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Issue: National Comics #43 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1944
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Issues: #43 of 75 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 15 (9 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Genres: adventure, humorous
Character(s): The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Lena; Tiny Tim; Major Midge
First Line: It's all new!
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Pages: 1
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Feature(s): Bendix
Character(s): Alfred Letourneur
First Line: Bike-Ology
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad with facts about bicycles.
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The Spider Man

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Genres: adventure, humorous
Character(s): The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Major Midge; Lena; Tiny Tim; Colonel Lane (Mammoth Circus owner); Madam Shali (snake charmer; introduction); Spudo the Spider Man [Clarence Twiddle] (villain but reforms, introduction, has four arms); Cappy Kane (villain); Press Hardt (villain)
Synopsis: Colonel Lane meets his rival, Cappy Kane, who has learned about a four-armed freak that is an accomplished pickpocket, so Kane decides to use this freak to undermine Lane's circus by robbing patrons and implicating Mammoth Circus.
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Spudo was the only supporting character to be awarded his own spin-off feature, the first appearing in The Barker #1.

Later swiped for the story Circus Cyclone or the Muddled Mud Opera in Commando Comics #15 (Bell Features).
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Bill
First Line: Well, thank goodness, we made land...
Synopsis: After a week on a raft, two sailors land on an island.
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Pages: 1
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Case No. 17: Guns and Glamor

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Genres: espionage
Character(s): G-2 [Don Leash]; Joline Joy (first appearance); the Japanese (villains); General Delaney
Synopsis: Singer Joline Joy, set to sing for the soldiers, is captured by the Japanese for a trap.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Previously credited to Don Rico but this is not the artist that did the previous issues.
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Death By the Clock

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Sally O'Neil; Jasper Jules (first appearance; death); Matty Jules Dolan (first appearance; villain); Dusty Dolan (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis: Matty's husband escapes from prison and they decide to kill her brother.
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Pages: 8
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The Allotment Check Thieves

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Genres: occult, superhero, war
Character(s): Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; Heffy and his gang (first appearance; villains); Joe Adams; Mrs. Adams
Synopsis: Uncle Sam discovers a gang stealing checks from mailboxes.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Formerly credited to Ed Dobrotka but does not resemble his Superman work.
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Here Lies Windy Breeze...And How He Lies and Lies and Lies!

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Windy Breeze
Synopsis: Windy sells a blackout flashlight.
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Pages: 1
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Dagger Marlin Hangs Twice

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Quicksilver; Dagger Marlin (first appearance; villain; death); Mike; Jeepers
Synopsis: Dagger Marlin claims he will hang the people responsible for his hanging.
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Pages: 7
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The Rocket Train

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Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 1.67
Disclose Notes: Article on how monorails will improve transportation in America.
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Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Be the paper weight champion!
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Notice about the importance of turning in scrap paper.
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The Case of the Drowned Corpse!

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Chic Carter; Gay; Shane (first appearance; villain); Mr. Kates (first appearance; death); Bevans
Synopsis: The curator of an aquarium is found dead in a dugong tank.
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Pages: 6
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Mutiny Aboard the U.S.S. "Pawnee"

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Genres: war
Character(s): Lt. Commander Harvey Blake; Japanese (villains); Conroy
Synopsis: The crew takes command of the ship to track down a Japanese sub that sank a hospital ship and killed the survivors.
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Pages: 7
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.
First Line: These can be yours and money too!
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The Haunted House

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Synopsis: Captain Tootsie and Rollo have to spend the night at a haunted house.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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