(December 1940)
Quality Comics,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-10-04
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- Will Eisner
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.
[Mademoiselle Morgue]
Sally O'Neil Policewoman / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sally O'Neil; Scar and his gang (first appearance; villains)
[Dead Street]
Kid Patrol / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- adventure; humor; children
- Characters
- Kid Patrol; Sir Chamberlain Bumbershoot (first appearance); Sir Chamberlain Bumbershoot's sister (first appearance)
[The Story of Joey McGraw]
Kid Dixon / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Kid Dixon [Danny "Kid" Dixon]; Joey McGraw (first apearance); Joey McGraw's mother (first appearance)
[The Johnny Doring Case]
Wonder Boy / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Wonder Boy; Three crooks (first appearance; villains); Johnny Doring (first appearance); Mrs. Doring (first appearance); Mr. Deems (first appearance; death); Mrs. Deems (first appearance); Christy Deems (first appearance)
[The Blades of Baron Hoff]
Quicksilver / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Quicksilver; Baron Hoff (first appearance; villain)
Indexer Notes
Inking style is not the same as the previous issue.
[The European-American Band]
Pen Miller / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Pen Miller; Capt. Wrath and the European-American Band (first appearance; villains)
[The Ape-Man Strikes]
Paul Bunyan / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Paul Bunyan; King (first appearance; an ape-man); Barnham (first appearance; villain); Joe (first appearance; villain)
- Keywords
- folklore
The Dangerous Message
Yankee Doodle Boy / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Toni Blum [as Anthony Lamb]
- Pencils
- ? (illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Yankee Doodle Boy
[The Secret Nazi Air Base]
Prop Powers / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- aviation
- Characters
- Prop Powers; Nazi spies (first appearance; villains; death)
[no title indexed]
Windy Breeze / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Land ahoy!!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Windy Breeze
[Unboring Mr. Marlow]
Merlin the Magician / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ? (signed as Lance Blackwood)
- Pencils
- Dan Zolnerowich (signed as Lance Blackwood)
- Inks
- Dan Zolnerowich (signed as Lance Blackwood)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog]; J. D. Marlow (introduction)
Indexer Notes
Lance Blackwood, according to the Who's Who, is a by-line found on this strip, and is also the pen name of Dan Zolnerowich.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Uncle Sam Smashes the Undersea Air Base!
Uncle Sam -
1.
Sabotage
Uncle Sam -
2.
[Mademoiselle Morgue]
Sally O'Neil Policewoman -
3.
[Dead Street]
Kid Patrol -
4.
[The Story of Joey McGraw]
Kid Dixon -
5.
[The Johnny Doring Case]
Wonder Boy -
6.
[The Blades of Baron Hoff]
Quicksilver -
7.
[The European-American Band]
Pen Miller -
8.
[The Ape-Man Strikes]
Paul Bunyan -
9.
The Dangerous Message
Yankee Doodle Boy -
10.
[The Secret Nazi Air Base]
Prop Powers -
11.
["Land ahoy!!"]
Windy Breeze -
12.
[Unboring Mr. Marlow]
Merlin the Magician
This issue was modified by, among others
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Daniel Martinez
- Clint Maxwell
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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