(May 1942)

Quality Comics, 1941 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
Monthly
Indicia Publisher:
Comic Magazines, Inc.
Brand:
Quality Comic Group
Editing:
Gill Fox [as Gilbert Fox]
Format:
Color; Standard Golden Age U.S.; Saddle-Stitched; Was On-Going Series

Issue Notes

Copyright 1942 by Comic Magazines, Inc.

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Plastic Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; #711 [Daniel Dyce] (inset); The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] (inset); Manhunter [Dan Richards] (inset); The Firebrand [Rod Reilly] (inset); Chic Carter (inset)
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Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Gill Fox in Alter Ego Vol. 3 #12 (January 2002).


Satan's Son Sells Out To the Japs (Table of Contents)

Plastic Man / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Cole
Pencils:
Jack Cole
Inks:
Jack Cole
Colors:
?
Letters:
Jack Cole

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Officer Plotz; Hairy Arms [also as Mrs. Reknits] (villain, introduction); Slug (villain, introduction, death); Wooley (villain, introduction, death); Arson Carson (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
Plastic Man goes up against Hairy Arms.
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["A trespasser-Dagnab it!"] (Table of Contents)

Dewey Drip / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
humor
Characters:
Dewey Drip

Indexer Notes

Writer revision from John Devlin to ? by Craig Delich 2013-4-7. According to the Who's Who, Devlin did not write this strip.


[Mission To Moscow] (Table of Contents)

Eagle Evans / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Clark Williams
Pencils:
Clark Williams
Inks:
Clark Williams
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
detective-mystery

[The Horse Killers] (Table of Contents)

Steele Kerrigan / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Al Bryant
Inks:
Al Bryant
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
detective-mystery

[Bat Barron's Prison Murder Plot] (Table of Contents)

#711 / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

[Death In Hangman's Alley] (Table of Contents)

Manhunter / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Alex Kotzky
Inks:
Alex Kotzky
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; Jim Kelly; Kit Kelly; VILLAINS: The Voodoo Queen (first appearance); a voodoo priest (first appearance); Xaxol (first appearance); The Firing Squad

[The Butler Did It!] (Table of Contents)

Firebrand / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
S. M. Iger
Pencils:
Reed Crandall
Inks:
Reed Crandall
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Firebrand [Rod Reilly]

[The Rum Runner's Racket] (Table of Contents)

Chic Carter / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
detective-mystery

["Unknown to anyone, Senator Knight's beautiful daughter........."] (Table of Contents)

Phantom Lady / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Arthur Peddy (signed)
Inks:
Arthur Peddy (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Senator Knight; the Japanese (villains)
Synopsis:
Sandra sees her father shot down in Congress by a Japanese agent, and learns that the Japanese are plotting to dstroy the J. M. Steel Plant.
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Doom Train (Table of Contents)

Dick Mace / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Hyatt ?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
detective-mystery
Characters:
Dick Mace

Super Snooper (Table of Contents)

Super Snooper / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
humor

[Mike Fooch, Czar of Crime] (Table of Contents)

Mouthpiece / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Fred Guardineer
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Inks:
Fred Guardineer
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
detective-mystery; superhero

[The Murder Movie] (Table of Contents)

Burp the Twerp / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Cole
Pencils:
Jack Cole [Ralph Johns]
Inks:
Jack Cole
Colors:
?
Letters:
Jack Cole

Content Information

Genre:
humor
Characters:
Burp the Twerp

[Adventure In Argentina] (Table of Contents)

The Human Bomb / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Paul Gustavson [as Paul Carroll] (signed)
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson [as Paul Carroll] (signed)
Inks:
Paul Gustavson [as Paul Carroll] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Jean Adams (Roy's fiancee); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis:
The Human Bomb tracks down a group of Nazis who had seized an aluminum mine in Argentina.

Indexer Notes

Even though the Who's Who doesn't list Gustavson as a writer of the strip, Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash state in the Quality Companion that he created the strip and wrote it, so the question mark behind the name has been removed by Craig Delich 2013-1-19.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Plastic Man
  2. 1. Satan's Son Sells Out To the Japs
    Plastic Man
  3. 2. ["A trespasser-Dagnab it!"]
    Dewey Drip
  4. 3. [Mission To Moscow]
    Eagle Evans
  5. 4. [The Horse Killers]
    Steele Kerrigan
  6. 5. [Bat Barron's Prison Murder Plot]
    #711
  7. 6. [Death In Hangman's Alley]
    Manhunter
  8. 7. [The Butler Did It!]
    Firebrand
  9. 8. [The Rum Runner's Racket]
    Chic Carter
  10. 9. ["Unknown to anyone, Senator Knight's beautiful daughter........."]
    Phantom Lady
  11. 10. Doom Train
    Dick Mace
  12. 11. Super Snooper
    Super Snooper
  13. 12. [Mike Fooch, Czar of Crime]
    Mouthpiece
  14. 13. [The Murder Movie]
    Burp the Twerp
  15. 14. [Adventure In Argentina]
    The Human Bomb
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Bob Hughes
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Lou Mougin
  • Len Wolinsky
  • Gregory Fischer