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Issue: National Comics #46 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1945
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Issues: #46 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
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): George Brenner
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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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Murder Is No Joke!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Character(s): The Barker [Carnie Callahan]
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Pages: 1
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"Look! That tree right across the road!"

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Robbins
Inker(s): Frank Robbins
Colorist(s): ?
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Feature(s): Volto from Mars
Character(s): Volto
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Murder Is No Joke!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure, humorous
Character(s): The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Colonel Land (Mammoth Circus owner); Tiny; Lena; Major Midge; Shali (introduction, a snake-charmer); Samson Smith (introduction, strong man); Sonny Day (introduction); Capt. Bill Day (introduction); Dr. Devlin (villain, introduction); Al (villain, introduction); Marty (villain, introduction); Boots (villain, introduction); Maxie (villain, introduction); un-named crooks (villains, introduction for all)
First Line: To Carnie Calahan, The Barker, and his circus pals, Sonny Day was just a cute kid with a wild imagination!
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Story title taken from the cover.
Samson Smith took Tiny Tim's place as the circus strongman in this story, but Tiny continues to appear in plain clothes, more or less as a towering rodeo trickster.
Writer credit formerly "Klaus Nordling".
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Sing Me a Torch Song

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Sally O'Neil; Jerome (first appearance; villain); Frankie Sebar (first appearance; villain)
First Line: "Sing me a torch song!" cried the inhuman voice --
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Wait here by the boat, Waters, while we scout inland a bit!
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Case No. 20... The Vase of Kwan-Yin

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Genres: espionage
Character(s): G-2 [Captain Don Leash]; Professor Joaquim (art expert); the Japanese (villains)
First Line: There are thousands of odd jobs connected with intelligence…
Synopsis: G-2 works with a well-known art expert to recover treasures stolen by the Axis forces in the Pacific, including the famed Kwan-Yin Vase from the country of Tambang.....a vase said to bestow leadership on its possessor.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Last appearance
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The Lisping Hob-Goblin and the Ghost That Failed

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Genres: adventure, childrens, humorous
Character(s): Intellectual Amos; Horrible Horace (first appearance; a ghost); Wilbur (first appearance; a hobgoblin); Von Hogg (first appearance; villain)
First Line: Introducing: Amos, the lad with a genius for unearthing the most incredible of adventures!
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The Vengeance of Monk Mature

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Chic Carter; Monk Mature (first appearance; villain)
First Line: The ace newshawk couldn't understand why everybody was so good to him…
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Footprints of Light

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Spencer Hale; Wango; Devers
First Line: The small safari wound along the veldt like a serpent, keeping close to the river.
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Waterdog Breeze

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Windy Breeze
First Line: Gee, Unk … it's awful deep in here!
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Theatre of Thieves

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Quicksilver [Max]; Fortescue and the Shen-Dee Troupe (villains, introduction for all)
First Line: Radium, that most powerful of all the elements, can be either a boon to mankind or a scourge…
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The artist snuck his signature into this story, a practice discouraged by the Quality editors after the war, although an occasional by-line slipped by them.
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Yeoman Third

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Genres: war
Character(s): Lt Commander Harvey Blake; Captain Marlin (first appearance; death); The Japanese (villains)
First Line: Yeoman Third was an ungainly craft … a flat-bottomed concrete loading barge!
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Amazing Bargains Ladies' & Men's Rings

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (background only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Harem Co.
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Disclose Notes: Choice of engagement, wedding and friendship rings - $1.74 each.
Inside back cover.
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He Mailed This Coupon

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Charles Atlas
Character(s): Charles Atlas (photo); J. G. O'Brien (photo)
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Disclose Notes: Send for a free book on Charles Atlas' "Dynamic Tension" system and free book "Everlasting Health and Strength".
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