(December 1946)

Quality Comics, 1939 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1946-10-04
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
E. M. Arnold
Brand
Quality Comic Group
Editing
Martin deMuth (credited as Martin DeMuth) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946-1947 Periodicals, page 352.

Midnight Gambles with Atomic Dice! (Table of Contents)

Midnight / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero; adventure
Characters
Midnight Dave Clark]; Gabby (a monkey); Doc Mortimer Wackey
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover art credits from Archives reprint.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Pepsi the Pepsi Cola Cop / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Graham Hunter
Inks
Graham Hunter
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Pepsi, I'm sick in two places
Genre
humor

The Atomic Dice (Table of Contents: 2)

Midnight / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole (sourced)
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; superhero
Characters
Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Max Magoo
Synopsis
Doc has made a pair of dice containing enough atomic power to blow up the whole city.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie O'Toole / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yep, I've decided to abdicate...
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Archie O'Toole (king)
Synopsis
The people expected to see the king himself hung, not his picture.

[The Detective Story] (Table of Contents: 4)

Spunky / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sid Lazarus (signed as Sidney Lazarus)
Inks
Sid Lazarus (signed as Sidney Lazarus)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
According to these footprints, I'm following a little guy wearing big shoes!!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Spunky; Marge (girl friend); Curly (rival); Pug (pal); Marge's father
Synopsis
Spunky is telling how good a detective he might be. He hides the glasses of Marge's father, so he can take credit for finding them. Unfortunately, he steps on them and breaks them.

Ida, the Goose (Table of Contents: 5)

Rookie Rankin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Pete Riss
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Rookie Rankin; police chief; Dan Maxon
Synopsis
A famous goose laying golden eggs visits the city.

Indexer Notes

Similar art to the Riss-credited pencil work on Manhunter stories in Police Comics (Quality, 1941 series) #37-#59.

Bob Hughes agrees on Riss pencils.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Wun Cloo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Quick!... Th-the large economy s-size!
Genre
humor; detective-mystery
Characters
Wun Cloo (detective); Casey
Synopsis
A lady says her house is haunted and asks Cloo to scare the ghosts away.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Pete Riss
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Detective McGinty has come, at a mysterious phone call, to a lonely section of City Park...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Detective Hustace McGinty; Quinopolis; Snide (villain)
Synopsis
McGinty is abducted and to be killed by Snide and his gang.

Indexer Notes

This is similar art to the many Manhunter stories in Police Comics (Quality, 1941 series) credited to Riss on pencils.

The Incomparable Ballet Souffle (Table of Contents: 8)

Lady Luck / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Klaus Nordling (signed)
Pencils
Klaus Nordling (signed)
Inks
Klaus Nordling (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Blovodkine (ballet dancer); Sopofore (villain)
Synopsis
Somebody at the theater plans to kill the ballet dancer, Blovodkine.

Man Who Would Be King (Table of Contents: 9)

Jimmy Christian / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure; non-fiction
Characters
Jimmy Christian (reporter); Enders; James Harden-Hickey
Synopsis
Harden-Hickey called himself King of Trinidad.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Daffy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bart Tumey
Inks
Bart Tumey
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Flatten her, Daffy!
Genre
humor; sports
Characters
Daffy; Deke Parsons; Mrs. DeBoff
Synopsis
Gangsters plan to rob Mrs. DeBoff by arranging a wrestling match at her garden party.
Keywords
wrestling

Indexer Notes

Art looks like the work in the signed Tumey story in #66.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Espionage Starring Black X / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Zolnerowich
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Near the end of the reception at the Bowerland Country Club...
Genre
spy; adventure; war
Characters
Black X; Batu; Harrett; Tarby
Synopsis
Mr. Harrett is killed after experimenting with adding drugs to tobacco.

Indexer Notes

Art identical to Zolnerowich's credited Swing Sisson stories in Feature Comics (Quality, 1939 series) #111 and #119.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Midnight Gambles with Atomic Dice!
    Midnight
  2. 1. ["Pepsi, I'm sick in two places"]
    Pepsi the Pepsi Cola Cop
  3. 2. The Atomic Dice
    Midnight
  4. 3. ["Yep, I've decided to abdicate..."]
    Archie O'Toole
  5. 4. [The Detective Story]
    Spunky
  6. 5. Ida, the Goose
    Rookie Rankin
  7. 6. ["Quick!... Th-the large economy s-size!"]
    Wun Cloo
  8. 7. ["Detective McGinty has come, at a mysterious phone call, to a lonely section of City Park..."]
    The Jester
  9. 8. The Incomparable Ballet Souffle
    Lady Luck
  10. 9. Man Who Would Be King
    Jimmy Christian
  11. 10. ["Flatten her, Daffy!"]
    Daffy
  12. 11. ["Near the end of the reception at the Bowerland Country Club..."]
    Espionage Starring Black X
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steinar Ã…dland
  • Pat Conolly
  • Peter Croome
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Bob Hughes
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore