Arc 4: Sun Tan and General Mariwana
Written by
Frank Robbins (writer and artist)
Strips: 85 - 206
Dates: 09/11/1944 - 01/30/1945
Daily Arc 003
As the regiment Johnny Hazard in attached to prepares to transfer from Europe to the Pacific to fight the Japanese, Hazard and his two teammates are sent there on a special mission for G-2 early, stopping in Iran to pick up a passenger and more specific orders. The 'package' is Major Sun Tan, a young Caucasian woman who was the adopted daughter of the leader of a Chinese guerrilla leader. Hazard's job is to sneak her back into China but Japanese spies are monitoring and planning on taking her out. On the lookout for her return is General Mariwana, Japanese governor of the area and a man with a major desire for revenge against Tan.