Military Comics #10
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Trapped in the Devil's Oven" is a gripping wartime tale from Military Comics #10 (1942), where a desperate man’s chance at a new life takes a chilling turn. Written by Dick French and brought to life with stark, expressive art by Chuck Cuidera, the story follows Andre as he undergoes a harrowing transformation under the care of Dr. Fritz von Rath—a surgeon haunted by his past and the captive daughter he’s determined to save. The cover, a striking piece by Will Eisner, captures the story’s dark, tense atmosphere.
In "Trapped in the Devil's Oven," Andre returns to Blackhawk Island for a life-saving operation by Dr. Fritz von Rath, a surgeon recently freed from a concentration camp. Haunted by his past and desperate to save his captive daughter, the doctor’s fractured mind leads him to graft Andre’s face with that of his former tormentor, the cruel Baron von Ziefh. As Andre grapples with his new identity, a fragile bond forms with Barbara, the doctor’s daughter, setting the stage for an uncertain future.
In the Pacific Theater of 1942, Captain Bill Dunn and his partner Jones fly the Blue Tracer on daring missions, striking back against Japanese forces with precision and grit. When they show damning footage of enemy atrocities to a half-Japanese woman on a remote island, her decision to join the Allied effort sets a quiet but powerful course in motion.
Lieutenant William L. Kabler commands the USS Heron, a small seaplane tender no bigger than an ocean-going tug, when she's suddenly set upon by a massive Japanese bomber force in the Pacific. What follows is a seven-hour running battle where Kabler's exceptional seamanship and his gun crews' remarkable marksmanship keep the little ship alive against overwhelming odds, even managing to shoot down enemy aircraft. It's a true story of naval grit that caught the attention of the Navy Department itself.
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Reprinted in The Blackhawk Archives #1 (2001)
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