National Comics
#72
(June 1949)
Quality Comics,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- George Brenner
[Oldest Man in the World!]
The Barker / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Gwen Hansen (sourced)
- Pencils
- Klaus Nordling (signed)
- Inks
- Klaus Nordling (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; humor
- Characters
- The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Grubstake Peters (first appearance)
Indexer Notes
title from cover
Mr. Malevolence
Sally O'Neil Policewoman / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sally O'Neil; Mr. Malevolence [Tiny Ted] (first appearance; villain)
[Caveman Capers]
Lassie / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My! It musta been fun livin' back in those old days!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Lassie; Laddie
- Synopsis
- Lassie fantasizes about cavemen fighting over her.
[The Dumber Plumber]
Honeybun / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Paul Gustavson (sourced)
- Pencils
- Paul Gustavson (sourced)
- Inks
- Paul Gustavson (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Paul Gustavson (sourced)
- Genre
- romance; domestic
- Characters
- Honeybun; Jon Ford (introduction)
The Squid
Steve Wood / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Steve Wood; The Squid [Beetle] (first appearance; villain); Dopey Dan (first appearance); Cokie Stern (first appearance; death)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Oldest Man in the World!
The Barker -
1.
[Oldest Man in the World!]
The Barker -
2.
Mr. Malevolence
Sally O'Neil Policewoman -
3.
[Caveman Capers]
Lassie -
4.
[The Dumber Plumber]
Honeybun -
5.
Tiger Killer
The Barker -
6.
The Squid
Steve Wood
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- David Wilt
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