Contains 12 stories
The Vial of Death!
11 pp · adventure; war
Professor Hammel (introduction, death)Elsa Hammel (introduction, death)Pierre (Hammel's assistant)Fritz (Nazi villain)Nazis (villains, many die)
In "The Vial of Death!", Blackhawk races against time to protect a deadly germ formula stolen from the Nazis, who are determined to reclaim it and unleash it on Allied troops. With the enemy closing in, he must outrun both bullets and betrayal to keep the vial from falling into the wrong hands.
To Kill a Commander
5.67 pp · aviation; war
Captain Bill DunnPrivate Boomerang Jones
Untitled story
0.33 pp · non-fiction
Private Boomerang Jones
The Invasion of Iceland
6 pp · aviation; military
Banks BarrowsLoops McCann
Untitled story
5 pp · superhero
Tim Healy
Clothes Make the Men
4 pp · aviation
Sam ShotSlim Shell
The Trap for Jerry Noble
7.75 pp · adventure; military
Jerry NobleSam (an eagle)Tami (Japanese clipper ship captain, death)Japanese clipper crew members (deaths)Aki (Japanese agent)Matsiaka (Japanese agent, death)The Master (Japanese spy leader)unnamed Japanese spiesCommander Alcock
Untitled story
0.25 pp · non-fiction; historical · script ? [as Jerry Noble] (credited)
The Painted Lady Patrol
6 pp · humor; aviation; war
The Death Patrol [Del Van DykeGrampsButch (appears to die, but returns in #12)HankKing HotintotBoris (introduction)]Nazis' version of the Death Patrol (villains, all female, all die)Adolf Hitler (villain)
In "The Painted Lady Patrol," newly recruited Boris joins the all-male Military Comics Patrol after their leader Gramps is presumed dead. When the team faces off against a cunning female Nazi Death Patrol, their usual tactics fail—until they pull a daring switch, donning the women's uniforms to escape, only to find the tables turned in a shocking twist.
Potato's Revenge
1 pp · humor; military
The Fiend of the Wilhelmstrasse
6 pp · adventure; war
The SniperHans Kronitz (villain, chemist, death)Nazi sentries (some die)Kronitz's captives
Who Is Monsieur X?
9 pp · non-fiction; war
Monsieur X [un-named French freedom fighter] (introduction)Nazis (villains, some die)
In the tense waters off Calais, a mysterious figure known only as Monsieur X pulls off a daring rescue, freeing prisoners from a captured German ship and destroying a destroyer with the aid of a British vessel. Though a Parisian paper declares him lost at sea, Monsieur X vanishes into the Channel—only to reemerge, swimming back into France to keep the fight against the Nazis alive.
