National Comics #46

(February 1945)

Murder Is No Joke (Table of Contents)

The Barker / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Klaus Nordling

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling (signed)

Inks:

Klaus Nordling

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; humor

Characters:

The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Colonel Land (Mammoth Circus owner); Tiny; Lena; Major Midge; Shali (introduction, a snake-charmer); Samson Smith (introduction, strong man); Sonny Day (introduction); Capt. Bill Day (introduction); Dr. Devlin (villain, introduction); Al (villain, introduction); Marty (villain, introduction); Boots (villain, introduction); Maxie (villain, introduction); un-named crooks (villains, introduction for all)

Indexer Notes

Story title taken from the cover. Samson Smith took Tiny Tim's place as the circus strongman in this story, but Tiny continues to appear in plain clothes, more or less as a towering rodeo trickster.

Sing Me a Torch Song (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Gene Fawcette

Inks:

Gene Fawcette

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Sally O'Neil; Jerome (first appearance; villain); Frankie Sebar (first appearance; villain)

["Wait here by the boat, Waters, while we scout inland a bit!"] (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

The Vase of Kwan-Yin (Table of Contents)

G-2 / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Rico ?

Pencils:

Don Rico

Inks:

Don Rico

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

G-2 [Captain Don Leash]; Professor Joaquim (art expert); the Japanese (villains)

Synopsis:

G-2 works with a well-known art expert to recover treasures stolen by the Axis forces in the Pacific, including the famed Kwan-Yin Vase from the country of Tambang.....a vase said to bestow leadership on its possessor.

Indexer Notes

Last appearance

The Lisping Hob-Goblin and the Ghost That Failed (Table of Contents)

Intellectual Amos / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Andre LeBlanc

Pencils:

Andre LeBlanc (signed)

Inks:

Andre LeBlanc

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; humor; children

Characters:

Intellectual Amos (first appearance); Horrible Horace (first appearance; a ghost); Wilbur (first appearance; a hobgoblin); Von Hogg (first appearance; villain)

[The Vengeance of Monk Mature] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Vernon Henkel (signed)

Pencils:

Vernon Henkel (signed)

Inks:

Vernon Henkel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Chic Carter; Monk Mature (first appearance; villain)

Footprints of Light (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

[Waterdog Breeze] (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

[Theatre of Thieves] (Table of Contents)

Quicksilver / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Quackenbush (signed)

Inks:

Bill Quackenbush

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Quicksilver; Fortescue and the Shen-Dee Troupe (first appearance; villains)

Yeoman Third (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Camy ?

Inks:

Al Camy ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Lt Commander Harvey Blake; Captain Marlin (first appearance; death); The Japanese (villains)

"Look! That tree right across the road!" (Table of Contents)

Volto from Mars / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Frank Robbins

Inks:

Frank Robbins

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Volto