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Boy Commandos 2

BOY COMMANDOS #2

Cover Date: Spring 1943
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1943-01-26

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Joe Simon


Story: "The Silent People Speak" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Kirby
PencilsJack Kirby
InksJoe Simon
LetteringHoward Ferguson
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Boy Commandos:
Captain Rip Carter
Brooklyn
Andre Chavard
Jan Haasan
Alfy Twidgett

Villain(s):

Nazi soldiers (first appearance for all; Hans Anders named (dies); many die)

Other Character(s):

Henrick Anders (first appearance; a teacher and an underground agent; dies); Paul Anders (first appearance; Henrick's son and Hans' brother; dies)

Location(s):

England
Copenhagen, Denmark

Story Reprinted in:

The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 (October 2010)


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Second Story: "On the Double, M'Lord!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Kirby
PencilsJack Kirby
InksJoe Simon
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Boy Commandos:
Captain Rip Carter
Brooklyn
Andre Chavard
Jan Haasan
Alfy Twidgett

Other Character(s):

Lord Viscount Percival Chauncy Winford Tweedbrook III (first appearance; an member of the aristocracy who is drafted by the British Army)
Oglethorpe (first appearance; Lord Tweedlebrook's butler who becomes his Drill Sargent!)

Location(s):

England

Comment(s):

The Commandos play a supporting role in this story.

Story Reprinted in:

The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 (October 2010)


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Third Story: "The Knights Wore Khaki" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Kirby
PencilsJack Kirby
InksJoe Simon
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Boy Commandos:
Captain Rip Carter
Brooklyn
Andre Chavard
Jan Haasan
Alfy Twidgett

Villain(s):

Nazi soldiers (first appearance for all; many die)

Location(s):

London, England
Camelon

Story Reprinted in:

The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 (October 2010)


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Fourth Story: "Danger Underground" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
ArtChuck Winter
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Liberty Belle (next in Justice League of America #193/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Rick Cannon (next in All-Star Squadron #32)
Tom Revere

Villain(s):

Nazis spies (invade Poland, Holland and France in flashback)
Carlotta Rolland (first appearance; a radio correspondent and a Nazi spy)

Location(s):

Norway
New York City, NY
Philadelphia, PA


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Fifth Story: "Nine Lives for Victory" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Kirby
PencilsJack Kirby
InksJoe Simon
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Boy Commandos:
Captain Rip Carter
Brooklyn
Andre Chavard
Jan Haasan
Alfy Twidgett

Villain(s):

Nazi soldiers (first appearance for all; many die)

Other Character(s):

Dodger (first appearance; a young cat adopted by the Commandos)

Location(s):

England
France

Story Reprinted in:

Boy Commandos Vol. 2 #2 (November-December 1973)
The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 (October 2010)


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