#JackKirby - The Commandos Are Coming!!! 💥💥💥 Jack Kirby and Joe Simon are most well known for co-creating Captain America... but what if I told you they had another war themed comic creation besides the Star Spangled hero... and came from DC Comics, not Marvel??? 💥💥💥 The Boy Commandos first appeared in June of 1942 in Detective Comics #Issue64 over at DC Comics. Having left Timely Comics (now Marvel) over a royalties discrepancy, they were hired by National (DC) Comics and allowed to create numerous titles. The Sandman, Manhunter and others were produced... but one of their most successful creations had to be The Boy Commandos!!! 💥💥💥 The team consists of: Andre (France), Alfie (Britain), Jan (Netherlands) and Brooklyn (USA)... all kid soldiers from around the globe stationed in Europe. They are led by Captain Rip Carter and fight against the “Ratzies” (their juvenile but accurate nickname for the Nazi’s) across the European theater of war! 💥💥💥 Pic 1 of this post shows Simon (on the left) and Kirby (on the right) posing at the drafting table with the opening splash page featuring the team... Kirby is credited with the story and pencils, and Simon is credited with editing and inking! In Pic 2 we see the actual colored and printed page as it appeared in Detective Comics #64. The pic is credited as 1941, so it’s possible they were working on these characters and this issue up to 6 months in advance of publication!!! 💥💥💥 #JackKirby #Kirby #KingKirby #JoeSimon #KirbyAndSimon #SimonAndKirby #BoyCommandos #DetectiveComics #Comic #Comics #ComicBook #ComicBooks #40sComics #ComicsOfThe40s #IGComics #SimonAndKirbyStudios https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu4DPSgBDW8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xwd39w6z37je
