(February 1947)

Quality Comics, 1939 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1946-11-29
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 Gets the Bird from Sir Nuts! (Table of Contents)

Midnight / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

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

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

Midnight / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
When a dying man gave Midnight the bird, it didn't hurt his feelings...
Genre
adventure; superhero
Characters
Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Sniffer Snoop; Hot-Dog (a polar bear); Sir Nuts (a parrot); Ralph Raines (villain); Bo (villain)
Synopsis
A dying criminal wants to reveal all his underworld connections to Midnight.

See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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

Genre
humor; detective-mystery
Characters
Wun Cloo (detective); Burglar
Synopsis
A burglar insists he is a contestant on a radio program that makes people do silly things.

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

Spunky / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sid Lazarus
Inks
Sid Lazarus
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Arf! Arf! Our story opens on the quiet Main Street of the tiny town of Backwash
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Spunky; Marge (girl friend); Curly (rival); Pug (pal); Towser (bulldog)
Synopsis
Marge has adopted a bulldog for a week. The bulldog likes Curly, but not Spunky. Spunky and Pug try to figure out how to get Towser to like Spunky, with the usual unfortunate results.

Rookie Rankin's Last Day on the Force (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Pete Riss
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Rookie Rankin; Commissioner Enwright (villain); Kewpie (villain, black marketeer)
Synopsis
Before he is sacked, Rankin is going to prove Commissioner Enwright sells meat at double prices through the black market.

Indexer Notes

This is similar art to the many Manhunter stories in Police Comics (Quality, 1941 series) credited to Pete Riss.
Bob Hughes agrees the pencils are by Riss.

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This Dickens book is quite old... 1837!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Bruce Banks [aka Bicford aka Fred J. Banks] (Brenda's father, book collector); Paul Pussyfoot (villain, printer); Boldface (villain, printer)
Synopsis
A fake Dickens first edition made by Pussyfoot & Boldface, printers, is sold to Bruce Banks, rare book collector.

The Lost Rajah of Rashore (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Zolnerowich
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
spy; adventure; war
Characters
Black X; Batu; Rajah of Lashore; Ajib; Nabob Tipu (villain)
Synopsis
A man is killed before he can tell Black X where to find the rightful ruler of Lashore.

Indexer Notes

Originally credited "Alex Blum?". Art identical to Zolne's credited Swing Sisson story in Feature Comics #111 and #119. Faces, way of standing with a bend in the hips and knees. Also the shuffling walking or running are special. The art has some resemblance to Alex Blum, but leg movement is quite different.

The Camera Calls It Murder (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure
Characters
Jimmy Christian (reporter); Mac Baron (director); Glenwick (producer); Melnick (actor); Kurt Metz (actor); Otto Meisner (actor)
Synopsis
An actor is killed during a movie take.

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

Daffy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Heh! Heh! Ah never do with mah muscles whut Ah kin do with a hex!
Genre
humor; sports
Characters
Daffy; Deke Parsons; Ezmereldy (wrestler)
Synopsis
Daffy wrestles a giant hillbilly girl.
Keywords
wrestling

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Pete Riss
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
No police officer is more soberly attentive...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Detective Hustace McGinty; Quinopolis; Chowder Channay (villain, retired mobmaster)
Synopsis
The retired mobmaster can't take any joke and has a man killed for laughing.

Indexer Notes

Originally credited Ed Dobrotka as his name seemed to be barely visible as the author credit on a book, "Biography of a Comic Artist", in this story. The name on the book is something like J.D. Parkwust, not Dobrotka.
Art is similar art to the many Manhunter stories in Police Comics credited to Peter Riss on pencils.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Midnight Gets the Bird from Sir Nuts!
    Midnight
  2. 1. ["When a dying man gave Midnight the bird, it didn't hurt his feelings..."]
    Midnight
  3. 2. See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil
    Wun Cloo
  4. 3. ["Arf! Arf! Our story opens on the quiet Main Street of the tiny town of Backwash"]
    Spunky
  5. 4. Rookie Rankin's Last Day on the Force
    Rookie Rankin
  6. 5. ["This Dickens book is quite old... 1837!"]
    Lady Luck
  7. 6. The Lost Rajah of Rashore
    Espionage Starring Black X
  8. 7. The Camera Calls It Murder
    Jimmy Christian
  9. 8. ["Heh! Heh! Ah never do with mah muscles whut Ah kin do with a hex!"]
    Daffy
  10. 9. ["No police officer is more soberly attentive..."]
    The Jester
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steinar Ã…dland
  • Pat Conolly
  • Peter Croome
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Bob Hughes
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore