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Issue: National Comics #17 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1941
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Issues: #17 of 75 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/05/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ed Cronin
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, 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
Character(s): Uncle Sam; Quicksilver [Max] (inset); Sally O'Neil (inset); Kid Patrol (inset)
First Line: Another sensational Uncle Sam adventure!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Previous indexer identified the artist as Reed Crandall. Reed Crandall expert Roger Hill agrees that this is not Crandall.
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Peril at the Panama Canal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero, war
Character(s): Uncle Sam; The Black Guard [formerly the Black Legion] (villains)
Synopsis: The Black [Legion] Guard returns to threaten U.S. forces in Panama.
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Pages: 9
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Benny the Bimbo and Beulah

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Frank Kearns] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Sally O'Neil; Mike O'Neil; Sniffer; Steve Grimm (villain)
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Pages: 6
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The Boat Ride

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Dan Wilson] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, humorous
Character(s): Kid Patrol
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Pages: 5
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The Lessons of Bill Carmody

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Bob Reynolds] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): Kid Dixon [Danny "Kid" Dixon]
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Pages: 5
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The Duck Hunt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Windy Breeze
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Pages: 1
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The Bomb Release Saboteurs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Maxwell (house name)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wonder Boy
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The Rescue of Tom Jameson

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Quicksilver [Max]; Tom Jameson; Bikazo (villain)
Synopsis: A reporter for the News Star uncovers inside information that helps him clear the name of a man slated for execution by pin-pointing the true mastermind, crime boss Bikazo, who had sought to discredit the District Attorney.
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Disclose Notes: This reporter mentioned here, as well as in National #12, was Quicksilver in his true identity, the name of which was never revealed.
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The Country Fair Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Lowell Riggs] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Jack Doe; Jill Doe
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Pages: 4
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Miss Winky
First Line: Stop worrying Coach- This is only the half!
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Pages: 1
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The Lightship Takeover

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Lynn Bird] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Character(s): Prop Powers
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The Secret Room

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Anthony Lamb
Letterer(s): typeset
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The National Park Poachers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Storey Weaver] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, mythological
Character(s): Paul Bunyan; Babe the Blue Ox
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The Escape of Louie Lippin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Pen Miller
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Toemain the Killer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Cyclone Cupid
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Magic in Mount Meteora

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog]; Helena; Zeus; Pegasus (winged horse); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: In Greece, Merlin invokes the god Zeus to drive off the Nazis and save a girl named Helena. Zeus gives Merlin the use of his winged horse, Pegasus, all leaving for the safety of Egypt, where Helena was entrusted to the British.
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Pages: 6
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.

Writer and art credits from the Quality Companion (TwoMorrows, 2011 series) #nn (November 2011).

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