| Boy Commandos | |
|---|---|
_1973.jpg) Boy Commandos #1 (Sep/Oct 1973), art by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Detective Comics #64 (June 1942) |
| Created by | Joe Simon, Jack Kirby |
| In-story information | |
| Member(s) | André Chavard, Alfie Twidgett, Jan Haasan, Brooklyn (later retconned as Dan Turpin) |
Boy Commandos is a fictional organization from DC Comics first appearing in Detective Comics #64 (June 1942) by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby.[1] They are a combination of "kid gang" characters, an international cast of young boys fighting Nazis — or in their own parlance, "the Ratzies".[2]
- ^ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016). The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe. DK Publishing. p. 342. ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0.
- ^ Greenberger, Robert (2008), "Boy Commandos", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The DC Comics Encyclopedia, London: Dorling Kindersley, p. 59, ISBN 978-0-7566-4119-1