(November 1941)

Quality Comics, 1940 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1941-09-18
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Comic Magazines Inc.
Brand
Quality Comic Group
Editing
Ed Cronin

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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Black Condor / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gill Fox
Inks
Gill Fox
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Another exciting episode of the Black Condor
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; The Clock [Brian O'Brien] (inset); Jane Arden (inset); The Spider [Tom Hallaway] (inset); Spitfire [Tex Adams] (inset); Molly The Model (inset)

Indexer Notes

Art credit verified by Jim Amash in TwoMorrows The Quality Companion, page 72.

[The Dreaded Black Condor...] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Lou Fine (signed as Louis K. Fine)
Inks
Lou Fine (signed as Louis K. Fine)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr. as Senator Thomas Wright]
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Devlin
Pencils
John Devlin
Inks
John Devlin
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, Molly - I'd love to meet your father
Genre
humor
Characters
Molly The Model

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Devlin
Pencils
John Devlin
Inks
John Devlin
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
But you were supposed to take a stiff workout this afternoon, Danny!
Genre
humor
Characters
Molly The Model

The Red Torpedo and the Black Shark (Table of Contents: 4)

The Red Torpedo / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Henry Kiefer ? (signed as Drew Allen)
Pencils
Henry Kiefer (signed as Drew Allen)
Inks
Henry Kiefer (signed as Drew Allen)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero; adventure
Characters
The Red Torpedo [Jim Lockhart]; The Black Shark (villain); un-named Mongol Admiral (villain)
Synopsis
The Torpedo and Black Shark are in mortal combat at Satan's Island, where Shark had allied himself with a Mongolese admiral who forced them to fight to the death. The Torpedo wins and insists that he be allowed to spare Shark's life and take him prisoner. However, his arch enemy is ungrateful, and, once free, tries to bomb the Red Torpedo.
Keywords
Satan's Island

Indexer Notes

The Who's Who verifies, as do Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash in the Quality Companion, that Kiefer, not only created this feature, but did the art for it through the strip's entire run. However, the Who's Who does not specify a writer for the strip (although Kiefer is usually considered to have written it) so a ? has been placed after his name as writer.

Drew Allen is Kiefer's pen-name used on the strip.

[I see a strange man...] (Table of Contents: 5)

Tor, the Magic Master / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Pencils
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inks
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero; adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Tor [Jim Slade]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Slap Happy Pappy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
humor
Characters
Slap Happy Pappy

[To the fearless men...] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Vern Henkel
Inks
Vern Henkel
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Space Legion (last appearance); Captain Rock Braddon (last appearance, hero, legion
captain); Curly (legion officer, introduction); Yuk-Yuk (villain); Koola girl

Indexer Notes

This issue is the end of the story, and the last appearance of the Space Legion feature in the golden age.
Space Legion feature next in Crack Comics (Image, 2011 Series) #63 (October 2011)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Jane Arden / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Monte Barrett
Pencils
Russell Ross
Inks
Russell Ross
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
drama; adventure
Reprints
  • from Jane Arden Sundays (Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
Keywords
soap opera

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Lena Pry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Monte Barrett
Pencils
Russell Ross
Inks
Russell Ross
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This antique table of Lulu's is worth a lot!
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Lena Pry Sundays (Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

[The Crow] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; The Crow (villain, introduction)
Synopsis
The Spider meets and battles a scar-faced underworld boss called the Crow.

Indexer Notes

All Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
Bob Zuppke
Pencils
Walt Depew (signed as B. W. Depew)
Inks
Walt Depew (signed as B. W. Depew)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tough luck, Bud -
Genre
sports

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[Tex 'Spitfire' Adams and his companion...] (Table of Contents: 12)

Spitfire / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al McWilliams
Inks
Al McWilliams
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
aviation; adventure
Characters
Spitfire [Tex Adams]

World of Ice (Table of Contents: 13)

Eric Vale / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Larry Spain (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure
Characters
Eric Vale

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Off the Record / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ed Reed
Inks
Ed Reed
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Strip reprints
Last appearance in Crack Comics, and in comic books in general. The Off the Record comic panel continued in newspapers until 1984.

[The Black Witch] (Table of Contents: 15)

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

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton]; The Black Witch (villain)
Synopsis
Madam Fatal must stop the efforts of the Black Witch of Haiti, who wants to kill another friend's wife.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Snappy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm going to the beach, Sis - why?
Genre
humor; children

Little Butch (Table of Contents: 17)

Rube Goldberg's Side Show / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

strip reprint

Brad and Dad (Table of Contents: 18)

Rube Goldberg's Side Show / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

strip reprint

Weekly Invention (Table of Contents: 19)

Rube Goldberg's Side Show / comic story / 0.34 page (report information)

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

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

strip reprint

[The Terror] (Table of Contents: 20)

The Clock / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
George Brenner (signed as George E. Brenner)
Pencils
George Brenner (signed as George E. Brenner)
Inks
George Brenner (signed as George E. Brenner)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Clock [Brian O'Brien]
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Another exciting episode of the Black Condor"]
    The Black Condor
  2. 1. [The Dreaded Black Condor...]
    The Black Condor
  3. 2. ["Oh, Molly - I'd love to meet your father"]
    Molly the Model
  4. 3. ["But you were supposed to take a stiff workout this afternoon, Danny!"]
    Molly the Model
  5. 4. The Red Torpedo and the Black Shark
    The Red Torpedo
  6. 5. [I see a strange man...]
    Tor, the Magic Master
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Slap Happy Pappy
  8. 7. [To the fearless men...]
    Space Legion
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Jane Arden
  10. 9. ["This antique table of Lulu's is worth a lot!"]
    Lena Pry
  11. 10. [The Crow]
    Alias the Spider
  12. 11. ["Tough luck, Bud -"]
    Ned Brant
  13. 12. [Tex 'Spitfire' Adams and his companion...]
    Spitfire
  14. 13. World of Ice
    Eric Vale
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Off the Record
  16. 15. [The Black Witch]
    Madam Fatal
  17. 16. ["I'm going to the beach, Sis - why?"]
    Snappy
  18. 17. Little Butch
    Rube Goldberg's Side Show
  19. 18. Brad and Dad
    Rube Goldberg's Side Show
  20. 19. Weekly Invention
    Rube Goldberg's Side Show
  21. 20. [The Terror]
    The Clock
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Matthew Head
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore