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Issue: National Comics #21 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1942
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Issues: #21 of 75 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/07/1942
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: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, 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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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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Pages: 1
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The Man behind the Man behind the Gun!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as William Eisner]
Penciller(s): Alex Blum ?
Inker(s): Alex Blum ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, war
Feature(s): Uncle Sam
Character(s): Uncle Sam; Buddy; I.J. Grab
Synopsis: When I.J. Grab enlists Nazi spies to stop the government from building new homes for his workers, Uncle Sam steps in.
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Pages: 9
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The Baby Contest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]
Penciller(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]
Inker(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Windy Breeze
Character(s): Windy Breeze
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Jerry Maxwell]
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy
Inker(s): Nick Cardy
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Boy
Character(s): Wonder Boy; Nitzie (villain); Bugs (villain)
First Line: Looks are often deceiving...
Synopsis: Wonder Boy runs into murder on the campus of State College when a teacher is shot right in the middle of class.
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Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Frank Kearns]
Penciller(s): Mort Leav [as Leav] (signed)
Inker(s): Mort Leav [as Leav] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Sally O'Neil Policewoman
Character(s): Sally O'Neil; Stacy Trent; Richard Trent; Batty Gogan (villain)
First Line: Scoring another home run...
Synopsis: A ball game ends when an out of the park homer explodes on contact.
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [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; Lank
First Line: America's security demands bravery...
Synopsis: Prop and Lank are doing coast watch duty when a freighter crashes into a treacherous shoal.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [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 Dixon]
First Line: And in this corner, the challenger from Harlem....
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Pages: 5
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The Box

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy (signed)
Inker(s): Nick Cardy (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Quicksilver
Character(s): Quicksilver; Lefferman; Klumac; Ken Butler; Lord Astor
Synopsis: Quicksilver chases a mysterious box from India and the spies who covet it.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling [as Klaus]
Inker(s): Klaus Nordling [as Klaus]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Pen Miller
Character(s): Pen Miller; Count Lutefisk; Trellis; Niki
First Line: His quest brings him to accept....
Synopsis: Pen gets kidnapped by spies and has to find a way to send a message to Trellis.
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Arthur Beeman (signed)
Inker(s): Arthur Beeman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Miss Winky
Character(s): Miss Winky
First Line: I've been saving for months to get a new fur coat--
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum ? [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 [Suzy; Terry; Sunshine; Porky]
First Line: The deafening beat of pounding hoofs...
Synopsis: The Patrol goes to the Rodeo, only one of the cowpokes is not on the up and up.
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Pages: 5
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Crime in the Hinterlands

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; Babe
Synopsis: Paul and Babe stumble on a gang of counterfeiters.
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Pages: 4
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Fighting Comeback

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tim Powers
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Lowell Riggs]
Penciller(s): Mort Leav ?
Inker(s): Mort Leav ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Jack and Jill
Character(s): Jack Doe; Jill Doe
First Line: Grand Central Station...
Synopsis: Jack and Jill run into French Axis spies at a Canadian ski resort.
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gill Fox (signed)
Inker(s): Gill Fox (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Cyclone Cupid
First Line: This is a photo of "Stretch" the tallest crook in the world.
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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]
First Line: At the newly acquired tropical base in Trinidad...
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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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