The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby - (Vol. 1)

ISBN: 9781848569973
Dimensions: 258 x 170 mm
Hardback: 256pp
Publication date: 25 February 2011
Illustration detail: Colour comic strip
All authors: Joe Simon , Jack Kirby

Joe Simon and Jack Kirby created one of the most enduring American heroes in 1940 with the first issue of Captain America Comics from Timely Comics — the company that became Marvel Comics. Simon proved to be a brilliant editor, writer, penciller, inker, and businessman, serving as an editor for Archie, Harvey, Fox, Crestwood, and Simon and Kirby’s own company.

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Jack Kirby

Jack Kirby is perhaps the most important artist ever in superhero comics.The “King” co-created household names like The Incredible Hulk, the Fantastic Four and the X-Men for Marvel, later moving to DC for Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen, New Gods, Kamandi, and OMAC.

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Synopsis

An international team of boy soldiers battles in Europe in this new collection from Joe Simon and Jack Kirby.
One of the most popular of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby’s “kid gang” comics from the early 1940s, The Boy Commandos were an international team of boy soldiers dedicated to fighting the “Ratzis.” The team included members from England, France, the Netherlands and the United States, under the leadership of Captain Rip Carter.
The series featured typically imaginative tales, including appearances by Nostradamus, who predicts both Hitler and The Boy Commandos; a look back at World War Two from the year 3045; a New York gangster on the run in Europe; a New York cabbie in Europe, determined to take on the Germans single-handed; the team captured by the German Army in Africa; a ghost aiding the boys in defending a French village; and a kitten accidentally ending a paw in a raid on a German-held town.