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Issue: National Comics #22 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1942
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Issues: #22 of 75 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/06/1942
Volume: none
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, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, 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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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; Quicksilver [Max] (inset); Sally O'Neil (inset); Kid Patrol (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Blum ?
Inker(s): Alex Blum ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, war
Feature(s): Uncle Sam
Character(s): Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; Jook Jagger (villain); Spike (villain)
First Line: A flashlight beam stabs the darkness...
Synopsis: Sam intervened during the sentencing of some underage thugs, and begged the court's mercy for them. Sam took the four boys under his wing (all save one, who had actually killed a man), and, surprisingly, the boy's reformation begins with a Sunday trip to church!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Compare art with Police #13's Firebrand story. Note awkward figure positions and strange shoulder, elbow and wrist angles.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Cole
Inker(s): Jack Cole
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Windy Breeze
Character(s): Windy Breeze
First Line: So you think you're good at lying, eh, Breeze?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: story is not signed.
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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 Dixon]; Joe Cahoot
First Line: On the west coast....
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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]; the Japanese (villains)
First Line: Striking with the speed of lightning...
Synopsis: Quicksilver takes to the air and dismantles a Japanese bomber fleet heading toward San Francisco.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: previously credited to Paul Gustavson, but this is the same artist who drew all the previous Quicksilver stories.
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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
First Line: Enthusiastic guests...
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Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [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
First Line: On coast patrol...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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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
First Line: Japanese bombs...
Synopsis: Sally takes on a nest of Japanese spies. Alone.
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling
Inker(s): Klaus Nordling
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Pen Miller
Character(s): Pen Miller; Chop
First Line: Returning from a southern jaunt....
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Feature moves to Crack Comics.
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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
First Line: Hey, What yo' doin', flyin' on th wrong side of de air?
Synopsis: Cupid meets the Cupid of the "colored folks".
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Iger [as Jerry Maxwell]
Penciller(s): Rudy Palais ?
Inker(s): Rudy Palais ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Boy
Character(s): Wonder Boy
First Line: Strolling through the city...
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Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Lowell Riggs]
Penciller(s): Mort Leav
Inker(s): Mort Leav
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Jack and Jill
Character(s): Jack Doe; Jill Doe
First Line: Seeking respite...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Last story.
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Huntin' Mutt

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gene Roberts
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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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; Babe the Blue Ox
First Line: A high powered car pulls up...
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Saltarella thinks the art is by Nick Cardy with, possibly, Chuck Winter inks.
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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: Oh, You don't think so, Eh, Girls?
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Pages: 1
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The New Fighter Plane

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]
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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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