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Issue: National Comics #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1940
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Issues: #4 of 75 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/07/1940
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Will Eisner
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Torpedo Islands of Death

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Lou Fine
Inker(s): Lou Fine
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, war
Feature(s): Uncle Sam
Character(s): Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; Wonder Boy (inset); Sally O'Neil (inset); Merlin (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Floating Islands

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner
Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich?
Inker(s): Dan Zolnerowich?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, war
Feature(s): Uncle Sam
Character(s): Uncle Sam; Nazis (villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Barry Gilmore Returns

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum
Penciller(s): Chuck Mazoujian
Inker(s): Chuck Mazoujian
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Sally O'Neil Policewoman
Character(s): Sally O'Neil; Barry Gilmore; William Taylor (first appearance); Jason and his gang (first appearance; villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Paperweight Championship

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Charles Nicholas
Inker(s): Charles Nicholas
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Kid Patrol
Character(s): Kid Patrol; Brass Knuckles (first appearance; villain); Nip (first appearance; villain); Tuck (first appearance; villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Plane Sabotage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Witmer Williams?
Inker(s): Witmer Williams?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Prop Powers
Character(s): Prop Powers
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Steckar's Insurance Racket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Klaus Nordling
Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling
Inker(s): Klaus Nordling
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Pen Miller
Character(s): Pen Miller; Joe Steckar (first appearance; villain); Louie the Lout (first appearance; villain); other crooks (first appearance; villains); Pen's publisher (first appearance)
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Pages: 5
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Dinosaurs Out West

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum
Penciller(s): John Celardo
Inker(s): John Celardo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Boy
Character(s): Wonder Boy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Man from 1940

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Tony Rawlins (byline)]
Penciller(s): Henry Kiefer
Inker(s): Henry Kiefer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Cyclone
Character(s): Cyclone; un-named old man (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Last appearance.

Tony Rawlins was a by-line on this feature and was not necessarily a real person.
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A Bout of Homesickness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Tuska
Inker(s): George Tuska
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Kid Dixon
Character(s): Kid Dixon [Danny "Kid" Dixon]; "Tiger" Tom Griffin (first appearance; villain); Mrs. Higgins (first appearance); Katherine Higgins (first appearance)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Page Boy Vigilante

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum [as Anthony Lamb]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Yankee Doodle Boy
Character(s): Yankee Doodle Boy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Stone's Big Score

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Herman Bolstein?
Penciller(s): John Celardo
Inker(s): John Celardo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mythological
Feature(s): Paul Bunyan
Character(s): Paul Bunyan; Johnson (first appearance); Stone and his gangsters (first appearance; villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Newcombe
Penciller(s): Bill Newcombe
Inker(s): Bill Newcombe
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Windy Breeze
Character(s): Windy Breeze
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Ophar Jewel Stolen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Lance Blackwood] (signed)
Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich [as Lance Blackwood] (signed)
Inker(s): Dan Zolnerowich [as Lance Blackwood] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Merlin the Magician
Character(s): Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog]; Limey Joe (villain, introduction); the Forty Thieves (villains, introduction for all)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Lance Blackwood is a by-line found on this strip, and is also the pen name of Dan Zolnerowich. Zolne did no writing and the he is known as an artist only for this feature.

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