Arc 7: Side-Pocket Sam
Written by
Frank Robbins (writer and artist)
Strips: 373 - 457
Dates: 08/13/1945 - 11/19/1945
Daily Arc 005
The only vehicle that Johnny Hazard could find to reliably haul him and Brandy and Admiral to something possibly safer than where they were is a stolen Japanese tank. It is in such a thing that they come upon a command car carrying General Ishigaki and a beautiful French woman named Ma'mselle Touche. Hazard decides that using the two as hostages might get them through some very dangerous enemy territory. It does, for a while. Then they are 'met' by a Chinese force which turn out to be bandits, not guerrillas. Taken to their base, Hazard and group are introduced to the leader, a fascinating little man calling himself Side-Pocket Sam.
Note: this arc ends with the three making back to base and soon back to the States as World War II in the Pacific comes to an end.