Military Comics Vol 1 38

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Blackhawk: "Hari-Kiri"
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Military Comics Vol 1 #38
April, 1945
Publisher	Quality Comics
Executive Editor	Everett M. Arnold
Cover Artists	Al Bryant
Blackhawk: "Hari-Kiri"
Pencilers	Al Bryant
Inkers	Al Bryant
Editors	George E. Brenner
Choo Choo and Cherry: "The Pitchwomen"
Writers	Gill Fox
Pencilers	Gill Fox
Inkers	Gill Fox
Death Patrol: "Prefabricated City"
Writers	Al Stahl
Pencilers	Al Stahl
Inkers	Al Stahl
Editors	George E. Brenner
Private Dogtag: "Howard the Hermit"
Writers	Bart Tumey
Pencilers	Bart Tumey
Inkers	Bart Tumey
PT Boat: "The Clue of the Blinking Light"
Editors	George E. Brenner
Ezra: "The Umbrella"
Writers	Harry Sahle
Pencilers	Harry Sahle
Inkers	Harry Sahle
Previous Issue	Military Comics # 37
Next Issue	Military Comics # 39

Well, look what I found! This hunk of seaweed escaped from the prison camp! But I'll bet he'll be glad to get gack -- alive!

— Lieutenant Perry Tobias

Military Comics #38 is an issue of the series Military Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 1945.

Appearing in Blackhawk: "Hari-Kiri"

Featured Characters:

• Blackhawk Squadron
  • Andre
  • Blackhawk
  • Chop Chop
  • Chuck Wilson
  • Hans Hendrickson
  • Olaf
  • Stanislaus

Antagonists:

• Japanese Military
  • Suicide Bomber Pilots (some die)
  • many infantry (some die)

Other Characters:

• U.S. General
  • his troops
• U.S. Admiral
  • his crews

Locations:

• Western Pacific Ocean
  • Horonobi, Japanese Base
  • Blackhawk Island

Vehicles:

• huge American Task Force
  • warships, transports, barges (many destroyed)
• Japanese Rocket Suicide Bombs (many destroyed)
• Blackhawk Grumman XF5F Skyrockets
  • configured as seaplanes w/ pontoon landing gear
    

Appearing in Choo Choo and Cherry: "The Pitchwomen"

Featured Characters:

• Choo Choo LaMoe
• Cherry Lane
  

Appearing in Death Patrol: "Prefabricated City"

Featured Characters:

• Death Patrol
  • Del Van Dyne
  • Boris
  • Gramps
  • Hank
  • Jackie
  • King Hotintot

Locations:

• Prefabricated City, USA
• D.P.'s Airport Hangar (Destroyed)
• D.P.'s new prefabricated Airport Hangar (only partially built)

Vehicles:

• Death Patrol's Six Unique Combat Aircraft
  

Appearing in Private Dogtag: "Howard the Hermit"

Featured Characters:

• Private Dogtag
  

Appearing in PT Boat: "The Clue of the Blinking Light"

Featured Characters:

• Lieutenant Perry Tobias
• Lieutenant Paul Harvey

Supporting Characters:

• Commander Platt, Squadron Commander
  • MTB Squadron Six

Antagonists:

• Japanese Navy
  • Japanese P.O.W.s

Locations:

• South Pacific Ocean
  • MTB-6 Base
  • U.S. P.O.W. Camp

Vehicles:

• wolf-pack of Japanese submarines (two destroyed)
• two U.S. PT Boats (Destroyed)
• four Native outrigger canoes
• three U.S. surface warships
  

Appearing in Ezra: "The Umbrella"

Featured Characters:

• Ezra

Supporting Characters:

• Dean Dilsbury

Notes

• Blackhawk:
  • The Grumman XF5F Skyrockets are equipped with pontoon landing gear.
• Death Patrol
  • Gramps reappears, after last issue's absence, with no explanation or mention of it.
  • But now Yogi is absent.
• PT Boat
  • Paul Harvey and Perry Tobias each get head-konked unconscious, with a stick and a rifle butt, respectively.
  • Harvey also gets a gunshot wound, this one is his third.
• Also featured in this issue of Military Comics were:
  • Johnny Doughboy by Bernard Dibble
  • "The Lost Age" (text story)

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Military Comics series

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