Military Comics #2 for Sale - First Appearance of Vladim - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Military Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: September 1941
Key date: 1941-09-00
On-sale date: 1941-06-27
Indicia publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Vladim - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Coward Dies Twice	cover	1	pencils: Chuck Cuidera, Bill Smith; inks: Chuck Cuidera, Bill Smith	Blackhawk
1	The Coward Dies Twice	comic story	11	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Chuck Cuidera; inks: Chuck Cuidera; letters: Sam Rosen	Andre, Blackhawk, Boris, Hendrickson, Olaf, Stanislaus, Vladim First, Zeg
2	Surprise Attack	comic story	6	pencils: Harry Campbell
3	Back to Flight School	comic story	6	script: Bob Powell; pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob Powell
4	-	comic story	5	script: Elmer Wexler; pencils: Elmer Wexler; inks: Elmer Wexler	Joan Dale, Miss America
5	The Boobs in the Bomber	comic story	4	script: Klaus Nordling; pencils: Klaus Nordling; inks: Klaus Nordling
6	The Von Weissman Affair	comic story	8	pencils: Bill Smith; inks: Bill Smith	Jerry Noble; Sam (an eagle); Senator Noble; Queen (introduction, a puma); Kurt von Weissmann (villain)
7	The Battle of Bordeaux	comic story	6	script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole	The Death Patrol [Del Van Dyne; Butch; Hank; Slick Ward; Gramps; Stoney Rock (introduction, death)]
8	-	cartoon	0.67	script: Tex Blaisdell; pencils: Tex Blaisdell; inks: Tex Blaisdell
9	The Bayonet Drill	cartoon	0.33	script: Dick French; pencils: Dick French; inks: Dick French; letters: Dick French
10	Message in a Mirage	comic story	6	script: Fred Guardineer; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred Guardineer	Captain William "Wild Bill" Dunn; Private Boomerang Jones
11	Award for Youth Bravery: John Thomas Cain	text article	2	script: Tex Blaisdell; pencils: Tex Blaisdell; inks: Tex Blaisdell
12	British Mystery Squad Lands on Invasion Coast in Secret Mission	comic story	9	script: Al McWilliams; pencils: Al McWilliams; inks: Al McWilliams; letters: Martin deMuth

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Men of Mystery Comics #20	2000	On eBay ›
The Blackhawk Archives #1 ISBN 1563897008	2001	On eBay ›
Miss America ISBN 978-1544189864	2017	On eBay ›
Blue Tracer ISBN 978-1543287417	2017	On eBay ›
Loops & Banks ISBN 978-1544120669	2017	On eBay ›
Death Patrol ISBN 978-1543287523	2017	On eBay ›
The Complete Shot and Shell ISBN 978-1545145623	2017	On eBay ›
The Complete Yankee Eagle ISBN 978-1978291317	2017	On eBay ›
Blackhawk: Volume 1 ISBN 978-1545243107	2017	On eBay ›
The Complete Military Comics: Volume 1	2016	On eBay ›
The Complete Military Comics: Giant #1 ISBN 979-8541091885	2021	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

‹ #12 of 43#3 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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