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Issue: National Comics #13 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1941
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Issues: #13 of 75 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/09/1941
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero, war
Character(s): Uncle Sam; Quicksilver [Max] (inset); Sally O'Neil (inset); Kid Patrol [Suzy; Sunshine; Porky; Teddy] (inset)
First Line: Starring Uncle Sam defender of democracy
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Pages: 1
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The Mine Slaves

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero, war
Character(s): Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; un-named storekeeper (villain); un-named mine foreman (villain)
Synopsis: After an afternoon of fishing, Uncle Sam and Buddy enter enter a town, but to their surprise, there are no men there! When they learn that the men have been kidnapped to work in a mine, they decide to investigate and free the men if at all possible.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Arson and a Jewel Box

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (signed as Frank Kearns)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Sally O'Neil; Mike O'Neil
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Airplane Trip

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (signed as Dan Wilson)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, humorous
Character(s): Kid Patrol [Suzy; Sunshine; Porky; Teddy]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Movie Crew Spies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (signed as Lynn Byrd)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Character(s): Prop Powers; Lank; A movie director (first appearance; villain); Vera (first appearance; villain); other spies (first appearance; villains)
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Pages: 5
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Wanted: Large Size Hurricane

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Windy Breeze
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Pages: 1
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The Kidnapping

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): Kid Dixon [Danny "Kid" Dixon]; Goldy (first appearance; villain); other kidnappers (first appearance; villains)
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Pages: 5
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Wizard Ward and the Boat Race

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Quicksilver [Max]; Wizard Ward (villain, introduction); V. Snatch McGatt (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Quicksilver stops Ward and Snatch from rigging a boat race, and, in the process, reveals that he wears a bullet-proof suit.
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In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #23 published January 2000
as Wizard Ward and the Boat Race [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #2 published November 2003
as Wizard Ward and the Boat Race [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Department Store Arsonists

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (signed as Lowell Riggs)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Jack Doe; Jill Doe; A gang of arsonists (first appearance; villains)
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Pages: 4
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He Ain't Stupid

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Cyclone Cupid [Cupid] (first appearance; origin)
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Pages: 1
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The Lost City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (signed as Jerry Maxwell)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wonder Boy; Richards (first appearance; villain; death); Velez (first appearance; villain; death); Oraccos (first appearance; villain); Paul Darrow (first appearance)
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Pages: 5
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Stars and Stripes

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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The Subway Pickpockets

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Pen Miller; Lefty and his gang (first appearance; villains)
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Pages: 4
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The Red Dog Fire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (signed as Storey Weaver)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mythological
Character(s): Paul Bunyan; Three renegade Indians (first appearance; villains; death)
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Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Miss Winky
First Line: Say Miss Winky - if you're going for a walk we'd like to go along
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Pages: 1
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Temple of the Man-Eating Spider

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog]; Winston Churchill; Agor (villain, spider-god); Nang Tu (villain, introduction, high Priestess, death); un-named Spider priests (villains, introduction for all, all die)
Synopsis: Merlin heads deep into the Himalayas in hopes of claiming a legendary diamond to bolster Britain's war relief funds. When the priests of the temple foolishly try and stop him, Merlin conjures up the great spider-god, Agor, then reaches the diamond while turning its defenders into bats, and impales the High Priestess on a spear. Merlin then completely destroys the temple and gives the diamond to Prime Minster Churchill himself.
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In Content Item: FlagVixens, Vamps & Vipers #[nn] published January 2014
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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.

Writer and art credits from the Quality Companion (TwoMorrows, 2011 series) #nn (November 2011).

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