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Issue: National Comics #15 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1941
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Issues: #15 of 75 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/09/1941
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. 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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[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; Quicksilver (inset); Kid Patrol (inset); Sally O'Neil (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Genius of Destruction

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner ?
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; An evil inventor and his gang (first appearance; villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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The Slumlord

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Frank Kearns]
Penciller(s): Mort Leav
Inker(s): Mort Leav
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Sally O'Neil Policewoman
Character(s): Sally O'Neil; Leon (first appearance; villain);Leon's wife (first appearance; villain); Liverton (first appearance; villain); Gerald Payson (first appearance)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Treasure Hunt

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 [Sunshine; Teddy; Porky]; Pat
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Attack on the Cambria

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; Nazis (villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Weeping Willow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]
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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Bout with Pajamah

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; as Dick Nixon]; Pajamah (first appearance; villain)
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Kid Dixon is called "Dick Nixon" in this story!
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The Smithtown Slum Revolt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Nick Cardy] (signed)
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 Crandall]; The Lansmen (villains, introduction for all)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Rhumba Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Cassone
Inker(s): John Cassone
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Jack and Jill
Character(s): Jose (first appearance; death); Rita (first appearance); Aztal (first appearance; villain)
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Pages: 4
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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: Darn it- We've just got to win today!
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Pages: 1
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The Mail Train Robbery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Jerry Maxwell] (signed)
Penciller(s): Al Bryant
Inker(s): Al Bryant
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Boy
Character(s): Wonder Boy
Synopsis: While Wonder Boy is quietly fishing, he suddenly notices a mail train being robbed, and dashes off to put an end to it.
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In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #54 published July 2005
as The Mail Train Robbery [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Eagle Speaks

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum [as Bob Anthony]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Case of Croaker Corvan

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; Croaker Corvan and Murder, Ltd. (first appearance; villains)
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Pages: 4
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Wreck on the Trestle

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; Saboteurs (first appearance; villains)
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Pages: 4
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[untitled]

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
First Line: There's a policeman chasing a bandit down there...
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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]; the Japanese (villains)
First Line: Crushing everything in it's path, a huge Japanese tank rumbles forward, terrorizing the humble, but stubborn Chinese peasants.
Synopsis: Merlin helps the Chinese fight the Japanese by resurrecting ancient, dead Chinese soldiers.
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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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