Comic Title: Detective Comics #64
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: June 1942
Approx. On Sale Date: April 24, 1942 Copyright Date April 21, 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: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Title: (The Commandos Are Coming)
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Jack Kirby
Penciller: Joe Simon
Inker: Jack Kirby

Reprinted In:
Mister Miracle #8 (1972)
Boy Commandos by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby Vol. 1 HC (2011)
Detective Comics:80 Years of Batman HC (2019)

Feature Character(s)

• Boy Commandos (first appearance; last appearance in Boy Commandos #16; next appearance in Detective Comics #65)
• Andre Chavard (called Pierre in this story only; first appearance; last appearance in Boy Commandos #16; next appearance in Detective Comics #65)
• Jan Haasen (first appearance; last appearance in Boy Commandos #1; next appearance in Detective Comics #65)
• Alfy Twidgett (first appearance; last appearance in Boy Commandos #16; next appearance in Detective Comics #65)
• Brooklyn (first appearance; last appearance in Boy Commandos #16; next appearance in Detective Comics #65)

Supporting Character(s)

• Rip Carter (first appearance; last appearance in Boy Commandos #16; next appearance in Detective Comics #65)

Villain(s)

• Major Von Karp, various Nazi soldiers, and courtroom officials (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Leon La Farge (a lawyer; no further appearances)
• Victor Renaud (a French civic leader; no further appearances)
• An unnamed street vendor (no further appearances)
• A unit of Allied commandos (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The Boy Commandos, the mascots of a fighting unit known as the Commandos, drag a cynical Frenchman, Leon La Farge, back to their commander, Rip Carter. La Farge agrees to act as a guide for the unit during a planned invasion of the French coastline. La Farge become inspired by the unit and selflessly acts to save the life of French civic leader, Victor Renaud. The Commandos stage their own rescue to save La Farge from execution by the Nazis. Then La Farge becomes an agent of the Allies to work behind enemy lines.