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Issue: National Comics #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1940
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Issues: #5 of 75 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero, war
First Line: Announcing Quicksilver
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Pages: 1
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The True Story of Uncle Sam--Who He Was and How He Came to Be

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero, war
Character(s): The Black Legion (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Uncle Sam takes on the villainous Black Legion.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: The story takes place before the story in National Comics #1.
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The Bonritz Murder

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, humorous
Character(s): William Shakespeare (first appearance, a lunatic)
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Pages: 5
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Nipper's Drug Mob

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Nipper Eldeen and his gang (first appearance; villains)
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Pages: 5
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Cheatum the Crooked Landlord

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Cheatum (first appearance; villain)
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Pages: 6
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Presenting Quicksilver

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): von Lohfer (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: 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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Pages: 6
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Slugger Mike to Fight Champ

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): Slugger Mike (first appearance)
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Pages: 5
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The Parachutists

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, mythological
Character(s): Nazis (villains)
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Pages: 5
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Yankee Doodle Boy

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

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Character(s): Nazis (villains)
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Windy Breeze
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Pages: 2
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Dr. Morbidd's Zombie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (signed as Lance Blackwood)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Elaine (introduction); Dr. Morbidd (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: 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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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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