(December 1946)

Quality Comics, 1941 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Comic Magazines
Brand
Quality Comic Group
Editing
George Brenner (credited as George E. Brenner) (editor); Busy Arnold (credited as E. M. Arnold) (general manager)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Plastic Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Reprints
Keywords
balance scales

A Bundle of Trouble (Table of Contents: 1)

Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
André LeBlanc
Colors
?
Letters
Jack Cole

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Gasper Geetus (villain, introduction); Big-Nose Grogan (villain, introduction); Harry Hood (villain, introduction); Fizz-Fizz (villain, introduction); Loogy (villain, introduction); Goo-Goo Gates (villain, introduction); Lawbook Lawson (villain, introduction)
Synopsis
Lawbook Lawson offers $100,000 for the best workable idea for destroying Plastic Man.
Reprints

[The Skyanium Gas] (Table of Contents: 2)

Flatfoot Burns / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Al Stahl
Pencils
Al Stahl
Inks
Al Stahl
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; detective-mystery
Characters
Flatfoot Burns

Housemaid's Knees (Table of Contents: 3)

Honeybun / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Genre
romance; domestic
Characters
Honeybun

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Candy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Harry Sahle ?
Pencils
Harry Sahle ?
Inks
Harry Sahle ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, Ted, this is the most interesting book on "how to track down your man"!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Candy O'Connor

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

Dewey Drip / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bernard Dibble ?
Pencils
Bernard Dibble
Inks
Bernard Dibble
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Six straight hours and nary a bite!
Genre
humor
Characters
Dewey Drip; Bathless Jones
Synopsis
Dewey falls asleep while fishing and dreams of "hillbilly mermaids."
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Writer revision from "Joe Devlin" (presumably a typo for "John Devlin") to ? by Craig Delich 2013-4-7. The Who's Who does not indicate that John Devlin wrote this strip. Writer credit revised to "Bernard Dibble?" Artist revision from Joe Devlin to Bernard Dibble, who took over as artist (not writer) of the strip in 1943 from John Devlin.

Case of the Vanishing Vagabond (Table of Contents: 6)

Manhunter / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Bryant
Inks
Al Bryant
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Manhunter [Dan Richards]

Murder Takes a Seat (Table of Contents: 7)

Dick Mace / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Dick Mace text story.

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

Specks / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Senich
Pencils
Mike Senich
Inks
Mike Senich
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Guess Willie won't mind me borrowin' his skates for an hour's pleasure!
Genre
humor; children

[The Organ Grinder] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
Bill Woolfolk
Pencils
Lou Fine
Inks
Lou Fine; Quality Staff
Colors
?
Letters
Martin deMuth

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Spirit [Denny Colt]
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Plastic Man
  2. 1. A Bundle of Trouble
    Plastic Man
  3. 2. [The Skyanium Gas]
    Flatfoot Burns
  4. 3. Housemaid's Knees
    Honeybun
  5. 4. ["Oh, Ted, this is the most interesting book on "how to track down your man"!"]
    Candy
  6. 5. ["Six straight hours and nary a bite!"]
    Dewey Drip
  7. 6. Case of the Vanishing Vagabond
    Manhunter
  8. 7. Murder Takes a Seat
    Dick Mace
  9. 8. ["Guess Willie won't mind me borrowin' his skates for an hour's pleasure!"]
    Specks
  10. 9. [The Organ Grinder]
    The Spirit
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jonathan Sari
  • Jim Van Dore
  • David Wilt