Comic Title: Boy Commandos #1
Publisher: DC (World's Best Comics Company)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Winter 1942
On Sale Date: November 11, 1942 Newsstand Date November 11, 1942
Source: House Ad, World's Finest Comics #8, Page BC,
Superman #20, Page 31,
Sensation Comics #13, Page 43,
Flash Comics #37, Page 45,
More Fun Comics #87, Page IBC,
Adventure Comics #82, Page IBC

Copyright Date November 7, 1942
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1942
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Quarterly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Title: "The Town That Couldn't Be Conquered"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Boy Commandos (of Earth-2)

Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker: Joe Simon

Reprinted In:
Boy Commandos by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby Vol. 1 HC (2011)
DC Goes to War HC (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Boy Commandos (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #8; next appearance in Boy Commandos #1)
• Brooklyn (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #8; next appearance in Boy Commandos #1)
• Andre Chavard (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #8; next appearance in Boy Commandos #1)
• Alfy Twidgett (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #8; next appearance in Boy Commandos #1)
• Jan Haasen (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #8; next appearance in Boy Commandos #1)

Supporting Character(s)

• Rip Carter (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #8; next appearance in Boy Commandos #1)

Villain(s)

• Major Von Glutt and other Nazis (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• The townsfolk of Vannders (Gretchen, Hans, Frau Van Meer, and Frau Jaeger named; no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Jan Haasen (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Detective Comics #64)

Synopsis:
Jan receives a troubling letter from his village of Vannders detailing the horrors of Nazi occupation. Jan convinces Rip and the other Commandos to prepare a mission into enemy territory. The Boy Commandos then sneak into Vannders and kill the Nazi troops. Vannders is then free from occupation.