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War Stories #5 (1942) · The Collector

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Dell
War Stories (1942)
#5

Dell#5

War Stories

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War Stories #5

Publisher: Dell
Cover date: April 1942
On sale: Apr 16, 1942
Cover price: $0.10
Pages: 68

Key issue

1st appearance of Night Devils [Lt. Dan Cork
1st appearance of Lt. Tom Harrow
1st appearance of Agent 4-73 ]
1st appearance of The Jinxes [Chop
1st appearance of Suey
1st appearance of Chow
1st appearance of Mein ]

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Stories

4 titled

1Night Devils over Germany
2The Whistler Strikes
3

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Grand Comics Database issue 1887

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The Jinxes

4Taps for the Japs

Credits

Writers: Robert Turner, Dave Berg
Pencillers: E. C. Stoner, Bob Jenney, Tom Hickey, Jack Keller, Dave Berg, Jim Chambers
Inkers: E. C. Stoner, Bob Jenney, Tom Hickey, Jack Keller, Dave Berg, Jim Chambers

Characters

Agent 4-73 ]· 1st appearance
Chow· 1st appearance
Lt. Tom Harrow· 1st appearance
Mein ]· 1st appearance
Night Devils [Lt. Dan Cork· 1st appearance
Suey· 1st appearance
The Jinxes [Chop· 1st appearance
Buzz Magee
Captain Gruber
Colonel Taylor
Dr. Duval
Eric
Inspector Ernest G. Marks
Japanese
Judy Jackson
Karl Hettinger
Larry Palmer
Louie
Lt. Moltke
Lucky Lane
Nazis
only appearance )
origin)
Sako
Scoop Mason
Sleepy Samson
Sogo Lee
The Sky Hawk
The Whistler (Introduction

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