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Issue: National Comics #12 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1941
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Issues: #12 of 75 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/09/1941
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (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. 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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Lou Fine
Inker(s): Lou Fine
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, war
Feature(s): Uncle Sam
Character(s): Uncle Sam; Quicksilver (inset); Sally O'Neil (inset); Kid Patrol (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Epidemic of Destruction

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner?
Penciller(s): Lou Fine
Inker(s): Reed Crandall
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, war
Feature(s): Uncle Sam
Character(s): Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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The President's Son

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum [as Frank Kearns]
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy
Inker(s): Nick Cardy
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Sally O'Neil Policewoman
Character(s): Sally O'Neil; President Cardos (first appearance); Cardos (first appearance; President Cardos' son); Pancho (first appearance); Pancho's family (first appearance); Cardos's uncle (first appearance; villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: compare with Cardy's Lady Luck.
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Anything for a Subway Seat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns](credited)
Penciller(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns](credited)
Inker(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns](credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Windy Breeze
Character(s): Windy Breeze
First Line: Oh, oh! Here he comes!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Carney Coal Mine Disaster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum [as Jerry Maxwell]
Penciller(s): Al Bryant ?
Inker(s): Al Bryant ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Boy
Character(s): Wonder Boy; Bo Carney (first appearance; villain); Bo Carney's brother (first appearance; villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Grain Thieves

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Lynn Byrd]
Penciller(s): Witmer Williams
Inker(s): Witmer Williams
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Prop Powers
Character(s): Prop Powers; Lank; Herr Doktor (first appearance; villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Contenders Wanted

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Klaus Nordling ? [as Bob Reynolds]
Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling ?
Inker(s): Klaus Nordling ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Kid Dixon
Character(s): Kid Dixon [Danny "Kid" Dixon]; Mercener (first appearance; villain); Joe Gallus (first appearance); the Saint (first appearance; two wrestlers)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Rascelli Expose'

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Nick Cardy ?
Penciller(s): Al Bryant ?
Inker(s): Al Bryant ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Quicksilver
Character(s): Quicksilver; un-named newspaper editor; Rascelli (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: When the Editor of News Star runs a story criticizing the Raselli Mob, a reporter on the paper tries to warn his boss about it, but, alas, the mob attempts to kidnap the editor. But Quicksilver is there to protect him.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The reporter for the newspaper was Quicksilver, whose true name was never revealed. He is also seen as this reporter in National #17.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arthur Beeman
Penciller(s): Arthur Beeman
Inker(s): Arthur Beeman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Miss Winky
Character(s): Miss Winky
First Line: Darn it. They're peckin' around again!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Sunshine's Inheritance

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 [Teddy; Porky;Sunshine]; Lenny (first appearance; Sunshine's uncle); Clem (first appearance; Sunshine's uncle)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Mad Moose and the Three-Eyed Lynx

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Storey Weaver]
Penciller(s): Reed Crandall
Inker(s): Reed Crandall
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mythological
Feature(s): Paul Bunyan
Character(s): Paul Bunyan
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Doggone Patriotism

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Pyramid Papers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Klaus Nordling
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; Niki; Mr. Inkslinger (first appearance); Joseph Pyramid (first appearance; villain); Lady-Finger Harry (first appearance; villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Murderous Ghost of Frozen Creek

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Lowell Riggs]
Penciller(s): Chuck Mazoujian
Inker(s): Chuck Mazoujian
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Jack and Jill
Character(s): Jack Doe; Jill Doe; The ghost of Frozen Creek (first appearance; villain); The ghost's cousin (first appearance; death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Have a Laugh
First Line: I can't untie you. The police said not to touch anything until they arrive!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Magic vs. U-Boat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Guardineer [as Lance Blackwood] (signed)
Penciller(s): Fred Guardineer [as Lance Blackwood] (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Guardineer [as Lance Blackwood] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Merlin the Magician
Character(s): Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog]; the Nazis (villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Merlin begins speaking spells backwards.

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).

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