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Issue: National Comics #14 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1941
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Issues: #14 of 75 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/06/1941
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (15 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. 3.
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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): Reed Crandall
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, war
Feature(s): Uncle Sam
Character(s): Uncle Sam; Kid Patrol (inset); Sally O'Neil (inset); Quicksilver [Max] (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Great Darkness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Chuck Cuidera
Inker(s): Chuck Cuidera
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, war
Feature(s): Uncle Sam
Character(s): Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; Baker; The Black Legion (villains)
Synopsis: A strange plague strikes the navy shipyard rendering all employees blind. But Uncle Sam uses his audio phone, a machine that captures conversations from the past, to track down the culprits, who turn out to be Sam's old foes, the Black Legion. Sam alerts the military to stop the Legion and then cures the people's blindness.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Zaro the Hypnotist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Frank Kearns]
Penciller(s): Mort Leav [as Leav] (signed)
Inker(s): Mort Leav [as Leav] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Sally O'Neil Policewoman
Character(s): Sally O'Neil; Barry Gilmore; Zaro (villain); Len Carmen (villain); Slug (villain); Mopey (villain); Barry Gilmore
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Signed in the last panel.
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The Ice Cream Gangster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gill Fox (signed)
Penciller(s): Gill Fox (signed)
Inker(s): Gill Fox
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Cyclone Cupid
Character(s): Cyclone Cupid; Bunny Crumb (first appearance; villain)
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Pages: 1
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Dixon Goes to Hollywood

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]; Otis Barnstable (first appearance; a woman); Chalky Slade (first appearance; villain)
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Pages: 5
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The Stratosphere Torpedo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [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; Jonas Falconi (first appearance)
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Pages: 5
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Suyaki the Smuggler

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Lynn Byrd]
Penciller(s): Witmer Williams
Inker(s): Witmer Williams
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Prop Powers
Character(s): Prop Powers; Lank; Suyaki (first appearance; villain)
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Pages: 5
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The Puggello Mob

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Nick Cardy]
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy (signed)
Inker(s): Nick Cardy (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Quicksilver
Character(s): Quicksilver [Max]; Puggello (first appearance, villain)
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Pages: 6
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The Shark

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole
Penciller(s): Jack Cole
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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The Secret of Creepy Creek

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [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 [Teddy; Sunshine; Porky; Suzy]; Pat Malone; Uncle Ned (first appearance)
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Pages: 5
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The Blood Poisoners

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; Dr. Gribble (first appearance; villain); Karp (first appearance; villain); a nurse (first appearance; villain)
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Pages: 4
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Half-Mast

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum [as Anthony Lamb]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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Bunyan the Cowhand

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Storey Weaver]
Penciller(s): Reed Crandall
Inker(s): John Cassone
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mythological
Feature(s): Paul Bunyan
Character(s): Paul Bunyan; Babe
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Pages: 4
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Murder in a Pawn Shop

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Lowell Riggs]
Penciller(s): John Cassone
Inker(s): John Cassone
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Jack and Jill
Character(s): Jack Doe; Jill Doe; John Randall (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
Inker(s): Arthur Beeman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Miss Winky
Character(s): Miss Winky
First Line: Gee I wonder how I'll make out today?
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Pages: 1
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Captured by Killer Ernst

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Guardineer [as Lance Blackwood] (signed)
Penciller(s): Fred Guardineer [as Lance Blackwood] (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Guardineer [as Lance Blackwood] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Merlin the Magician
Character(s): Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog]; General Sir Reginald Foxx (introduction); Killer Ernst (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: Jock is commissioned to fly General Foxx over Southeastern Asia, but they are brought down in New Guinea by Killer Ernst, an Austrian fifth columnist. Merlin's magical mastery, first with a cannon then a crocodile, makes quick work of him, however.
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Pages: 6
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.

Writer and art credits from the Quality Companion (TwoMorrows, 2011 series) #nn (November 2011).

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