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Issue: National Comics #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1940
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/06/1940
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
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
occult, superhero, war
Announcing Quicksilver
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Miscellaneous
1
The True Story of Uncle Sam--Who He Was and How He Came to Be

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
occult, superhero, war
The Black Legion (villains, introduction for all)
Uncle Sam takes on the villainous Black Legion.
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Miscellaneous
9
The story takes place before the story in National Comics #1.
The Bonritz Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Barry Gilmore; A gang of crooks (first appearance; villains)
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Miscellaneous
6
The Capture of "William Shakespeare"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, childrens, humorous
William Shakespeare (first appearance, a lunatic)
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Miscellaneous
5
Nipper's Drug Mob

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Nipper Eldeen and his gang (first appearance; villains)
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Miscellaneous
5
Cheatum the Crooked Landlord

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Cheatum (first appearance; villain)
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Miscellaneous
6
Presenting Quicksilver

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
von Lohfer (villain, introduction)
Quicksilver battles the diminutive and vengeful von Lohfer, who has a vendetta against J. B. Rockland, but Quicksilver dismantles his plans and captures the villain in a matter of minutes!
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Miscellaneous
6
Slugger Mike to Fight Champ

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
sports
Slugger Mike (first appearance)
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Miscellaneous
5
The Parachutists

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, mythological
Nazis (villains)
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Miscellaneous
5
Yankee Doodle Boy

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
Yankee Doodle Boy
Yankee Doodle Boy
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Miscellaneous
2
Americans Trapped in France

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
aviation
Nazis (villains)
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Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Windy Breeze
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Miscellaneous
2
Dr. Morbidd's Zombie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (signed as Lance Blackwood)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Elaine (introduction); Dr. Morbidd (villain, introduction, death)
Merlin faces his first super-powered nemesis in the form of the hideous Dr. Morbidd, who brings the dead back to life. Merlin manages to rescue one of the doctor's victims, a girl named Elaine.
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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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