How you could have heard of them: Though you might catch them in the new Brave and the Bold, or Howard Chaykin's 2017 Newsboy Legion/Boy Commandos Special, you're most likely to know Brooklyn who grew up to become Dan Turpin of the Metropolis Special Crimes Unit, particularly since he shows up in the Superman animated series looking a heck of a lot like Kirby himself. Flashback sequences or story entries will be followed by a Flashback note. Below is the definitive list of appearances of Boy Commandos in chronological order. Hide Key facts, Own, Want and Buy options. Boy Commandos first appeared in Detective Comics 64/2 (June 1942): 'The Commandos Are Coming'. So they didn't get a whole lot of appearances in the modern era. Search by Issue Filter by Timeframe Golden Age (1934-1955) Silver Age (1956-1971) Bronze Age (1972-1985) Copper Age (1986-1992) Modern Age (1993-Present) Compact View. Savage She-Hulk 1 CGC 9.8 SS NEWSSTAND 1st App Signed by STAN LEE JOE SINNOTT SPECIAL MARVEL EDITION 15 CGC 9.8 WHITE PAGES 1st APPEARANCE OF SHANG-CHI. Boy Commandos was a Golden Age anthology title published by DC Comics in the 1940s, each issue containing a few stories of the titular group as well as the occasional filler or. Sending kids to war made sense in a more innocent age. Boy Commandos 12 13 sold 0 available From the Blog Recent Comic News and Discussions Hottest Comics for 11/4: Warlock & Moon Knight Reign The MCU buzz reigns supreme once again as Fantastic Four 67 and Moon Knight 1 take the top spots in this week’s Hottest Comics. Thanks to reprints in Kirby's 1970s books, they fell back into the public eye, but they didn't show up in DC's Bronze Age war titles. 1949 seems to be the end of the line for André, Alfie, Jan, Brooklyn (very Blackhawk, this), and later replacements, as their comic folded, and they left the pages of World's Finest and Detective. Their first appearance was in Detective Comics #64 (June 1942), and they soon became very popular because they were also appearing in World's Finest (as of issue 8) and got their own quarterly series in '43, which was apparently a million-issue seller on par with Batman and Superman. Journal of the American Revolution is the leading source of knowledge about the. They created the Newboy Legion and then the Boy Commandos, a group of war orphans who, under Captain Rip Carter, fought the Ratzies and other villains during the war and after. The facts: After Simon and Kirby defected to DC, they noted the success of teenage sidekicks and decided "kid gangs" was the way to go. Boy Commandos 1 graded by CGC as 4.0, Very Good CGC 4.0 Cream to Off-White PagesDC Comics Description: This is a copy of Boy Commandos 1 graded by CGC.