, having found relatives in his homeland to stay with. Alfie was replaced by a Texan named Tex, followed by André, who was replaced by Percy Clearweather. As the members of the Boy Commandos have grown older they have left the squad to pursue other pursuits

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

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Trivia

• The Boys Commandos refers to the Nazis as "the Ratzies".
• It was revealed years later that Brooklyn of the Boy Commandos grew up to become "Terrible" Dan Turpin, the hard-nosed detective of the Metropolis Special Crimes Unit.^{[citation needed]}

See Also

• 162 Appearances of Boy Commandos
• 7 Images that include Boy Commandos
• Team Gallery: Boy Commandos
• Fan-Art Gallery: Boy Commandos

Links and References

• Discuss Boy Commandos on the forums 
• Boy Commandos at Wikipedia.org
• Boy Commandos at Don Markstein's Toonopedia
  

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