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Issue: National Comics #18 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1941
 
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/08/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ed Cronin
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Volume 36, Number 4. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 524051.
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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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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Lou Fine
Lou Fine
?
?
Subject Matter
occult, war
Uncle Sam
Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith?; Wonder Boy (inset); Sally O'Neil (inset); Quicksilver [Max] (inset)
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Art identification by Nicholas Burns 2020-01-30. Previous indexer identified the artist as Reed Crandall." "Reed Crandall expert Roger Hill agrees that this is not Crandall.
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Stein [as William E. Eisner] (signed)
Lou Fine
Lou Fine
?
?
Subject Matter
occult, war
Uncle Sam
Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; John Paul Jones (as a ghost; cameo); the Nazis (villains)
The Axis Powers spread a wide net of mayhem, attacking Pearl Harbor (by the Germans yet!), Guam and Portland, Maine. Buddy's idea of building a wire net, carried below airplanes to foul up the invader's plane props, was quite successful. While defending the seas near Maine, Uncle Sam encountered the Spirit of John Paul Jones, which inspired Sam to use America's retired frigates to encircle the enemy in fire, even as enemy soldiers invaded Boston, Massachusetts.
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This story eerily told of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.....and the magazine was cover dated December, 1941, even though the story was probably produced some six months in advance.

Writer credit changed from Gil Fox to Harry Stein from an interview Gil Fox gave Jim Amash, portion of which reprinted by Amash on the Comics History Exchange on Facebook (7 December 2016). Fox confirms Stein wrote the story. Fox also disputes Will Eisner's claim he had researched and suggested the idea.
The Lie Detector

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Windy Breeze
Windy Breeze
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1
Baby Carriage Brouhaha

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Dan Wilson]
Charles Nicholas
Charles Nicholas
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, childrens, humorous
Kid Patrol
Kid Patrol [Sunshine; Porky; Suzy; Teddy]
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Miscellaneous
5
Crooks in the Country

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Frank Kearns]
Mort Leav [as Leav] (signed)
Mort Leav [as Leav] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Sally O'Neil Policewoman
Sally O'Neil
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Miscellaneous
6
Signed in the last panel.
The Phony Lighthouse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Lynn Bird]
Witmer Williams
Witmer Williams
?
?
Subject Matter
aviation
Prop Powers
Prop Powers
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5
The Central American Jungle Caper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jerry Maxwell (house name)
Nick Cardy
Nick Cardy
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Boy
Wonder Boy
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5
The Twelve Duplicate Jurors

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Nick Cardy (signed)
Nick Cardy (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Quicksilver
Quicksilver [Max]; Carol Thomas (State's witness); Dutch Hanson (villain)
Mobster Dutch Hanson kidnaps all of the State's witnesses against him and replaces them, deftly disguiised, with members of his own mob at the trial. Quicksilver turns the tables on them, however, freeing the captives and making them look like Hanson's own mob. When the trial started, Hanson was so confused that he confessed to everything!
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Miscellaneous
6
Fury on the Florida Flyer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Lowell Riggs]
Art Saaf ?
Art Saaf ?
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Jack and Jill
Jack Doe; Jill Doe
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Miscellaneous
4
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Arthur Beeman
Arthur Beeman
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Miss Winky
Miss Winky
Shucks! I thought this was a popular corner for things to happen!
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Hollywood Hero

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Bob Reynolds]
Klaus Nordling
Klaus Nordling
?
?
Subject Matter
sports
Kid Dixon
Kid Dixon [Danny "Kid" Dixon]
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Miscellaneous
5
Murder Takes the Comet

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jerry Maxwell (house name)
typeset
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Miscellaneous
2
The Levee Saboteurs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [As Storey Weaver]
Reed Crandall ?
John Cassone
?
?
Subject Matter
mythological
Paul Bunyan
Paul Bunyan; Babe the Blue Ox
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Miscellaneous
4
A Real Slugfest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Klaus Nordling
Klaus Nordling
Klaus Nordling
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Pen Miller
Pen Miller
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4
The Giant Mosquito

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gill Fox
Gill Fox
Gill Fox
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Cyclone Cupid
Cyclone Cupid
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1
The Marsden Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Fred Guardineer [as Lance Blackwood] (signed)
Fred Guardineer [as Lance Blackwood] (signed)
Fred Guardineer [as Lance Blackwood] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
occult
Merlin the Magician
Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog]
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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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