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Issue: The Quality Companion #[nn]
Publication Date: November 2011
 
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Publisher: FlagTwoMorrows Publishing
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Pages: 260
ISBN: 9781605490373
UPC/EAN: 978160549037353195
Price: $31.95 USD
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Content Items: 9 (9 stories, 0 covers)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: black and white with color section and color covers
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Binding: softcover
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Slash Scraponi's Escape

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Ray [Lanford "Happy" Terrill]; Warden of Bedlam Island prison; Slash Scraponi; Corny Hogan; unnamed fake Warden of Bedlam Island prison
Synopsis: Corny Hogan turns state's evidence on Slash Scarponi, and the criminal is sentenced to Bedlam Island prison for twenty years. However, Slash is still able to control his mob on the outside because he has a phony warden in charge of the prison. When Happy Terrill begins putting the heat on Scarponi, the mobster decides it's time to break out of prison and get Terrill.
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Pages: 9
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Phantom Lady vs. the Spider Widow

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; The Raven [Tony Grey]; Spider Widow [Dianne Grayton]; The Boss (villain); Chuck (villain, death)
Synopsis: Phantom Lady gets a letter from Spider Widow, informing her that she is challenging her to a duel to see who is the most capable crime fighter, and that she intends the Raven to remain with her. Spider Woman gets a similar letter from Phantom Lady. What neither of these women understand is that both have been set up by a criminal gang which hopes one or the other of the lady heroes will perish at the hands of the other.
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Jackie Boy

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Writer(s): ? [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; Dr. Patche; Monks Gallagher
Synopsis: The Condor comes upon a man named Jackie who has been stabbed in the chest and attempts to get medical help for him, and he then notifies the man's wife and lame child of what has happened and that he'll be all right. But the Condor wants to track down the attempted murderer, a man named Gallagher, who has stolen this victim's rights to citizenship and who has threatened to expose him.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: The reprint titles this story "Jackie Boy".

Art credits revised from Charles Sultan art to Lou Fine in reference to Jim Amash in The Quality Companion (TwoMorrows, 2011 series) #1 (November, 2011), page 93.
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Introducing the Bombadiers

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Character(s): Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; The Bombardiers [Montague T. McGurk [Curley]; Swordo; Miss Red Rogers]; James (Roger's chauffeur); Tommy Rogers (Red's brother, death)
First Line: I want to be put in 1A!
Synopsis: Roy Lincoln and two other fellows are turned down by the United States Army, so they all attempt to get to Tokyo to fight the Japanese. Red Rogers flies them to Tokyo, but first Roy reveals his secret identity and offers the group capsules that contain his secret formula to become explosive. The men remain unaware that Red's brother is being held captive by the Japanese until their arrival there.
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Disclose Notes: The story title from the Quality companion reprint.

Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash state in the Quality Companion that Gustavson created the strip and wrote it. Gustavson's son, Terry Gustafson, concurs.

Letters credit from Terry Gustafson, Paul Gustavson's son.
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Adventure in Panama

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Writer(s): ? [as Will Eisner]
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; Senator Corey; Buddy; Fritz (villain); Pedro (villain)
Synopsis: Uncle Sam, Buddy and Senator Corey are kidnapped aboard a plane heading for the Panama Canal, and the criminal gang responsible is interested in the papers found in the Senator's briefcase. When they tell the detainees that they plan to use a freighter loaded with explosives to destroy the Gatum Lake Spillway, Uncle Sam disguises himself and frees the other captives and turns the tables on the gang.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Reprint has the title "Adventure in Panama". Crandall art credit from Jim Amash 2012-1-5.
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War over Iceland!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doctor Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Hienrich (villain); von Kamp (villain); Hans (villain); other un-named Nazis (villains, all die)
Synopsis: Doc has been granted a patent on his atom reviser machine and vows to turn it over to the government for national defense. However, the Nazis try to use the machine to take over Iceland, so Midnight steps in to turn the tables on the Nazis.
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The White Gardenias

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Firebrand [Rod Reilly]; Slugger Dunn; Joan Rogers; Senator Barrow; The White Gardenias [Senator Beep; others]
Synopsis: Firebrand must battle a local hate group that is attempting to halt the activities of a U.S. Senator that promises to expose the group.
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Disclose Notes: The Order of the White Gardenias were a true-life branch of the KKK.
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The Murderous Frog of the Mardi Gras

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wildfire [Carol Vance]; Meredith (Army post commander, death); The Frog (villain, death)
Synopsis: Froggy Miller was booted out of the U.S. Army for cowardice and for theft, and now seeks revenge as The Frog on those who made fun of him.
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Origin of Madam Fatal

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton] (introduction, origin, first cross-dressing super-hero); Hamlet (Madam Fatal's parrot); Sarah; Mr. Porter (postman); Johnny; Reeves (Carver's driver); Mrs. Stanton (Richard's wife, death); un-named daughter of the Stanton's; John Carver (villain, introduction, death); Lou (villain); Mike (villain)
First Line: Oh... it's Madam Fatal, our neighbor--
Synopsis: Former actor John Stanton, posing as an old woman, does everything he can to track down a man he has been searching for for years, John Carver. Stanton had married the woman Carver loved, but Carver became jealous and, two years later, kidnapped Stanton's only daughter. Now the two come face to face, and all Stanton cares about now is whether his daughter is still alive.
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