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Issue: National Comics #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1940
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Issues: #2 of 75 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/24/1940
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (12 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, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, 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): Lou Fine
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, war
Feature(s): Uncle Sam
Character(s): Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; Merlin the Magician (inset); Wonder Boy (inset); Sally O'Neill (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Smashing the Enemies of Free Speech!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner; Dave Berg
Penciller(s): Dave Berg
Inker(s): Will Eisner
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, war
Feature(s): Uncle Sam
Character(s): Uncle Sam; Senator Grover (introduction); Miss Grover (introduction); Casey (introduction); J. P. Potter (villain, death)
Synopsis: Sam takes on J. P. Potter, who was sickening kids with inferior candy.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Wings of Death Over London

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum [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
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The "Death" of Barry Gilmore

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum [as Frank Kearns]
Penciller(s): Chuck Mazoujian
Inker(s): Chuck Mazoujian
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Sally O'Neil Policewoman
Character(s): Sally O'Neil; Barry Gilmore (first appearance); The Boss (first appearance; villain; death); Tony (first appearance; villain); other gangsters (first appearance; villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Unkillable Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Klaus Nordling [as Klaus]
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; Tony Torpedo (first appearance; villain); Milligan (first appearance)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: This story based on the true case of Michael Malloy (1933).
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The Evictor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Charles Nicholas
Inker(s): Charles Nicholas
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens
Feature(s): Kid Patrol
Character(s): Kid Patrol; Primo Andriola (first appearance); Mrs. Morgan (first appearance); Mr. Meagre (first appearance; villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Pirates and the Buddha's Eyes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum [as Jerry Maxwell]
Penciller(s): John Celardo?
Inker(s): John Celardo?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Boy
Character(s): Wonder Boy; The Mongolians (villains); pirates (first appearance; villains); A Buddhist priest (first appearance); the priest's daughter (first appearance)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Winged People

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Tony Rawlins] (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Kiefer
Inker(s): Henry Kiefer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Cyclone
Character(s): Cyclone; A tribe of winged people (introduction); King Zarxas (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Tony Rawlins was a by-line on this feature and was not necessarily a real person.
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Bout with Slugger Sweeney

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Bob Reinolds]
Penciller(s): George Tuska
Inker(s): George Tuska
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Kid Dixon
Character(s): Kid Dixon [Danny "Kid" Dixon]; Slugger Sweeney (first appearance; villain); his manager (first appearance; villain); a crumb (first appearance; villain); Jennie Barley (first appearance); Mr. Barley (first appearance)
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Pages: 5
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Yankee Doodle Boy

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum [as Anthony Lamb]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Yankee Doodle Boy
Character(s): Yankee Doodle Boy [Jimmy Jones]
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Pages: 2
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Fight With Mike Disogra

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Herman Bolstein? [as Storey Weaver]
Penciller(s): John Celardo
Inker(s): John Celardo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mythological
Feature(s): Paul Bunyan
Character(s): Paul Bunyan; Mike Disogra (first appearance; villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Newcombe (signed)
Penciller(s): Bill Newcombe (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Newcombe
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Windy Breeze
Character(s): Windy Breeze
First Line: Ah yes. Franklin was right.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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In the Land of the Dead

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Lance Blackwood] (signed)
Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich [as Lance Blackwood] (signed)
Inker(s): Dan Zolnerowich [as Lance Blackwood] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Merlin the Magician
Character(s): Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog]; Lord Elliot (introduction, death); Sybil Elliot (introduction); Rajah Singh-Abeem (villain, introduction); Prince Singh-Abeem (villain, introduction, a ghost, death in flashback); Abdul (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Merlin continues his travels to the River Styx, where he saves a wayward damsel from a dead Prince.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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.

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