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Boy Commandos

Boy Commandos is a fictional organization from DC Comics first appearing in Detective Comics #64 (June 1942) by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. They are a combination of "kid gang" characters, an international cast of young boys fighting Nazis — or in their own parlance, "the Ratzies".

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Creation

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Fictional team biography

EponymousFraNceEnglandNetherlands
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Overview

DC ComicsJoe SimonJack Kirby
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Publisher
DC Comics
Created by
Joe Simon, Jack Kirby
First appearance
Detective Comics #64 (June 1942)
Member(s)
André Chavard, Alfie Twidgett, Jan Haasan, Brooklyn (later retconned as Dan Turpin)

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Boy Commandos

Nodes53
Edges52
Triples56
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037736
Components1

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Boy Commandos

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related to Creation · 26
Boy Commandos → Although America, Batman's Robin, British, Captain America, Captain America's Bucky, Captain America-like, Captain Marvel, DC, Dead End Kids-style, Finding, Having, Initially, Jack Liebowitz, Kirby, Kirby's, Liberty, Manhunter, Newsboy Legion, Sentinels, Simon
related to Fictional team biography · 15
Boy Commandos → Alfie Twidgett, An, André Chavard, Brooklyn, Captain Rip Carter, England, France, In September, Jan Haasan, Netherlands, New York City, Newsboy Legion, Second World War, The, United States
related to Collection · 7
Boy Commandos → DC, Detective Comics, ISBN, Kirby's, Simon, The Boy Commandos Vol, World's Finest Comics
related to External links · 3
Boy Commandos → Archived, Don Markstein's Toonopedia, February
Created by · 1
Boy Commandos → Joe Simon, Jack Kirby
First appearance · 1
Boy Commandos → Detective Comics #64 (June 1942)
Member(s) · 1
Boy Commandos → André Chavard, Alfie Twidgett, Jan Haasan, Brooklyn (later retconned as Dan Turpin)
Publisher · 1
Boy Commandos → DC Comics
is a · 1
Boy Commandos → fictional organization from DC Comics first appearing in Detective Comics

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Boy CommandosCreated byJoe Simon, Jack Kirby1.00infobox
Boy CommandosFirst appearanceDetective Comics #64 (June 1942)1.00infobox
Boy CommandosMember(s)André Chavard, Alfie Twidgett, Jan Haasan, Brooklyn (later retconned as Dan Turpin)1.00infobox
Boy CommandosPublisherDC Comics1.00infobox
Boy Commandosis afictional organization from DC Comics first appearing in Detective Comics0.90text
Boy Commandosrelated to CollectionDC0.60section
Boy Commandosrelated to CollectionSimon0.60section
Boy Commandosrelated to CollectionKirby's0.60section
Boy Commandosrelated to CollectionThe Boy Commandos Vol0.60section
Boy Commandosrelated to CollectionISBN0.60section
Boy Commandosrelated to CollectionDetective Comics0.60section
Boy Commandosrelated to CollectionWorld's Finest Comics0.60section

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