National Comics
#15
(September 1941)
Quality Comics,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- On-sale Date
- 1941-07-09
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- Will Eisner (editor)
Issue 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. 4.
[Genius of Destruction]
Uncle Sam / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Uncle Sam; Buddy; An evil inventor and his gang (first appearance; villains)
[The Slumlord]
Sally O'Neil Policewoman / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sally O'Neil; Leon (first appearance; villain);Leon's wife (first appearance; villain); Liverton (first appearance; villain); Gerald Payson (first appearance)
[Treasure Hunt]
Kid Patrol / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ? [as Dan Wilson] (signed)
- Pencils
- Charles Nicholas
- Inks
- Charles Nicholas
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; humor; children
- Characters
- Kid Patrol [Sunshine; Teddy; Porky]; Pat
[Attack on the Cambria]
Prop Powers / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ? [as Lynn Byrd] (signed)
- Pencils
- Witmer Williams
- Inks
- Witmer Williams
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- aviation
- Characters
- Prop Powers; Nazis (villains)
[The Weeping Willow]
Windy Breeze / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)
- Pencils
- Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)
- Inks
- Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Windy Breeze
[Bout with Pajamah]
Kid Dixon / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Klaus Nordling (signed as Bob Reynolds)
- Pencils
- Klaus Nordling (signed as Bob Reynolds)
- Inks
- Klaus Nordling (signed as Bob Reynolds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Kid Dixon [Danny "Kid" Dixon; as Dick Nixon]; Pajamah (first appearance; villain)
Indexer Notes
Kid Dixon is called "Dick Nixon" in this story!
[The Smithtown Slum Revolt]
Quicksilver / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ? [as Nick Cardy] (signed)
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy (signed)
- Inks
- Nick Cardy (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No hand of Justice strikes with the telling effect of Quicksilver...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Quicksilver [Max Crandall]; The Lansmen (villains, introduction for all)
[The Rhumba Murder]
Jack and Jill / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Jose (first appearance; death); Rita (first appearance); Aztal (first appearance; villain)
[no title indexed]
Miss Winky / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Darn it- We've just got to win today!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Miss Winky
[The Mail Train Robbery]
Wonder Boy / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Wonder Boy
- Synopsis
- While Wonder Boy is quietly fishing, he suddenly notices a mail train being robbed, and dashes off to put an end to it.
- Reprints
in [The Case of Croaker Corvan]
Pen Miller / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Klaus Nordling (signed as Klaus)
- Pencils
- Klaus Nordling (signed as Klaus)
- Inks
- Klaus Nordling (signed as Klaus)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Pen Miller; Croaker Corvan and Murder, Ltd. (first appearance; villains)
[Wreck on the Trestle]
Paul Bunyan / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ? [as Storey Weaver] (signed)
- Pencils
- Reed Crandall
- Inks
- John Cassone
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Paul Bunyan; Saboteurs (first appearance; villains)
[no title indexed]
Cyclone Cupid / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's a policeman chasing a bandit down there...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Cyclone Cupid
[no title indexed]
Merlin the Magician / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Fred Guardineer (signed as Lance Blackwood) (sourced)
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (signed as Lance Blackwood) (sourced)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (signed as Lance Blackwood) (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Crushing everything in it's path, a huge Japanese tank rumbles forward, terrorizing the humble, but stubborn Chinese peasants.
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog]; the Japanese (villains)
- Synopsis
- Merlin helps the Chinese fight the Japanese by resurrecting ancient, dead Chinese soldiers.
Indexer Notes
Lance Blackwood, according to the Who's Who, is a by-line on this strip.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Starring Uncle Sam America's greatest hero!"]
Uncle Sam -
1.
[Genius of Destruction]
Uncle Sam -
2.
[The Slumlord]
Sally O'Neil Policewoman -
3.
[Treasure Hunt]
Kid Patrol -
4.
[Attack on the Cambria]
Prop Powers -
5.
[The Weeping Willow]
Windy Breeze -
6.
[Bout with Pajamah]
Kid Dixon -
7.
[The Smithtown Slum Revolt]
Quicksilver -
8.
[The Rhumba Murder]
Jack and Jill -
9.
["Darn it- We've just got to win today!"]
Miss Winky -
10.
[The Mail Train Robbery]
Wonder Boy -
11.
The Eagle Speaks
-
12.
[The Case of Croaker Corvan]
Pen Miller -
13.
[Wreck on the Trestle]
Paul Bunyan -
14.
["There's a policeman chasing a bandit down there..."]
Cyclone Cupid -
15.
["Crushing everything in it's path, a huge Japanese tank rumbles forward, terrorizing the humble, but stubborn Chinese peasants."]
Merlin the Magician
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- David Armstrong
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Bob Hughes
- Clint Maxwell
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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