Military Comics #5

In the brutal theater of war, a band of ruthless scavengers preys on the fallen, feeding on fear and death. When the Nazis capture them, they offer a twisted bargain: survive and help hunt the Blackhawks—or die.

In this 1941 tale from *Military Comics #5*, Jo stumbles upon a submarine during a boat ride, leading her to investigate a nearby house where she uncovers a dangerous conspiracy—only to be ambushed by a menacing brute.

In "The Prisoners Who Didn't Want to Be Rescued," King Hotentot—ruler of a newly invaded African kingdom—teams up with the British war effort, joining the Patrol, a squadron of daring aviators in brightly painted, snub-nosed planes. When the Patrol’s pilot Zazzy is lost during a mission to rescue undercover agents, the team must confront not just enemy forces, but the unexpected resistance of those they’re trying to save.

When an innocent-looking fishing vessel called the Mary Lee II accepts a sinister cargo from an enemy submarine, a young secret agent named Jerry Noble realizes the ship is being used to sow mines along America's Atlantic coastline. Stowing away aboard with his animal companions, Jerry must expose the operation before the deadly cargo reaches its targets, all while Herman Himnet commands the vessel and Lieutenant Gottschalk coordinates the treacherous plot from below the waves.

In "The Ghost Ship," pilot Jo Dunn stumbles upon the sunken wreck of the S.S. Athenia during a wartime mission, uncovering a haunting relic that becomes her unlikely weapon. Using the Blue Tracer, she raises the ghostly vessel to the surface, turning it into a phantom dreadnought to strike fear into the hearts of Nazi forces and force the release of British prisoners.

In the bustling streets of 1941 Shanghai, Navy pilot Loops finds himself taken by Japanese forces during shore leave, aided by a cunning nightclub hostess. With time running short, his friend Banks must team up with a rival Naval lieutenant to mount a rescue—before it’s too late.

In 1941, British naval forces discover that Nazi "hospital buoys" scattered around England are actually secret refueling bases for torpedo boats—a weapon far more sinister than anyone suspected. When British agent Forsythe escapes Germany with crucial intelligence about their locations, he finds himself in a desperate struggle against Nazi spy Van Gore aboard one of the floating bases. With the destroyer's unexpected arrival as an opportunity, Forsythe devises a daring plan to gather the scattered buoys in one place, where the British can strike them all at once.