(March 1943)

Quality Comics, 1941 Series
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Volume
?
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1943-01-09
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Comic Magazines Inc.
Brand
Quality Comic Group
Editing
John Beardsley (editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2.

The Golden Bell of Soong-Toy! (Table of Contents)

Blackhawk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Reed Crandall; Bart Tumey (inset)
Inks
Reed Crandall; Bart Tumey (inset)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
Characters
André; Chop-Chop; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus; Blackhawk; Private Dogtag; the Japanese
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Police Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Golden Bell of Soong-Toy! (Table of Contents: 2)

Blackhawk / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woolfolk
Pencils
Reed Crandall
Inks
Reed Crandall
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
When the judgement book of this bitter war is written, make sure...
Genre
adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
Characters
Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus; Chop-Chop]; The Golden Bell of Soong-Toy [alias Yoshi Wari] (introduction, death); Oko; Japanese soliders (villains, some die)
Synopsis
A mysterious Japanese girl aides and abets the Blackhawks, alerting them that six Japanese warlords are meeting together at the House of Butterfly to discuss the best way to trap and kill the Blackhawks.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit per Mark Evanier in the Archives edition reprint of this story.

Chuck is revealed to be from Texas.

One scene erroneously says Hendrickson is flying a plane when he is also shown on the ground at the same time.

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

Johnny Doughboy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bernard Dibble
Pencils
Bernard Dibble
Inks
Bernard Dibble
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Cleaned out! Busted!
Genre
humor; military
Characters
Johnny Doughboy
Synopsis
Johnny loses all his money in a crap game at camp and goes for a walk in the woods to forget his money troubles.

The Prisoners of the Black Castle (Table of Contents: 4)

The Sniper / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
June 1940--Chateau de Rochefort stands like a great black citadel...
Genre
adventure; war
Characters
Gen. Von Drac (first appearance, villain, death); Count de Rochefort; Jean de Rochefort; Elsa; Charles de Rochefort; the Sniper; Nazis

Carlotta Carloada (Table of Contents: 5)

Private Dogtag / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Bart Tumey
Pencils
Bart Tumey
Inks
Bart Tumey
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Aha! I see a reeng! Yez-z!
Genre
humor
Characters
Countess De Virt (first appearance, villain); Cecil (first appearance); Private Dogtag; O'lert; Bert

[Morons on Madagascar] (Table of Contents: 6)

Shot and Shell / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Klaus Nordling
Pencils
Klaus Nordling
Inks
Klaus Nordling
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ahh... Hrrm... Those prawns were delectable!
Genre
aviation; adventure; military
Characters
Col. Sam Shot; Slim Shell; Dr. Bilge; Gunther

[First Mission] (Table of Contents: 7)

P.T. Boat / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
André LeBlanc
Inks
André LeBlanc
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Annapolis... training ground for the bravest men!
Genre
war
Characters
Ens. Paul Harvey (first appearance); Ens. Peter Tobias (first appearance); Dorothy
Keywords
navy; World War II

[Anti-Submarine Patrol] (Table of Contents: 8)

Atlantic Patrol / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Taking off from a foggy field Don Mason and his crew head out over the...
Genre
war
Characters
Don Mason; Mellinger
Keywords
navy

The Lamb Is a Lion (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Draja watched the pass with intent, eagle eyes.
Characters
Draja; Dusan; Peter; Nazis; General Mikhailovitch
Keywords
Pozharevac; World War II

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Johnny Doughboy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bernard Dibble
Pencils
Bernard Dibble
Inks
Bernard Dibble
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, boy!
Genre
humor; military
Characters
Johnny Doughboy
Synopsis
Johnny visits a servicemen's canteen but can't find a dance partner.

Wake Island Still Holds (Table of Contents: 11)

Secret War News / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Those were the headlines for 15 days as the nation cheered...
Genre
non-fiction; war
Characters
Major Devereux; Major Putnam; Lt. Kinney; Sgt. Hamilton; Lt. Kahn; Imperial Japanese soldiers
Keywords
Wake Island; World War II

Indexer Notes

true story of Wake Island battle

[The Trouble with Davy Jones] (Table of Contents: 12)

Sailor Danny / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Art Gates (signed)
Pencils
Art Gates (signed)
Inks
Art Gates (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sailor Danny and Davey Jones have been bitter rivals ever since...
Genre
humor
Characters
Sailor Danny (first appearance); Davy Jones (first appearance); Carrie

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Quality Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Golden Bell of Soong-Toy!
    Blackhawk
  2. 1. ["Here it is!"]
    Police Comics
  3. 2. The Golden Bell of Soong-Toy!
    Blackhawk
  4. 3. ["Cleaned out! Busted!"]
    Johnny Doughboy
  5. 4. The Prisoners of the Black Castle
    The Sniper
  6. 5. Carlotta Carloada
    Private Dogtag
  7. 6. [Morons on Madagascar]
    Shot and Shell
  8. 7. [First Mission]
    P.T. Boat
  9. 8. [Anti-Submarine Patrol]
    Atlantic Patrol
  10. 9. The Lamb Is a Lion
  11. 10. ["Oh, boy!"]
    Johnny Doughboy
  12. 11. Wake Island Still Holds
    Secret War News
  13. 12. [The Trouble with Davy Jones]
    Sailor Danny
  14. 13. ["Quality Comic group"]
    Quality Comics
  15. 14. ["Energy to do tough jobs!"]
    Baby Ruth
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • John Censullo
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Merlin Haas
  • Daniel Martinez
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
  • David Wilt