National Comics
#51
(December 1945)
Quality Comics,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1945-10-05
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines
- 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, 1945, New Series, Vol. 40, No. 4.
[The Missing Link]
The Barker / comic story / 11 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah-- I see it approaching in the near future...
- Genre
- adventure; humor
- Characters
- The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Madame Futura (first appearance, a fortune teller); Shali (first appearance, a snake charmer); The Missing Link (first appearance, villain)
[no title indexed]
Salty Waters / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And I'll meetcha on the beach in five minutes, Gladys!
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Salty Waters; Gladys
- Synopsis
- Salty tells his girlfriend Gladys about his exploits in the Pacific.
- Reprints
-
in Blackhawk Comic (Young's Merchandising Company, 1948 series) #10 ([March 1950])
-
Smash It Anyway!
Quicksilver / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You may not be able to see your peril---
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Quicksilver [Max]; Winslow Rigger (first appearance, villain); James Eagle (first appearance)
[no title indexed]
Windy Breeze / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Heck! The Tigers are playing today and I'm broke!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Windy Breeze; Sam
- Synopsis
- Windy comes up with a scheme to get money to go the ball game.
[no title indexed]
Lassie / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ooh, look, Roberta!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Lassie; Roberta; Roger; Laddie
- Synopsis
- Lassie's new neighbor is an inventor. She "helps" him out.
Indexer Notes
In previous stories, Roberta is Lassie's sister, but in this story Roger says she is Lassie's "Aunt Roberta." Also, Roger and Roberta appear to be married in this story, whereas they were just dating in previous issues.
[Soup Simpson's Last Blast]
Sally O'Neil Policewoman / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The luckiest day in policewoman Sally O'Neil's life was the day...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sally O'Neil; Soup Simpson (first appearance, villain, death); Boris Meloff (first appearance, villain); Lefty (first appearance, villain)
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks previously credited to Gene Fawcette.
[Kidnapping at Sea]
Intellectual Amos / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Just a little boy... nothing unusual about him except...
- Genre
- adventure; humor; children
- Characters
- Intellectual Amos; The Chief and his gang (first appearance, villains); Miss Venbilt (first appearance)
- Reprints
Strange Escape
text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For more days than he could remember...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Jules; Banning; Judge Bekins; Crandell; Holmes
- Synopsis
- Jules, a prison inmate, attempts an escape and then revenge on those who put him in prison.
Indexer Notes
A promo ad for National Comics appears in the lower corner of the second page.
[Trap for the Whistler]
Whistler / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When police reporter Mallory Drake became the dread Whistler...
- Genre
- detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- The Whistler [Mallory Drake]; Mac Shane; Ambers (first appearance, villain)
- Synopsis
- Editor Shane plans a trap for the Whistler and assigns Drake to cover the story.
[The Three Entertainers]
Destroyer 171 / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It started out to be less than a routine assignment for the...
- Genre
- war; military
- Characters
- Commander Blake; First Officer Conroy; Jack Hallam (first appearance); Jim Maulsby (first appearance); Bette D'Arcy (first appearance); The Japanese (villains)
- Synopsis
- The destroyer Pawnee has been ordered to transport a troupe of entertainers to Paasuvi.
Indexer Notes
The three named entertainers are based on Jack Carson, Bing Crosby and Bette Davis.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Missing Link
The Barker -
1.
[The Missing Link]
The Barker -
2.
["And I'll meetcha on the beach in five minutes, Gladys!"]
Salty Waters -
3.
Smash It Anyway!
Quicksilver -
4.
["Heck! The Tigers are playing today and I'm broke!"]
Windy Breeze -
5.
["Ooh, look, Roberta!"]
Lassie -
6.
[Soup Simpson's Last Blast]
Sally O'Neil Policewoman -
7.
[Kidnapping at Sea]
Intellectual Amos -
8.
Strange Escape
-
9.
[Trap for the Whistler]
Whistler -
10.
[The Three Entertainers]
Destroyer 171
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bill Devine
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
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