(January 1941)

Quality Comics, 1940 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
68 ?
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
Comic Magazines, Inc.
Editing:
Ed Cronin
Format:
Standard Golden Age U.S. Size; Full Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; Was On-Going Series

Issue Notes

Statement of ownership
Crack Comics 322 Main St Stamford Ct
Editor Edward Cronin 322 Main ST Stamford Ct
Bus Mgr Everett M Arnold 198 Shore Rd Old Greenwich, CT
Owners: Comic Magazines, Inc. Everett M Arnold; Claire C. Arnold
Fred A. Little 4006 Grand Ave Des Moines, IA
Henry P Martin Jr. 8 Foster Dr Des Moines, IA
Printed at Cleveland, OH.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Clock / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Gill Fox?
Inks:
Gill Fox?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
detective
Characters:
Clock [Brian O'Brien]
Keywords:
formal wear; motorcycles

[Monks Gallagher] (Table of Contents)

The Black Condor / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Lou Fine [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed)
Inks:
Lou Fine [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; Dr. Patche (introduction); Jackie (introduction, crime victim); Jackie's wife (introduction); Jackie's son (introduction); Monks Gallagher (villain, introduction); Slugs (villain)
Synopsis:
The Condor comes upon a man named Jackie who has been stabbed in the chest and attempts to get medical help for him, and he then notifies the man's wife and lame child of what has happened and that he'll be all right. But the Condor wants to track down the attempted murderer, a man named Gallagher, who has stolen this victim's rights to citizenship and who has threatened to expose him.
Reprints:
  • in The Quality Companion (TwoMorrows, 2011 series) (November, 2011)

Indexer Notes

The reprint titles this story "Jackie Boy". Art credits revised from Charles Sultan art to Lou Fine pencils, inks ? by Craig Delich 2012-1-5, revised again by Craig Delich to Lou Fine inks, verified by Jim Amash in The Quality Companion (TwoMorrows, 2011 series) #1 (November, 2011), page 93.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Molly the Model / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joe Devlin
Pencils:
Joe Devlin
Inks:
Joe Devlin
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
humor
Characters:
Molly the Model

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Rube Goldberg's Side Show / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Rube Goldberg
Pencils:
Rube Goldberg
Inks:
Rube Goldberg
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Gags

Indexer Notes

strip reprint


[Blaster Meers and the Pirates of Ceres] (Table of Contents)

Space Legion / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Vernon Henkel
Pencils:
Vernon Henkel
Inks:
Vernon Henkel
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Space Legion; Blaster Meers (first appearance; villain; death)

[The Tiger Woman] (Table of Contents)

Madam Fatal / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Art Pinajian?
Pencils:
Art Pinajian?
Inks:
Art Pinajian?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Madam Fatal; Tiger Woman (first appearance; villain; death)

[Smashing the Schrecklichkeit] (Table of Contents)

Red Torpedo / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Henry Kiefer?
Pencils:
Henry Kiefer
Inks:
Henry Kiefer
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Red Torpedo [Jim Lockhart]; Dr. Freiheit (first appearance); Adolf Hitler (villain); Nazis (villains)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jane Arden / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Monte Barrett
Pencils:
Russell E. Ross
Inks:
Russell E. Ross
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
soap opera

Indexer Notes

strip reprints


[The Spider: Framed] (Table of Contents)

Alias the Spider / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Paul Gustavson
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson
Inks:
Paul Gustavson
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Bill French (first appearance; villain); Baldy Riker (first appearance; villain); Nick (first appearance; villain); Trigger (first appearance; villain)

War Declared (Table of Contents)

Slap Happy Pappy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Cole
Pencils:
Jack Cole (Ralph Johns)
Inks:
Jack Cole
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Gags

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Ned Brant / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bob Zuppke
Pencils:
E. W. DePew
Inks:
E. W. DePew
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
sports

Indexer Notes

strip reprints


[The Hijacked Plane Peril] (Table of Contents)

Lee Preston of the Red Cross / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Nick Cardy
Inks:
Nick Cardy
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Lee Preston

Indexer Notes

V: Nazi spies (I, D); last appearance


Quoth the Raven (Table of Contents)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Larry Spain
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc. (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Everett M. Arnold
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

[Cover story notes are the same as the issue notes (see Issue Notes above). This may mean that one or both set of notes need editing as a result of our recent migration to having separate issue and cover notes.]


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Snappy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arthur Beeman
Pencils:
Arthur Beeman
Inks:
Arthur Beeman
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Gags

T.N.T. Trousers Trap (Table of Contents)

Wizard Wells / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Harry Campbell
Pencils:
Harry Campbell
Inks:
Harry Campbell
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Wizard Wells; Natas (first appearance; villain)

[The Screw Gang] (Table of Contents)

Clock / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
George Brenner
Pencils:
George Brenner
Inks:
George Brenner
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
detective
Characters:
Clock [Brian O'Brien]; The Screw ([David Gratten] (first appearance; villain); the Screw Gang (first appearance; villains)

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. [Monks Gallagher]
    The Black Condor
  2. 2. [no title indexed]
    Molly the Model
  3. 3. [no title indexed]
    Rube Goldberg's Side Show
  4. 4. [Blaster Meers and the Pirates of Ceres]
    Space Legion
  5. 5. [The Tiger Woman]
    Madam Fatal
  6. 6. [Smashing the Schrecklichkeit]
    Red Torpedo
  7. 7. [no title indexed]
    Jane Arden
  8. 8. [The Spider: Framed]
    Alias the Spider
  9. 9. War Declared
    Slap Happy Pappy
  10. 10. [no title indexed]
    Ned Brant
  11. 11. [The Hijacked Plane Peril]
    Lee Preston of the Red Cross
  12. 12. Quoth the Raven
  13. 13. Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc.
  14. 14. [no title indexed]
    Snappy
  15. 15. T.N.T. Trousers Trap
    Wizard Wells
  16. 16. [The Screw Gang]
    Clock
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Shad Z. Daly
  • Craig Delich
  • Bob Hughes
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Bob Klein
  • Lou Mougin