(March 1943)

Quality Comics, 1939 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1943-01-15
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
E. M. Arnold
Brand
Quality Comic Group
Editing
George Brenner

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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Midnight / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, Doc! You've got to remember how to turn this thing off!
Genre
adventure; superhero
Characters
Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Daffy (inset)

Indexer Notes

All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

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

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

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

Midnight / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Golly, but it's cold in here!
Genre
adventure; superhero
Characters
Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); O'Toole; Private Klink
Synopsis
Doc Wackey shows his latest gadget to the army and destroys half the city in the process.

Indexer Notes

Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

[The Amber Trap] (Table of Contents: 3)

Espionage Starring Black X / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder ?
Pencils
Joe Kubert
Inks
Joe Kubert
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
spy; adventure; war
Characters
Espionage [Black X]; Batu; Madame Doom (villain); Professor Stultz (villain); Colonel Atwater; Ted Winston; Bob; Anderson; Waterson
Synopsis
Madame Doom is killing people with plastic to make them horrifying exhibits to demoralize the Allies.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

Will Eisner created the Espionage feature, and Will Erwin was a pen name used by Will Eisner (Erwin was Eisner's middle name), but it also became a house by-line after Eisner's tenure after 1940. Lane French wrote the feature in 1941, followed by Toni Blum (1942) and Otto Binder (1942-43).

[Collecting Scrap] (Table of Contents: 4)

Bozo the Robot / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Henry Doaks; Elmer; Percy; Hugh Hazzard
Synopsis
Kids gather scrap metal for the war effort, then get into a scrape over who owns the scrap.

Indexer Notes

Finial appearance of the "Bozo the Robot" feature.
Final Golden Age appearance of the Bozo the Robot character. Next appearance in Starman (DC, 1994 Series) #64 (April 2000).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, well!... The obituary notices!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Detective Hustace McGinty; Penelope (villain); Lady Satan (villain)
Synopsis
McGinty, upset when he reads his own obituary in the paper, along with the Jester, barely escape Lady Satan, who is the strongarm for a woman that marries men for their life insurance policies.

Indexer Notes

Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

Later swiped for the Nitro story, "Nitro Meets the Scorpion" Dime Comics #24 (Bell Features).

[Heiress Still Missing] (Table of Contents: 6)

Yankee Eagle / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Gabriele (signed)
Inks
Al Gabriele (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; war
Characters
Yankee Eagle [Larry Noble]; Dinah Shane; Wenner
Synopsis
Larry gets hired for a stunt job, but it's all a plot to pin a murder on him, if he doesn't die in the stunt that is.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Wun Cloo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Cole (signed)
Pencils
Jack Cole (signed)
Inks
Jack Cole (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Is velly bad! Not one murder all veek!
Genre
humor; detective-mystery
Characters
Wun Cloo; Sam
Synopsis
While walking around town Wun hears the tailor offering to give someone a cuff in the pants.

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Where Truth Laughs at Fiction..And Death is not the End
Genre
adventure; war; superhero
Characters
The Marksman [Baron Povalski, aka Major Hurtz]; Dr. Valdu (villain); Shamar Valdu; Schultz-Klink; Abdul; Zoga
Synopsis
The Marksman is in El Nefud to get a cure for a disease from a discredited doctor.

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2013-5-4.

Valdu gets called Valdo once.

Story swiped from The Spirit story of July 20, 1941.

Man of Fire (Table of Contents: 9)

Jimmy Christian / text story / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure
Characters
Tarku; Bannock; Jimmy Christian; Jack Nicols; Geld van Staadt
Synopsis
Jimmy learns of a tribe torturing white men by stretching them out.

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Daffy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
C'mon Daffy. Make it snappy. We've got a dinner date, and I'm famished!
Feature Logo
Daffy and Deke
Genre
adventure; humor; sports
Characters
Daffy Dill (introduction); Deke Parsons (villain, wrestling manager)
Synopsis
Daffy searches for Deke, her former (crooked) wrestling manager, who has fled to the big city.
Keywords
wrestling

Indexer Notes

Story reads like there were earlier chapters, but there weren't.

Daffy is an Amazonian woman wrestler.

[The Spider's Web] (Table of Contents: 12)

Rookie Rankin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Witmer Williams
Inks
Witmer Williams
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Rookie Rankin; The Spider; Dagger; Letti; Joe
Synopsis
The Spider runs a protection racket, and Rookie is determined to break him.

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

Metro Publications / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

American Seed Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Hey, Doc! You've got to remember how to turn this thing off!"]
    Midnight
  2. 1. ["Boy! Oh, boy! Two! Two tremendous new features!"]
  3. 2. ["Golly, but it's cold in here!"]
    Midnight
  4. 3. [The Amber Trap]
    Espionage Starring Black X
  5. 4. [Collecting Scrap]
    Bozo the Robot
  6. 5. ["Well, well!... The obituary notices!"]
    The Jester
  7. 6. [Heiress Still Missing]
    Yankee Eagle
  8. 7. ["Is velly bad! Not one murder all veek!"]
    Wun Cloo
  9. 8. ["Where Truth Laughs at Fiction..And Death is not the End"]
    The Marksman
  10. 9. Man of Fire
    Jimmy Christian
  11. 10. ["Another swell Blackhawk story is now in the April issue of Military Comics on sale February 10th"]
  12. 11. ["C'mon Daffy. Make it snappy. We've got a dinner date, and I'm famished!"]
    Daffy
  13. 12. [The Spider's Web]
    Rookie Rankin
  14. 13. ["Free with this offer 33 power telescope lens kit"]
    Metro Publications
  15. 14. ["Hurry! Hurry! Sell seeds for victory gardens"]
    American Seed Company
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • John Censullo
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Bob Hughes
  • Daniel Martinez
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Adam Spector
  • Jim Van Dore