(February 1945)

Quality Comics, 1940 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
60
Indicia frequency:
bi-monthly
Indicia Publisher:
Comic Magazines
Brand:
Quality Comic Group
Editing:
George Brenner
Format:
Color; Standard Golden Age US; Saddle-Stitched; Newsprint; Ongoing

Murder is No Joke! (Table of Contents)

The Barker / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
adventure; humor
Characters:
The Barker [Carnie Callahan]

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

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. Murder is No Joke!
    The Barker
  2. 1. Murder Is No Joke
    The Barker
  3. 2. Sing Me a Torch Song
    Sally O'Neil Policewoman
  4. 3. ["Wait here by the boat, Waters, while we scout inland a bit!"]
    Salty Waters
  5. 4. The Vase of Kwan-Yin
    G-2
  6. 5. The Lisping Hob-Goblin and the Ghost That Failed
    Intellectual Amos
  7. 6. [The Vengeance of Monk Mature]
    Chic Carter
  8. 7. Footprints of Light
  9. 8. [Waterdog Breeze]
    Windy Breeze
  10. 9. [Theatre of Thieves]
    Quicksilver
  11. 10. Yeoman Third
    Destroyer 171
  12. 11. "Look! That tree right across the road!"
    Volto from Mars
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Craig Delich
  • Bob Hughes
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Bob Klein
  • Lou Mougin
  • Len Wolinsky