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Issue: National Comics #16 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1941
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Issues: #16 of 75 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/08/1941
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ed Cronin
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
Format Notes:  
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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 [Max] (inset); Kid Patrol (inset); Sally O'Neil (inset)
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAction! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] published December 2011
In Content Item: FlagAce Comics Presents #4 published November 1987
as Lou Fine Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Nicholas Burns 2020-01-30. Previous indexer identified the artist as Reed Crandall. Reed Crandall expert Roger Hill agrees that this is not Crandall.
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The Hollywood Invasion Plot

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 Smith; George Washington (as a ghost); Emil von Blon (Warren Brothers movie director); fifth columnists (villains)
Synopsis: Spies discover fertile ground for an attack on a movie set. The director is so successful and powerful that he was able to procure the use of U.S. Navy ships. The movie is meant to stir American patriotism, but the set is infiltrated by fifth columnists. Buddy, on board one of the submarines, discovers this and turns the tables on the saboteurs, while the ghost of George Washington appears to Uncle Sam to alert him of the danger. Together, Sam and Buddy defeat the spies but only after several ships have been destroyed.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Lou Fine Comics Treasury #[nn] published January 1991
as Uncle Sam [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Rain of Soup

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
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Amateur Hour

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
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Big Dan's Hundred Grand

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
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The artwork matches some Leav-credited stories in Jumbo Comics #28-29.
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The Blank Check Swindle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [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]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The art is similar to the Nordling sample on Who's Who.
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Pagi's Return to the Islands

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Jerry Maxwell (byline)]
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy
Inker(s): Nick Cardy
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Boy
Character(s): Wonder Boy; Pagi (South Seas performing native)
Synopsis: Wonder Boy witnesses the performance of a South Seas native and wonders if the man is really happy in this civilization or would prefer to return home.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Soap Box Demagogue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Gustavson [as N. Viscardi] (signed)
Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson [as N. Viscardi] (signed)
Inker(s): Paul Gustavson [as N. Viscardi] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Quicksilver
Character(s): Quicksilver [Max]; McGinty (villain, radical speaker); C.J. Merton (villain, political boss)
Synopsis: A political boss is paying crooks across America to make speeches and to stir up dissent in a scheme to become president under a new party banner and to rule as a dictator.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Several Quicksilver stories are bylined Nick Cardy, but the art is not in any way similar to his Senorita Rio stories in Fight Comics #19 and 21. They are signed N. Viscardi, his real name. Also Nick Viscardi's first Lady Luck story in the Sunday Spirit section for May 18, 1941 has a very different style from this one. It is identical to the unmistakeable art of Paul Gustavson. Either is Nick Cardy the writer, or just a byline name like most of the other byline names with no connection to any real artist used in Quality comics. A little mystery. Originally credited "Nick Cardy (signed)".

Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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The Counterfeiter's Cannon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Lowell Riggs]
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy
Inker(s): Nick Cardy
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Jack and Jill
Character(s): Jack; Jill
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Paddle-Ball Champ

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
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Herr Musser's Radio Plot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum [as Lynn Bird]
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: 5
Disclose Notes: The artwork match the Witmer sample at Who's Who.

Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
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Flames of Freedom

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bowen Arroe
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Rustling of Babe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Story 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
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: The art is very similar to CRandall's signed story in Police Comics #1, but the inking is a little different.
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The Sinister Swamp Camp

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Klaus Nordling (signed)
Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling (signed)
Inker(s): Klaus Nordling
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Pen Miller
Character(s): Pen Miller
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arthur Beeman (signed)
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 This? Somebody shipping a dog to me?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Incident in Greenland

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 Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: Merlin boosts the Greenland natives' campaign against Nazi thieves with a giant walrus.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
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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