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Issue: National Comics #44

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Publication Date: October 1944

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Issues: #44 of 75 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Quality Comics

Brand: Quality Comic Group

Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume:

Pages: 60

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 11 (10 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): George Brenner

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Format

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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Content Items (11 total)

Benny the Beep

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Al Bryant (signed)

Inker(s): Al Bryant

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, humorous

Feature(s): Barker

Character(s): The Barker [Carnie Callahan]

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Pages: 1

Benny the Beep

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Joe Millard

Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling (signed)

Inker(s): Klaus Nordling

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, humorous

Feature(s): Barker

Character(s): The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Colonel Land (Mammoth Circus owner); Tiny; Major Midge; Lena; Peaches (introduction, the bearded lady); Benny the Beep [Benny Yokavitz] (villain, introduction); Barteer (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: The Barker has to step in when Benny the Beep frames the Colonel for theft.

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Pages: 11

Notes: Writer credit determined by textual analysis.

The Crazy Criminals

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Al Bryant ?

Penciller(s): Al Bryant (signed)

Inker(s): Al Bryant

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Sally O'Neil Policewoman

Character(s): Sally O'Neil; Rocky Rhodes (first apearance; villain); Nuts Nisi (first appearance; villain); Pete Trigger (first appearance; villain); a phony psychiatrist (first appearance; villain); Dr. Woods (first appearance)

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Pages: 8

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bernard Dibble

Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble

Inker(s): Bernard Dibble

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Salty Waters

Character(s): Salty Waters

First Line: Mmmm!

Synopsis: Salty Waters dreams he meets a cannibal on a tropical island.

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Pages: 1

The Case of the Rescued Captive

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): John Spranger

Inker(s): John Spranger

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage

Feature(s): G-2

Character(s): G-2 [Don Leash]; The Japanese (villains); Major Kyle (first appearance); Dr. Gates (first appearance)

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Pages: 7

The Arsonist Alderman

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)

Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)

Inker(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Chic Carter

Character(s): Chic Carter; Alderman Kerney (first appearance; villain)

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Pages: 6

The Express Elevator

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns] (signed)

Penciller(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns] (signed)

Inker(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Windy Breeze

Character(s): Windy Breeze

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Pages: 1

Three Keys To Doom

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Bill Quackenbush ?

Inker(s): Bill Quackenbush ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Quicksilver

Character(s): Quicksilver; Edgar Aldington (first appearance; villain); Quimby (first appearance; villain); Jim Connell (first appearance); Sims (first appearance; death); Harrison Walsh (first appearance; death)

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Pages: 7

Wagon Train

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: western

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Pages: 2

The John Thorpe Murder Case

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

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; Buddy Smith; John Thorpe (first appearance; death); Count Torza (first appearance; villain); Dr. Colbu (first appearance; villain)

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Pages: 6

Notes: Formerly credited to Ed Dobrotka, but there is no evidence Dobrotka ever worked for Quality. And a letter exists from Busy Arnold to Jerry Bails denying the possibility.

The Hoshima Incident

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Al Camy ?

Inker(s): Al Camy ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Destroyer 171

Character(s): Lt. Commander Harvey Blake; The Japanese (villains)

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Pages: 7