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CHRONOLOGY
Boy Commandos first appeared in Detective Comics #64/2 (June 1942): "The Commandos Are Coming".
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Boy Commandos in chronological order. Flashback sequences or story entries will be followed by a [Flashback] note. Stories that for some reason are no longer part of current continuity will have a comment saying this in a note following the entry.
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Boy Commandos Chronology
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| Detective Comics #64/2 (June 1942): "The Commandos Are Coming" |
| Detective Comics #65/2 (July 1942): "Nostradamus Predicts" |
| Detective Comics #66/2 (August 1942): "The Sphinx Speaks" |
| Detective Comics #67 (September 1942): "Escape to Disaster" |
| Detective Comics #68/2 (October 1942): "The Treachery of Osuki" |
| Detective Comics #69 (November 1942): "The Siege of Krovka" |
| Detective Comics #70 (December 1942): "Fury Rides a Taxicab" |
| Detective Comics #71 (January 1943): "A Break for Santa" |
| World's Finest Comics #8 (winter 1942): "The Luck of the Lepparts" |
| Boy Commandos #1 (winter 1942): "The Town That Couldn't Be Conquered" |
| Boy Commandos #1/2 (winter 1942): "Heroes Never Die" |
| Boy Commandos #1/3 (winter 1942): "Satan Wears a Swastika" |
| Boy Commandos #1/5 (winter 1942): "Ghost Raiders" |
| Detective Comics #72 (February 1943): "Petals of Perl" |
| Detective Comics #73 (March 1943): "The Saga of the Little Tin Box" |
| Detective Comics #74/2 (April 1943): "The Trial of Captain Carter" |
| World's Finest Comics #9 (spring 1943): "The Battle of the Big Top" |
| Boy Commandos #2 (spring 1943): "The Silent People Speak" |
| Boy Commandos #2/2 (spring 1943): "On the Double, M'Lord" |
| Boy Commandos #2/3 (spring 1943): "The Knights Wore Khaki" |
| Boy Commandos #2/5 (spring 1943): "Nine Lives for Victory" |
| Detective Comics #75 (May 1943): "Double for Death" |
| Detective Comics #76 (June 1943): "The Invasion of America" |
| Detective Comics #77 (July 1943): "The Valley of Destiny" |
| World's Finest Comics #10 (summer 1943): "Message to Mermansk" |
| Boy Commandos #3 (summer 1943): "A Film from the Front --- Uncensored" |
| Boy Commandos #3/2 (summer 1943): "Cyril Thwaite Rides Again" |
| Boy Commandos #3/3 (summer 1943): "The Return of Agent Axis" |
| Detective Comics #78 (August 1943): "Freedom Station" |
| Detective Comics #79 (September 1943): "The Duce Gets a Hotfoot" |
| Detective Comics #80 (October 1943): "The Baronet of Bodkin Borders" |
| World's Finest Comics #11 (fall 1943): "Sand Dunes of Death" |
| Boy Commandos #4 (fall 1943): "The Invasion of Europe" |
| Detective Comics #81 (November 1943): "Yankee Doodle Dynamite" |
| Detective Comics #82/5 (December 1943): "The Romance of Rip Carter" |
| Detective Comics #83 (January 1944): "The Triumph of Cholly the Chimp" |
| World's Finest Comics #12 (winter 1943): "Golden Victory" |
| Boy Commandos #5 (winter 1943): "Assignment in Norway" |
| Boy Commandos #5/2 (winter 1943): "A Town to Remember" |
| Boy Commandos #5/3 (winter 1943): "The Mysterious Mr. Mulani" |
| Boy Commandos #5/4 (winter 1943): "Satan to See You" |
| Detective Comics #84 (February 1944): "Never Say Die" |
| Detective Comics #85/5 (March 1944): "Curtain Call for Action" |
| Detective Comics #86 (April 1944): "Log of a Lifeboat" |
| World's Finest Comics #13 (spring 1944): "A Wreath for Sir Edgar of Wimpledown" |
| Boy Commandos #6 (spring 1944): "News from Belgium" |
| Boy Commandos #6/2 (spring 1944): "The Jackals of Jawnpore" |
| Boy Commandos #6/3 (spring 1944): "Action Along the Adriatic" |
| Boy Commandos #6/4 (spring 1944): "Destiny Writes the Headlines" |
| Detective Comics #87 (May 1944): "King Brooklyn the Foist" |
| Detective Comics #88/5 (June 1944): "The Battle of Wales" |
| Detective Comics #89/5 (July 1944): "Joyride a la Russe" |
| World's Finest Comics #14 (summer 1944): "Task Force to Tokyo" |
| Boy Commandos #7 (summer 1944): "Chumley Rhumbalawn Carries On" |
| Boy Commandos #7/2 (summer 1944): "Farming for Freedom" |
| Boy Commandos #7/3 (summer 1944): "The Shadow of Valhalla" |
| Detective Comics #90 (August 1944): "Commando Performance" |
| Detective Comics #91 (September 1944): "Retreat to Paradise" |
| Detective Comics #92 (October 1944): "Saga of the Northland" |
| World's Finest Comics #15 (fall 1944): "Iss Ve Not Der Supermen?" |
| Boy Commandos #8 (fall 1944): "Brooklyn's Dream" |
| Boy Commandos #8/2 (fall 1944): "Love Comes to Private 'awkins" |
| Boy Commandos #8/3 (fall 1944): "Nuggets of the North" |
| Detective Comics #93 (November 1944): "Mission of Errors" |
| Detective Comics #94 (December 1944): "The Secret of Hill 118" |
| Detective Comics #95 (January 1945): "The Ghosts of Kelvin's Keep" |
| World's Finest Comics #16 (winter 1944): "The Good Nazis" |
| Boy Commandos #9 (winter 1944): "Assignment in Arawa Atoll" |
| Boy Commandos #9/2 (winter 1944): "A Tale of Sherwood Forest" |
| Boy Commandos #9/3 (winter 1944): "The Man Who Laughed at Horror" |
| Detective Comics #96 (February 1945): "The Sinister League" |
| Detective Comics #97 (March 1945): "He Swings through the Air" |
| Detective Comics #98 (April 1945): "The Trial of Field Marshal von Augen" |
| World's Finest Comics #17 (spring 1945): "Secret Weapon X-29" |
| Boy Commandos #10 (spring 1945): "Thunder in China" |
| Boy Commandos #10/2 (spring 1945): "Brooklyn Goes to Town" |
| Boy Commandos #10/3 (spring 1945): "Trouble Down Mexico Way" |
| Detective Comics #99 (May 1945): "The Locusts of Lohan" |
| Detective Comics #100 (June 1945): "The Mischievous Mr. McGonigle" |
| Detective Comics #101 (July 1945): "Gangway, Tokyo" |
| World's Finest Comics #18 (summer 1945): "Lord Alfred of Upson Downs" |
| Boy Commandos #11 (summer 1945): "The Men in the Mist" |
| Boy Commandos #11/2 (summer 1945): "Repeat Performance" |
| Boy Commandos #11/3 (summer 1945): "The Seal of the Spy" |
| Detective Comics #102 (August 1945): "The Floating Evil" |
| Detective Comics #103 (September 1945): "The Retreat of Battalion O" |
| World's Finest Comics #19 (fall 1945): "Casey of the K9s" |
| Boy Commandos #12 (fall 1945): "The Lesson of the Lotus" |
| Boy Commandos #12/2 (fall 1945): "Warriors Without Weapons" |
| Boy Commandos #12/3 (fall 1945): "Out of This World" |
| Detective Comics #104 (October 1945): "The Crooked Ghost" |
| Detective Comics #105 (November 1945): "Foxhole Chaplain" |
| Detective Comics #106 (December 1945): "Meet the Commandos from Nippon" |
| World's Finest Comics #20 (winter 1945): "Brooklyn Botches the Bakas" |
| Boy Commandos #13 (winter 1945): "The Battle of the Lady Leathernecks" |
| Boy Commandos #13/2 (winter 1945): "King of the Insects" |
| Boy Commandos #13/3 (winter 1945): "V-Mail for Victory" |
| Detective Comics #107 (January 1946): "The Weird Statues!" |
| Detective Comics #108 (February 1946): "The Miracle of Hoo-Dun-Dat" |
| Detective Comics #109 (March 1946): "Keep 'em Frying" |
| World's Finest Comics #21 (March-April 1946): "Brooklyn and Columbus Discover America" |
| Boy Commandos #14 (March-April 1946): "Davy Jones' Uninvited Guests" |
| Boy Commandos #14/2 (March-April 1946): "So This is Paris" |
| Boy Commandos #14/3 (March-April 1946): "Brooklyn -- War Correspondent" |
| Detective Comics #110 (April 1946): "A Flatbush Frolic" |
| Detective Comics #111 (May 1946): "Reconversion for Rats" |
| World's Finest Comics #22 (May-June 1946): "Boy Commandos - 5,000,000 B.C." |
| Boy Commandos #15 (May-June 1946): "Crime in Technicolor" |
| Boy Commandos #15/2 (May-June 1946): "The Trail of the Crimson Scorpion" |
| Boy Commandos #15/3 (May-June 1946): "Roman Holiday" |
| Detective Comics #112 (June 1946): "Senor Death" |
| Detective Comics #113 (July 1946): "When Commandos Meet" |
| World's Finest Comics #23 (July-August 1946): "The Secret of the Seven" |
| Boy Commandos #16 (July-August 1946): "Case 13" |
| Boy Commandos #16/2 (July-August 1946): "Insurrecto Island" |
| Boy Commandos #16/3 (July-August 1946): "Brooklyn Haunts a House" |
| Detective Comics #114 (August 1946): "Journey into Nowhere" |
| Detective Comics #115 (September 1946): "Brooklyn Wants a Kingdom" |
| World's Finest Comics #24 (September-October 1946): "Rip Carter's Birthday" |
| Boy Commandos #17 (September-October 1946): "The Stolen Centuries" |
| Boy Commandos #17/2 (September-October 1946): "Terror on the Yangtze" |
| Boy Commandos #17/3 (September-October 1946): "Brooklyn Gets a Haircut" |
| Detective Comics #116 (October 1946): "Ten Days in the Big House" |
| Detective Comics #117 (November 1946): "The Man No One Could See" |
| World's Finest Comics #25 (November-December 1946): "The Mountain of the Outlaws" |
| Boy Commandos #18 (November-December 1946): "The Son of Moby Dick" |
| Boy Commandos #18/2 (November-December 1946): "The Footsteps of Gulliver" |
| Boy Commandos #18/3 (November-December 1946): "Three Eyes for Crazy-Quilt" |
| Detective Comics #118 (December 1946): "The Invisible Commando" |
| Detective Comics #119 (January 1947): "The Runaway Robot" |
| World's Finest Comics #26 (January-February 1947): "Land Beyond the Sky" |
| Boy Commandos #19 (January-February 1947): "The Saga of Rip Van Carter" |
| Boy Commandos #19/2 (January-February 1947): "The Torpedo Pirates" |
| Boy Commandos #19/3 (January-February 1947): "The Tenderfoot from Brooklyn" |
| Detective Comics #120 (February 1947): "The Fight Before Christmas" |
| Detective Comics #121 (March 1947): "The Phantom Express" |
| World's Finest Comics #27 (March-April 1947): "The Flatbush Fiddler" |
| Boy Commandos #20 (March-April 1947): "Danger Below" |
| Boy Commandos #20/2 (March-April 1947): "The Championship of Brooklyn" |
| Boy Commandos #20/3 (March-April 1947): "First Stop -- The Moon" |
| Detective Comics #122 (April 1947): "Four Swords for a King" |
| Detective Comics #123 (May 1947): "Heroes for a Day" |
| World's Finest Comics #28 (May-June 1947): "School for Acrobats" |
| Boy Commandos #21 (May-June 1947): "The Top of the World" |
| Boy Commandos #21/2 (May-June 1947): "The Script That Was Never Written" |
| Boy Commandos #21/3 (May-June 1947): "The Lady Known as Velvet" |
| Detective Comics #124 (June 1947): "Assignment in London" |
| Detective Comics #125 (July 1947): "When Hitler Came Back" |
| World's Finest Comics #29 (July-August 1947): "The Faces of History" |
| Boy Commandos #22 (July-August 1947): "The Terrible Senor Gaucho" |
| Boy Commandos #22/2 (July-August 1947): "Color Code for Crime" |
| Boy Commandos #22/3 (July-August 1947): "The Romeo from Brooklyn" |
| Detective Comics #126 (August 1947): "D-Day on the Boulder" |
| Detective Comics #127 (September 1947): "Never-Say-Die Land" |
| World's Finest Comics #30/4 (September-October 1947): "The Black Gold of Red Valley" |
| Boy Commandos #23 (September-October 1947): "Unlucky Thirteen" |
| Boy Commandos #23/2 (September-October 1947): "Join the Legion of Forgotten Men" |
| Boy Commandos #23/3 (September-October 1947): "Sunken World" |
| Detective Comics #128 (October 1947): "Rip Carter - Killer" |
| Detective Comics #129 (November 1947): "The Quarterback from Brooklyn" |
| World's Finest Comics #31 (November-December 1947): "The Lancers Ride Again" |
| Boy Commandos #24 (November-December 1947): "Crazy-Quilt and the Camouflage Crimes" |
| Boy Commandos #24/2 (November-December 1947): "The Enemy with Six Legs" |
| Boy Commandos #24/3 (November-December 1947): "Up, Up and Away" |
| Detective Comics #130 (December 1947): "Fifty Below Zero" |
| Detective Comics #131 (January 1948): "A Murder Rap for Brooklyn" |
| World's Finest Comics #32 (January-February 1948): "The Killer with the Golden Voice" |
| Boy Commandos #25 (January-February 1948): "The Story of Commando X" |
| Boy Commandos #25/2 (January-February 1948): "Prisoner of the Iron Mask" |
| Boy Commandos #25/3 (January-February 1948): "The Million Dollar Kid" |
| Detective Comics #132 (February 1948): "The Unwelcome Santa Claus" |
| Detective Comics #133 (March 1948): "The Man Who Brought 'em Back Dead" |
| World's Finest Comics #33 (March-April 1948): "The Battle of Brooklyn" |
| Boy Commandos #26 (March-April 1948): "Invasion from Out of Space" |
| Boy Commandos #26/2 (March-April 1948): "The Jockey from Flatbush" |
| Boy Commandos #26/3 (March-April 1948): "The Strange Case of the Viller Brothers" |
| Detective Comics #134 (April 1948): "The Beast of London" |
| Detective Comics #135 (May 1948): "Crimes by Television" |
| World's Finest Comics #34 (May-June 1948): "Nine Lives for Brooklyn" |
| Boy Commandos #27 (May-June 1948): "The Ape That Plotted Crimes" |
| Boy Commandos #27/2 (May-June 1948): "The Crimes of Diamond Hand" |
| Boy Commandos #27/3 (May-June 1948): "The Case of the Killer Cadet" |
| Detective Comics #136 (June 1948): "A Tale of Two Brooklyns" |
| Detective Comics #137 (July 1948): "The Rise and Fall of a Gangster" |
| World's Finest Comics #35 (July-August 1948): "The Bravest Man in the World" |
| Boy Commandos #28 (July-August 1948): "The Zoo of the Future" |
| Boy Commandos #28/2 (July-August 1948): "The Unluckiest Guy in the World" |
| Boy Commandos #28/3 (July-August 1948): "Keeper of the Big Cage" |
| Detective Comics #138 (August 1948): "The Mystery of the Mary Celeste II" |
| Detective Comics #139 (September 1948): "Dr. Z, Future Criminal" |
| World's Finest Comics #36 (September-October 1948): "The Legion of Death-Cheaters" |
| Boy Commandos #29 (September-October 1948): "The Case of the Silent Commando" |
| Boy Commandos #29/2 (September-October 1948): "The City at the Center of the Earth" |
| Boy Commandos #29/3 (September-October 1948): "Swastika Over New York" |
| Detective Comics #140 (October 1948): "The Dictator from Alcatraz" |
| Detective Comics #141 (November 1948): "Find Me a Killer" |
| World's Finest Comics #37 (November-December 1948): "The Killer in the Iron Machine" |
| Boy Commandos #30 (November-December 1948): "The Miracle Pitcher" |
| Boy Commandos #30/2 (November-December 1948): "The Triumph of William Tell" |
| Boy Commandos #30/3 (November-December 1948): "The Substitute Boy Commandos" |
| Detective Comics #142 (December 1948): "The Mystery of Secret X" |
| Detective Comics #143 (January 1949): "The Five Weapons That Shook the World!" |
| World's Finest Comics #38 (January-February 1949): "Rip Carter - Fugitive from a Chain Gang" |
| Boy Commandos #31 (January-February 1949): "Brooklyn - the Walking Book of Knowledge" |
| Boy Commandos #31/2 (January-February 1949): "The Gem King" |
| Boy Commandos #31/3 (January-February 1949): "Solitary Confinement" |
| Detective Comics #144 (February 1949): "The Case of the Black Cat Crimes" |
| Detective Comics #145 (March 1949): "Undercover Gangster" |
| World's Finest Comics #39 (March-April 1949): "The Kid Who Hit the $60,000 Jackpot" |
| Boy Commandos #32 (March-April 1949): "The Designer of Doom" |
| Boy Commandos #32/2 (March-April 1949): "The Magnificent Ham" |
| Boy Commandos #32/3 (March-April 1949): "Dale Evans -- Queen of the Westerns" |
| Detective Comics #146 (April 1949): "Gangster Island" |
| Detective Comics #147 (May 1949): "The Fight of the Century" |
| World's Finest Comics #40 (May-June 1949): "The Handcuffs of Fate" |
| Boy Commandos #33 (May-June 1949): "The Houdini from Brooklyn" |
| Boy Commandos #33/2 (May-June 1949): "The Strange Case of Last Mile Hogan" |
| Boy Commandos #33/3 (May-June 1949): "The Color Crimes of Crazy-Quilt" |
| Detective Comics #148 (June 1949): "The King of the Animals" |
| Detective Comics #149 (July 1949): "The Case of the Ex-Boy Commando" |
| World's Finest Comics #41 (July-August 1949): "The Voyage of the Merry X" |
| Boy Commandos #34 (July-August 1949): "The Dog That Became a Commando" |
| Boy Commandos #34/2 (July-August 1949): "The Bandit of Mile-High Mountain" |
| Boy Commandos #34/3 (July-August 1949): "The Rembrandt from Flatbush" |
| Detective Comics #150 (August 1949): "Around the World or Bust" |
| Boy Commandos #35 (September-October 1949): "Brooklyn Gets a New Look" |
| Boy Commandos #35/2 (September-October 1949): "Claw and Fang" |
| Boy Commandos #35/3 (September-October 1949): "The Champ with Four Legs" |
| Boy Commandos #36 (November-December 1949): "Land from Out of Space" |
| Boy Commandos #36/2 (November-December 1949): "The Kid Who Owned a Forest" |
| Boy Commandos #36/3 (November-December 1949): "Jungle Manhunt" |