Comic Title: America at War:The Best of DC War Comics SC
Publisher: Simon and Schuster (Simon and Schuster)
Address: 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY
Imprint: Fireside
Cover Date: 1979
Approx. On Sale Date: July 9, 1979
Cover Price: $6.95
Page Count: 264
Editor: Michael Uslan

Title: "The Romance of Rip Carter"
Pages: 12

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

Writer/Penciller: Joe Simon
Inker: Jack Kirby

Reprinted From:
Detective Comics #82 (1943)

Feature Character(s)

• Boy Commandos (last appearance in Detective Comics #81; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #12)
• Andre Chavard (last appearance in Detective Comics #81; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #12)
• Alfy Twidgett (last appearance in Detective Comics #81; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #12)
• Brooklyn (last appearance in Detective Comics #81; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #12)
• Jan Haasen (last appearance in Detective Comics #81; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #12)

Supporting Character(s)

• Rip Carter (last appearance in Detective Comics #81; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #12)

Villain(s)

• Various Nazi soldiers and pilots (no further appearances)
• Enrico Cardi (a Nazi sympathizer; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Sergeant Hooker, Lieutenant Nevil, an unnamed copilot, and several unnamed military personnel (no further appearances)
• Carlo Giuseppe Tomaso Antonio Ravissi (mayor of Santa Maria; no further appearances)
• Augustino, Rigo and members of the Italian resistance (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Rip Carter and the Boy Commandos are sent on a mission to destroy a Nazi supply tunnel in Italy. Their plane is shot down and the Commandos are forced to bail out. They are found by Italian resistance fighters and returned to the allied forces. Rip reports that his mission to destroy the tunnel has failed, but his commanding officer explains that his wrecked plane the Rosalind K crashed into the tunnel, completing the mission.