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Issue: National Comics #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1940
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/07/1940
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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. 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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Torpedo Islands of Death

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
occult, superhero, war
Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; Wonder Boy (inset); Sally O'Neil (inset); Merlin (inset)
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Miscellaneous
1
The Floating Islands

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
occult, superhero, war
Uncle Sam; Nazis (villains)
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Miscellaneous
9
Barry Gilmore Returns

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Sally O'Neil; Barry Gilmore; William Taylor (first appearance); Jason and his gang (first appearance, villains)
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Miscellaneous
6
The Paperweight Championship

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
Subject Matter
adventure, childrens, humorous
Kid Patrol; Brass Knuckles (first appearance, villain); Nip (first appearance, villain); Tuck (first appearance, villain)
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Miscellaneous
5
Plane Sabotage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
Subject Matter
aviation
Prop Powers
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Miscellaneous
6
Steckar's Insurance Racket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Pen Miller; Joe Steckar (first appearance, villain); Louie the Lout (first appearance, villain); other crooks (first appearance, villains); Pen's publisher (first appearance)
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Miscellaneous
5
Dinosaurs Out West

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Boy
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Miscellaneous
6
The Man from 1940

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Cyclone; un-named old man (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
5
Last appearance.

Tony Rawlins was a by-line on this feature and was not necessarily a real person.
A Bout of Homesickness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
sports
Kid Dixon [Danny "Kid" Dixon]; "Tiger" Tom Griffin (first appearance, villain); Mrs. Higgins (first appearance); Katherine Higgins (first appearance)
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Miscellaneous
5
Page Boy Vigilante

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
Yankee Doodle Boy
Yankee Doodle Boy
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Miscellaneous
2
Stone's Big Score

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
Subject Matter
fantasy, mythological
Paul Bunyan; Johnson (first appearance); Stone and his gangsters (first appearance, villains)
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Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
humorous
Windy Breeze
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Miscellaneous
2
Ophar Jewel Stolen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog]; Limey Joe (villain, introduction); the Forty Thieves (villains, introduction for all)
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Miscellaneous
7
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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