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Issue: National Comics #11 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1941
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Issues: #11 of 75 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/07/1941
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (14 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, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 2.
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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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[untitled]

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; Quicksilver (inset); Sally O'Neil (inset)
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Pages: 1
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The Steelville Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner
Penciller(s): Mort Leav
Inker(s): Mort Leav
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, war
Feature(s): Uncle Sam
Character(s): Uncle Sam; Scalini (first appearance; villain); B. G. Vander (first appearance); Miss Vander (first appearance); Jim (first appearance)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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The Reformation of Billy Morris

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum [as Frank Kearns]
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; Mike O'Neil; Billy Morris (first appearance); Whitey and his gang (villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Sunshine Falls in Love

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum ? [as Dan Wilson]
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 [Sunshine; Teddy; Porky]; Pat; Sunshine's aunt (first appearance)
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Pages: 5
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Firing Squad of Spies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Lynn Byrd] (credited)
Penciller(s): Rudy Palais
Inker(s): Rudy Palais
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Prop Powers
Character(s): Prop Powers; Lank; Flick (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Nazi spies come into possession of a secret formula that would enable them to paint their bombers with it and render them invisible.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Lynn Byrd was a house name used by Quality Comics and is not the name of a true person.
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The Bronc Buster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole
Penciller(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]
Inker(s): Jack Cole
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Windy Breeze
Character(s): Windy Breeze
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Pages: 1
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Bout with Samson Young

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Klaus Nordling [as Bob Reynolds]
Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling
Inker(s): Klaus Nordling
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Kid Dixon
Character(s): Kid Dixon [Danny "Kid" Dixon]; Spade Diggins (first appearance; villain); Samson Young (first appearance)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Death Rides the Racetrack

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Nick Cardy]
Penciller(s): Al Bryant [as Nick Cardy]
Inker(s): Al Bryant [as Nick Cardy]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Quicksilver
Character(s): Quicksilver; Reilly (first appearance; villain); Al (first appearance; villain); Larry (first appearance)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Mystery at Midway Island

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Lowell Riggs]
Penciller(s): Chuck Mazoujian
Inker(s): Chuck Mazoujian
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Jack and Jill
Character(s): Jack Doe; Jill Doe; Mayer (first appearance; death)
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Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arthur Beeman
Penciller(s): Arthur Beeman (signed)
Inker(s): Arthur Beeman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Miss Winky
Character(s): Miss Winky
First Line: What's happened to those kids?
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Pages: 1
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The TAL Plane Crackups

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum ? [as Jerry Maxwell]
Penciller(s): Al Bryant ?
Inker(s): Al Bryant ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Boy
Character(s): Wonder Boy; Lou Grand (first appearance; villain)
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Pages: 5
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The Bloodiest Battle

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum [as Anthony Lamb] (signed)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Museum Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Klaus Nordling
Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling [as Klaus]
Inker(s): Klaus Nordling
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Pen Miller
Character(s): Pen Miller; Relick (first appearance; villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Indian Timber Thieves

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Storey Weaver]
Penciller(s): Reed Crandall
Inker(s): Reed Crandall
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mythological
Feature(s): Paul Bunyan
Character(s): Paul Bunyan; Siwash Joe (first appearance; villain)
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Pages: 4
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War with Wotan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum [as Lance Blackwood] (signed)
Penciller(s): Emil Gershwin
Inker(s): Emil Gershwin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Merlin the Magician
Character(s): Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog]; Ares (villain, introduction, god of war); Wotan (villain, introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain)
Synopsis: Merlin inexplicably travels back to the time of the Druids to save a young man and woman from being sacrificed to their gods: Wotan and Ares, and brings them back to the 20th Century where they ostensibly serve as examples for peace.
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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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