Four Color #18
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn this 1942 Four Color #18, Harold Gray crafts a wartime tale centered on Annie, who rallies local kids into the "Junior Commandos" for homefront service. As she forms bonds with a grieving widow known as "Auntie Priss" and learns of a hidden German Fifth Column, the story weaves personal stakes with the broader conflict, all while following Annie’s journey through sacrifice and resilience. The cover by Harold Gray captures the era’s spirit, and the story’s grounded, character-driven approach shines through its simple yet powerful moments.
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Annie organizes the local kids into the "Junior Commandos" to do homefront war work. Annie befriends Mrs. Sleet, a bitter old woman who lost her son and husband in "the last war" (World War I). Doc Zee joins the Army and Annie comes to live with Mrs. Sleet, who she now refers to as "Auntie Priss." Later Annie uncovers a German Fifth Column operation. A brief cameo of Daddy Warbucks fighting in Asia, then back to Annie and the kids watching a sub attack a ship. Later Annie hears a radio report that Warbucks and his company had been killed in battle. Doc Zee returns from the war, minus an arm.
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