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Issue: National Comics #11 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1941
 
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Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/07/1941
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (14 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, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 2.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Lou Fine
Lou Fine
?
?
Subject Matter
occult, war
Uncle Sam
Uncle Sam; Quicksilver (inset); Sally O'Neil (inset)
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Miscellaneous
1
The Steelville Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Mort Leav
Mort Leav
?
?
Subject Matter
occult, war
Uncle Sam
Uncle Sam; Scalini (first appearance; villain); B. G. Vander (first appearance); Miss Vander (first appearance); Jim (first appearance)
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Miscellaneous
9
The Reformation of Billy Morris

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Toni Blum [as Frank Kearns]
Chuck Mazoujian
Chuck Mazoujian
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Sally O'Neil Policewoman
Sally O'Neil; Mike O'Neil; Billy Morris (first appearance); Whitey and his gang (villains)
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Miscellaneous
6
Sunshine Falls in Love

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Toni Blum ? [as Dan Wilson]
Charles Nicholas
Charles Nicholas
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, childrens, humorous
Kid Patrol
Kid Patrol [Sunshine; Teddy; Porky]; Pat; Sunshine's aunt (first appearance)
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Miscellaneous
5
Firing Squad of Spies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Lynn Byrd] (credited)
Rudy Palais
Rudy Palais
?
?
Subject Matter
aviation
Prop Powers
Prop Powers; Lank; Flick (villain, introduction)
Nazi spies come into possession of a secret formula that would enable them to paint their bombers with it and render them invisible.
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Miscellaneous
5
Lynn Byrd was a house name used by Quality Comics and is not the name of a true person.
The Bronc Buster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]
Jack Cole
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Windy Breeze
Windy Breeze
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Miscellaneous
1
Bout with Samson Young

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Klaus Nordling [as Bob Reynolds]
Klaus Nordling
Klaus Nordling
?
?
Subject Matter
sports
Kid Dixon
Kid Dixon [Danny "Kid" Dixon]; Spade Diggins (first appearance; villain); Samson Young (first appearance)
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Miscellaneous
5
Death Rides the Racetrack

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Nick Cardy]
Al Bryant [as Nick Cardy]
Al Bryant [as Nick Cardy]
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Quicksilver
Quicksilver; Reilly (first appearance; villain); Al (first appearance; villain); Larry (first appearance)
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Miscellaneous
6
Mystery at Midway Island

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Lowell Riggs]
Chuck Mazoujian
Chuck Mazoujian
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Jack and Jill
Jack Doe; Jill Doe; Mayer (first appearance; death)
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Miscellaneous
4
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Arthur Beeman
Arthur Beeman (signed)
Arthur Beeman
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Miss Winky
Miss Winky
What's happened to those kids?
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Miscellaneous
1
The TAL Plane Crackups

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Toni Blum ? [as Jerry Maxwell]
Al Bryant ?
Al Bryant ?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Boy
Wonder Boy; Lou Grand (first appearance; villain)
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Miscellaneous
5
The Bloodiest Battle

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Toni Blum [as Anthony Lamb] (signed)
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
war
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Miscellaneous
2
The Museum Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Klaus Nordling
Klaus Nordling [as Klaus]
Klaus Nordling
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Pen Miller
Pen Miller; Relick (first appearance; villain)
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Miscellaneous
4
The Indian Timber Thieves

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Storey Weaver]
Reed Crandall
Reed Crandall
?
?
Subject Matter
mythological
Paul Bunyan
Paul Bunyan; Siwash Joe (first appearance; villain)
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Miscellaneous
4
War with Wotan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Toni Blum [as Lance Blackwood] (signed)
Emil Gershwin
Emil Gershwin
?
?
Subject Matter
occult
Merlin the Magician
Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog]; Ares (villain, introduction, god of war); Wotan (villain, introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain)
Merlin inexplicably travels back to the time of the Druids to save a young man and woman from being sacrificed to their gods: Wotan and Ares, and brings them back to the 20th Century where they ostensibly serve as examples for peace.
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Miscellaneous
7
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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