National Comics
#22
(April 1942)
Quality Comics,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-02-06
- 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, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.
[no title indexed]
Uncle Sam / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Starring Uncle Sam America's hero
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; Quicksilver [Max] (inset); Sally O'Neil (inset); Kid Patrol (inset)
[no title indexed]
Uncle Sam / comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A flashlight beam stabs the darkness...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; Jook Jagger (villain); Spike (villain)
- Synopsis
- Sam intervened during the sentencing of some underage thugs, and begged the court's mercy for them. Sam took the four boys under his wing (all save one, who had actually killed a man), and, surprisingly, the boy's reformation begins with a Sunday trip to church!
Indexer Notes
Compare art with Police #13's Firebrand story. Note awkward figure positions and strange shoulder, elbow and wrist angles.
[no title indexed]
Windy Breeze / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So you think you're good at lying, eh, Breeze?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Windy Breeze
Indexer Notes
story is not signed.
[no title indexed]
Kid Dixon / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ? [as Bob Reynolds] (signed)
- Pencils
- Klaus Nordling
- Inks
- Klaus Nordling
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On the west coast....
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Kid Dixon [Danny Dixon]; Joe Cahoot
[no title indexed]
Quicksilver / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy (signed)
- Inks
- Nick Cardy (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Striking with the speed of lightning...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Quicksilver [Max]; the Japanese (villains)
- Synopsis
- Quicksilver takes to the air and dismantles a Japanese bomber fleet heading toward San Francisco.
Indexer Notes
previously credited to Paul Gustavson, but this is the same artist who drew all the previous Quicksilver stories.
[no title indexed]
Kid Patrol / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Toni Blum ? (signed as Dan Wilson)
- Pencils
- Charles Nicholas
- Inks
- Charles Nicholas
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Enthusiastic guests...
- Genre
- adventure; humor; children
- Characters
- Kid Patrol
[no title indexed]
Prop Powers / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ? [as Lynn Bird] (signed)
- Pencils
- Witmer Williams ?
- Inks
- Witmer Williams ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On coast patrol...
- Genre
- aviation
- Characters
- Prop Powers
[no title indexed]
Sally O'Neil Policewoman / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Japanese bombs...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sally O'Neil
- Synopsis
- Sally takes on a nest of Japanese spies. Alone.
[no title indexed]
Pen Miller / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Returning from a southern jaunt....
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Pen Miller; Chop
Indexer Notes
Final appearance in National Comics. Pen Miller will move to Crack Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 Series) starting with issue #23 (May 1942).
[no title indexed]
Cyclone Cupid / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, What yo' doin', flyin' on th wrong side of de air?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Cupid meets the Cupid of the "colored folks".
[no title indexed]
Wonder Boy / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Strolling through the city...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Wonder Boy
[no title indexed]
Jack and Jill / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Seeking respite...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Jack Doe; Jill Doe
Indexer Notes
Final appearance.
[no title indexed]
Paul Bunyan / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ? (signed as Storey Weaver)
- Pencils
- Reed Crandall ?
- Inks
- Reed Crandall ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A high powered car pulls up...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Paul Bunyan; Babe the Blue Ox
- Keywords
- folklore
Indexer Notes
Saltarella thinks the art is by Nick Cardy with, possibly, Chuck Winter inks.
Final appearance in National Comics and in a Quality publication. The next publishers to have features based on the Paul Bunyan from folklore will be Charlton (in Cowboy Western Comics (Charlton, 1948 Series)) and David McKay (in Blondie Comics (David McKay, 1947 Series)), both in 1948. (In 1945 Prize will have a feature named "Paul Bunyan" in Treasure Comics (Prize, 1945 Series), but that is a super-hero who calls himself Paul Bunyan.)
[no title indexed]
Miss Winky / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Arthur Beeman (signed)
- Pencils
- Arthur Beeman (signed)
- Inks
- Arthur Beeman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, You don't think so, Eh, Girls?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Miss Winky
[The New Fighter Plane]
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
- ?
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog]
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 hero"]
Uncle Sam -
1.
["A flashlight beam stabs the darkness..."]
Uncle Sam -
2.
["So you think you're good at lying, eh, Breeze?"]
Windy Breeze -
3.
["On the west coast...."]
Kid Dixon -
4.
["Striking with the speed of lightning..."]
Quicksilver -
5.
["Enthusiastic guests..."]
Kid Patrol -
6.
["On coast patrol..."]
Prop Powers -
7.
["Japanese bombs..."]
Sally O'Neil Policewoman -
8.
["Returning from a southern jaunt...."]
Pen Miller -
9.
["Hey, What yo' doin', flyin' on th wrong side of de air?"]
Cyclone Cupid -
10.
["Strolling through the city..."]
Wonder Boy -
11.
["Seeking respite..."]
Jack and Jill -
12.
Huntin' Mutt
-
13.
["A high powered car pulls up..."]
Paul Bunyan -
14.
["Oh, You don't think so, Eh, Girls?"]
Miss Winky -
15.
[The New Fighter Plane]
Merlin the Magician
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Clint Maxwell
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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