Military Comics #7

In "The Return of Genghis Khan!" from Military Comics #7 (1942), the ancient conqueror rises again to menace the world, forcing Blackhawk into a desperate chase. When the hero is captured and even Chop-Chop falls under the tyrant’s spell, the true test of loyalty and courage begins—before the final clash.

In "The Iceberg of Death," the Blue Tracer crew races to uncover a chilling deception: a Nazi submarine masquerading as a frozen iceberg off the Icelandic coast. With stealth and daring, they expose the enemy's trap and strike a decisive blow before the threat can sink another ship.

In "Cannibal Island," Loops and Banks are tasked with flying a general and his companion to Manila, but a forced landing on a remote island turns their mission perilous when they're captured by the local inhabitants. The story unfolds with tense suspense as the two pilots face an unknown threat in a place where survival is uncertain.

In "Van Der Dopple's Rice Paddies," Shot and Shell find themselves stranded on a remote island in the Dutch East Indies after a forced landing, only to be captured by Nazi spies and pressed into labor in the rice paddies. Written by an unknown author and illustrated by an unknown artist, the story blends wartime tension with the grim reality of forced labor, all within its brief four-page runtime.

The Death Patrol welcomes an unlikely new recruit in "The Patchwork Kid," as the plucky newcomer joins the legendary aviation unit after proving himself in a daring rescue mission on enemy territory. When the squad returns to their English headquarters, they find themselves in the unusual position of having survived an operation intact—and ready to bring the Patchwork Kid into the fold. From here on, this unconventional flyer becomes the newest member of the Death Patrol's aerial ranks.

In "The Green Terror," Jo, the Fort Bang quartermaster, dons a cape and emblem to become Inferior Man, stepping up to stop the Green Terror with a sissy serum that turns the menace into a dancing dandy.

When Nazi forces invade Crete in 1941, Australian and New Zealand troops mount a desperate rear-guard action to allow the main British force to evacuate—then seemingly vanish into the island's mountains. Two weeks later, the "lost" Anzacs emerge from hiding to wage a fierce guerrilla campaign against the Nazi occupation, striking supply lines, airfields, and arsenals with surgical precision and vanishing before reinforcements can pin them down. As their legend grows among the occupying force, the Anzacs orchestrate an audacious mountain ambush that turns the tables on a pursuing Nazi column, proving that the soldiers Hitler thought destroyed are very much alive and fighting back.

When the U.S.S. Greer steams toward Iceland, a German U-boat closes in for the attack—and a torpedo streaks toward the destroyer's path. Based on official Navy reports, this account follows the Greer's tense three-hour pursuit of her unseen enemy as she maneuvers to evade the strike and fights back with depth charges. Witness the harrowing encounter that made the Greer the first American vessel to come under fire in World War II.