Military Comics Vol 1 39

"Blackhawk: "Kwan Yin, Goddess of Mercy"": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.

Blackhawk: "Kwan Yin, Goddess of Mercy"
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Military Comics Vol 1 #39
May, 1945
Publisher	Quality Comics
Executive Editor	Everett M. Arnold
Cover Artists	Alex Kotzky
Blackhawk: "Kwan Yin, Goddess of Mercy"
Pencilers	Al Bryant
Inkers	Al Bryant
Editors	George E. Brenner
Choo Choo and Cherry: "Waves of Tomorrow"
Writers	Gill Fox
Pencilers	Gill Fox
Inkers	Gill Fox
Death Patrol: "The Fire Bug"
Writers	Al Stahl
Pencilers	Al Stahl
Inkers	Al Stahl
Private Dogtag: "Haunted Mountain"
Writers	Al Stahl
Pencilers	Al Stahl
Inkers	Al Stahl
Ezra: "The School Picnic"
Writers	Harry Sahle
Pencilers	Harry Sahle
Inkers	Harry Sahle
PT Boat: "Orders For MTB Squadron Six"
Editors	George E. Brenner
Previous Issue	Military Comics # 38
Next Issue	Military Comics # 40

You fool! That's who I came to see! -- Your commander! -- Call your stooges off or I'll do you into a fancy true-love knot!

— Blackhawk

Military Comics #39 is an issue of the series Military Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of May, 1945.

Appearing in Blackhawk: "Kwan Yin, Goddess of Mercy"

Featured Characters:

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

Antagonists:

• Japanese Army

Other Characters:

• Kwan Yin, Goddess of Mercy
• organized Chinese guerrillas
• occupied Chinese civilians

Locations:

• China
  • the Hotang Front
    • Hill #88

Items:

• Kwan Yin's elixir
• Jade Image of Kwan Yin

Vehicles:

• Blackhawk Grumman XF5F Skyrockets
  

Appearing in Choo Choo and Cherry: "Waves of Tomorrow"

Featured Characters:

• Choo Choo LaMoe
• Cherry Lane
  

Appearing in Death Patrol: "The Fire Bug"

Featured Characters:

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

Antagonists:

• Fire Bug (Dies)

Locations:

• D.P.'s Airport Hangar
• North Woods

Vehicles:

• Death Patrol's Six Unique Combat Aircraft
  

Appearing in Private Dogtag: "Haunted Mountain"

Featured Characters:

• Private Dogtag
  

Appearing in Ezra: "The School Picnic"

Featured Characters:

• Ezra
  

Appearing in PT Boat: "Orders For MTB Squadron Six"

Featured Characters:

• Lieutenant Perry Tobias
• Lieutenant Paul Harvey

Supporting Characters:

• Commander Platt, Squadron Commander
  • MTB Squadron Six
  • three PT Crewmen (all die)

Antagonists:

• Japanese Navy

Other Characters:

• Shipwreck Survivors

Locations:

• South Pacific Ocean
  • MTB-6 Base
  • Limnios Islands

Vehicles:

• U.S. PT Boat (Destroyed)
• U.S. Cruiser

Notes

• Blackhawk is shot down for the eighth time, and survives his twelfth plane crash.
  • Over the course of his long combat career, Blackhawk survived at least twenty-two aircraft crashes.
  • He later is head-konked unconscious, for the fourth time, with a rifle butt.
  • Being a Blackhawk is dangerous.
• Death Patrol
  • Yogi reappears, after last issue's absence, with no explanation or mention of it.
  • But now Boris is absent.
• Al Stahl again replaces Bart Tumey on Private Dogtag.
• PT Boat
  • Harvey and Tobias both carry handguns, but have no visible holsters. And they're both as usual wearing dress white uniforms in combat.
• Also featured in this issue of Military Comics were:
  • Johnny Doughboy by Bernard Dibble
  • "Adrift" (text story)

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Military Comics series

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