Comic Title: Detective Comics #79
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1943
Approx. On Sale Date: July 23, 1943 Copyright Date July 20, 1943
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1943
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: 56
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Duce Gets a Hotfoot"
Pages: 12

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

Writer/Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker: Joe Simon

Reprinted In:
Boy Commandos by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby Vol. 2 HC (2016)

Feature Character(s)

• Boy Commandos (last appearance in Detective Comics #78; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #11)
• Alfy Twidgett (last appearance in Detective Comics #78; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #11)
• Andre Chavard (last appearance in Detective Comics #78; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #11)
• Brooklyn (last appearance in Detective Comics #78; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #11)
• Jan Haasen (last appearance in Detective Comics #78; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #11)

Supporting Character(s)

• Rip Carter (last appearance in Detective Comics #78; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #11)

Villain(s)

• Various Nazi soldiers and Italian fascists (Domini named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Professor Ferno and Giovanni (an Italian professor and his assistant; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
While swimming on the North African shore, the Boy Commandos find an escaped prisoner from an Italian prison camp. The man explains how he escaped from an base in Italy. The Commandos stage a raid based on information supplied by the former prisoner. When they arrive, the base is too big and secure to destroy, so they blow a nearby volcano in order to demolish the base. Rip and two of the boys are captured during the ambush, but Brooklyn and Alfy trick the Axis soldiers, delaying them long enough for Allied reinforcements to arrives. The base is destroyed, and the anti-fascist villagers are liberated.