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Illustration on Cover, Front

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Genres: occult, superhero, war

Character(s): Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; Quicksilver [Max] (inset); Sally O'Neil (inset); Kid Patrol (inset)

First Line: Starring Uncle Sam America's hero

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Pages: 1

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Genres: occult, superhero, war

Character(s): Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; Jook Jagger (villain); Spike (villain)

First Line: A flashlight beam stabs the darkness...

Synopsis: Sam intervened during the sentencing of some underage thugs, and begged the court's mercy for them. Sam took the four boys under his wing (all save one, who had actually killed a man), and, surprisingly, the boy's reformation begins with a Sunday trip to church!

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Pages: 9

Notes: Compare art with Police #13's Firebrand story. Note awkward figure positions and strange shoulder, elbow and wrist angles.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Windy Breeze

First Line: So you think you're good at lying, eh, Breeze?

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Pages: 1

Notes: story is not signed.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ? [as Bob Reynolds] (signed)

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Genres: sports

Character(s): Kid Dixon [Danny Dixon]; Joe Cahoot

First Line: On the west coast....

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Pages: 5

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Quicksilver [Max]; the Japanese (villains)

First Line: Striking with the speed of lightning...

Synopsis: Quicksilver takes to the air and dismantles a Japanese bomber fleet heading toward San Francisco.

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Pages: 6

Notes: previously credited to Paul Gustavson, but this is the same artist who drew all the previous Quicksilver stories.

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Genres: adventure, childrens, humorous

Character(s): Kid Patrol

First Line: Enthusiastic guests...

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Pages: 5

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ? [as Lynn Bird] (signed)

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Genres: aviation

Character(s): Prop Powers

First Line: On coast patrol...

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Pages: 5

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ? [as Frank Kearns] (signed)

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Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Character(s): Sally O'Neil

First Line: Japanese bombs...

Synopsis: Sally takes on a nest of Japanese spies. Alone.

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Pages: 6

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Genres: mystery

Character(s): Pen Miller; Chop

First Line: Returning from a southern jaunt....

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Pages: 4

Notes: Final appearance in National Comics. Pen Miller will move to Crack Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 Series) starting with issue #23 (May 1942).

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Genres: humorous

First Line: Hey, What yo' doin', flyin' on th wrong side of de air?

Synopsis: Cupid meets the Cupid of the "colored folks".

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Pages: 1

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Wonder Boy

First Line: Strolling through the city...

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Pages: 5

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ? [as Lowell Riggs] (signed)

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Genres: mystery

Character(s): Jack Doe; Jill Doe

First Line: Seeking respite...

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Pages: 4

Notes: Final appearance.

Huntin' Mutt

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Gene Roberts

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 2

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ? (signed as Storey Weaver)

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Genres: fantasy, mythological

Character(s): Paul Bunyan; Babe the Blue Ox

First Line: A high powered car pulls up...

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Pages: 4

Notes: Saltarella thinks the art is by Nick Cardy with, possibly, Chuck Winter inks.

Final appearance in National Comics and in a Quality publication. The next publishers to have features based on the Paul Bunyan from folklore will be Charlton (in Cowboy Western Comics (Charlton, 1948 Series)) and David McKay (in Blondie Comics (David McKay, 1947 Series)), both in 1948. (In 1945 Prize will have a feature named "Paul Bunyan" in Treasure Comics (Prize, 1945 Series), but that is a super-hero who calls himself Paul Bunyan.)

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Miss Winky

First Line: Oh, You don't think so, Eh, Girls?

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Pages: 1

The New Fighter Plane

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Colorist(s): ?

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Genres: occult, superhero

Character(s): Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog]

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Pages: 6

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).