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Issue: National Comics #3 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1940
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Issues: #3 of 75 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/03/1940
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Will Eisner
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
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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
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Lou Fine
Inker(s): Lou Fine
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, war
Feature(s): Uncle Sam
Character(s): Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; Merlin the Magician (inset); Wonder Boy (inset); Sally O'Neil (inset); Pen Miller (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Yiffendi Invades the Phillipines

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner; Dave Berg
Penciller(s): Dave Berg
Inker(s): Will Eisner
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, war
Feature(s): Uncle Sam
Character(s): Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; Mias (villain, introduction death); Yiffendi (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: Uncle Sam steps in to aid the Philippines against an expansionist power of Mias and his brute of a general, Yiffendi, rallying the locals to take back their land.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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War of the Airlines

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum [as Lynn Bird]
Penciller(s): Witmer Williams?
Inker(s): Witmer Williams?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Prop Powers
Character(s): Prop Powers; Mr. Wallace (first appearance; president of an airline)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Gem of Mrs. Bigstone

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum [as Frank Kearn]
Penciller(s): Chuck Mazoujian
Inker(s): Chuck Mazoujian
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Sally O'Neil Policewoman
Character(s): Sally O'Neil; Shifty Sue and her gang (first appearance; villains); Mrs. Bigstone (first appearance); Gil Moore (first appearance)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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New York Championship Bout

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Bob Reynolds]
Penciller(s): George Tuska
Inker(s): George Tuska
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Kid Dixon
Character(s): Kid Dixon [Danny "Kid" Dixon]; Jack Dempsey; The heavyweight champion (first appearance)
Synopsis: The heavyweight champion loses his crown to Kid Dixon.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Dredge's Orphanage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Lance Blackwood] (signed)
Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich [as Lance Blackwood] (signed)
Inker(s): Dan Zolnerowich [as Lance Blackwood] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Merlin the Magician
Character(s): Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog]; Miss Lovewell (introduction); Mickey (introduction); Dredge (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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.
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The Human Guinea Pig

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum [as Anthony Lamb]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Yankee Doodle Boy
Character(s): Yankee Doodle Boy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Rescuing the South American Expedition

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum [as Jerry Maxwell]
Penciller(s): John Celardo
Inker(s): John Celardo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Boy
Character(s): Wonder Boy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Return of Amnozo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Tony Rawlins] (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Kiefer
Inker(s): Henry Kiefer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Cyclone
Character(s): Cyclone; Amnozo (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Tony Rawlins was a by-line on this feature and was not necessarily a real person.
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Fifth Racket Witness Murdered

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Klaus Nordling [as Klaus]
Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling [as Klaus]
Inker(s): Klaus Nordling
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Pen Miller
Character(s): Pen Miller; Nuckle (first appearance; villain); Benny Slugesi (first appearance; villain); a lawyer (first appearance; villain; death); various gangsters (first appearance; villains; death); Miss Bystand (first appearance)
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Pages: 5
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Olesen's Revenge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Herman Bolstein [as Storey Weaver]
Penciller(s): John Celardo
Inker(s): John Celardo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mythological
Feature(s): Paul Bunyan
Character(s): Paul Bunyan; Olesen (first appearance; villain; death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Newcombe (signed)
Penciller(s): Bill Newcombe (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Newcombe
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Windy Breeze
Character(s): Windy Breeze
First Line: This's yer first bear hunt in Alaska, McDuff.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Art of Will Eisner #1 published January 1982
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Prince and the Pauper: 1940

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Dan Wilson]
Penciller(s): Charles Nicholas
Inker(s): Charles Nicholas
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Kid Patrol
Character(s): Kid Patrol; Percy (first appearance; joins the Kid Patrol); Duke and his gang (first appearance; villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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