National Comics #36

(October 1943)

[Briefcase At the Hotel Bizum] (Table of Contents)

Uncle Sam / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Art Seymour (signed)

Inks:

Art Seymour (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult; war

Characters:

Uncle Sam; Buddy [Buddy Smith]; Captain Ivan (introduction); the Nazis (villains)

Synopsis:

Hotel Bizum in Russia becomes a miniature battlefield of World War II.

Keywords:

Hotel Bizum

[The Midget] (Table of Contents)

Windy Breeze / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Cole

Pencils:

Jack Cole

Inks:

Jack Cole

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Windy Breeze

Synopsis:

Nothing like a second cup of coffee.

Indexer Notes

Same art as in issue #35.

[Ghost Ship In the Yukon] (Table of Contents)

Quicksilver / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Pencils:

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Inks:

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Quicksilver [Max]; The Japanese (villains); Shoshone; Mrs. Bailey (first appearance); Mrs. Bailey's son (first appearance)

Synopsis:

Quicksilver battles the oriental foes of the present day pioneers i Alaska.

The Murderous Three (Table of Contents)

The Unknown / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Rudy Palais (signed)

Inks:

Rudy Palais (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Unknown; Piano Charley (villain); Marion Wells (villain); the Dutchman (first appearance; villain; death)

Synopsis:

The Unknown investigates a code book found on a dead spy, revealing three master spies responsible for all the trouble in North Africa.

Indexer Notes

Signed at bottom of splash panel.

[The Reanimation Formula] (Table of Contents)

Professor Noodle / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sid Lazarus (signed)

Pencils:

Sid Lazarus (signed)

Inks:

Sid Lazarus (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Prof. Noodle (first appearance); Morguen (first appearance); Zambini (first appearance);Zambini's wife (first appearance)

Synopsis:

Professor Noddle is hard at work at his new discovery of how to bring the dead back alive.

Indexer Notes

next app. in FEATURE COMICS #73

["I'm sure this'll make you feel better..."] (Table of Contents)

Salty Waters / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bernard Dibble

Pencils:

Bernard Dibble

Inks:

Bernard Dibble

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Salty Waters; Captain

Synopsis:

Salty's sun-burn balm also attracts birds.

[Kapitan Feltig Vs. Lt. Commander Blake] (Table of Contents)

Destroyer 171 / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jon Blummer

Inks:

Jon Blummer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Kapitan Carl Wilhelm Feutig (first appearance; villain; death); the Nazis (villains); Lt. Commander Harvey Blake (first appearance)

Synopsis:

Destroyer 171 hunts U-boats off Iceland.

Indexer Notes

Blummer is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the art with marked jawline, ears, hands and faces match his credited Hop Harrigan stories in All-American Comics #78, and also Captain X in Star Sprangled Comics #1.

[Queen of the Beggars] (Table of Contents)

Sally O'Neil Policewoman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Bryant (signed)

Inks:

Al Bryant (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Sally O'Neil; The Beggar Queen and her gang (first appearance; villains); Blind Sam (first appearance; villain); Dopey (first appearance; death)

Synopsis:

The Queen of Beggars living in a waterfront section of the city, exerts a sinister influence upon all who cross her path.

Smoke In Your Eyes (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

aviation; war

Characters:

Randall Holmes (Squadron Leader); Mel Handley (Squadron Leader); Lieut. Moran

Synopsis:

Air attack on Talugi Island.

The Case of the Yoga Yeggs (Table of Contents)

Chic Carter / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Vernon Henkel (signed)

Pencils:

Vernon Henkel (signed)

Inks:

Vernon Henkel (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Chic Carter; Repulsive Reardon (first appearance; villain); Loathsome Louie (first appearance; villain); T. Hamadraba (first appearance; villain)

Synopsis:

Mobsters practicing Yoga.

[Butter To Cows] (Table of Contents)

Cyclone Cupid / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gill Fox

Pencils:

Gill Fox

Inks:

Gill Fox

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Cyclone Cupid

Synopsis:

Cupid's arrow changes the butter back to milk and milk back to cows.

Case No. 10 (Table of Contents)

G-2 / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Louis Zansky ?

Inks:

Louis Zansky ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

G-2 [Captain Don Leash]; Fraulein Thura (villain, introduction, Nazi spy chief); Kurt (villain, introduction); Ebo (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

A new woman spy chief arrives in American by U-boat specifically to capture G-2. However, he gets the drop on her, turning her over to the authorities because, as he puts it, "I don't shoot women"!

Indexer Notes

Art originally credited to Don Rico, but his signed Black X stories in Smash Comics #51 and #53, and his credited G-2 story in the previous issue are drawn much more simply than this story, so it is not by him. The eyes with iris and pupil are more similar to Jack Spranger's credited Captain Triumph stories, but there is no signed work to confirm this. His credited stories are mostly uncertain. (Adland)
Compared with Zansky's Classics Illustrated work - this appears to be him. (Bob Hughes) Zansky is credited with work on this feature in Bails' Who's Who.