(August 1940)
Quality Comics,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-05-24
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines Inc.
- Editing
- Will Eisner (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
Smashing the Enemies of Free Speech!
Uncle Sam / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (sourced); Dave Berg (sourced)
- Pencils
- Dave Berg (sourced)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Uncle Sam; Senator Grover (introduction); Miss Grover (introduction); Casey (introduction); J. P. Potter (villain, death)
- Synopsis
- Sam takes on J. P. Potter, who was sickening kids with inferior candy.
[Wings of Death Over London]
Prop Powers / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Toni Blum (signed as Lynn Bird)
- Pencils
- Witmer Williams ?
- Inks
- Witmer Williams ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- aviation
- Characters
- Prop Powers
[The "Death" of Barry Gilmore]
Sally O'Neil Policewoman / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Toni Blum (signed as Frank Kearns)
- Pencils
- Chuck Mazoujian
- Inks
- Chuck Mazoujian
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sally O'Neil; Barry Gilmore (first appearance); The Boss (first appearance, villain, death); Tony (first appearance, villain); other gangsters (first appearance, villains)
[The Unkillable Man]
Pen Miller / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Klaus Nordling (signed as Klaus)
- Pencils
- Klaus Nordling (signed as Klaus)
- Inks
- Klaus Nordling (signed as Klaus)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Pen Miller; Tony Torpedo (first appearance, villain); Milligan (first appearance)
Indexer Notes
This story based on the true case of Michael Malloy (1933).
[The Evictor]
Kid Patrol / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure; children
- Characters
- Kid Patrol; Primo Andriola (first appearance); Mrs. Morgan (first appearance); Mr. Meagre (first appearance, villain)
[The Pirates and the Buddha's Eyes]
Wonder Boy / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Wonder Boy; The Mongolians (villains); pirates (first appearance, villains); A Buddhist priest (first appearance); the priest's daughter (first appearance)
[The Winged People]
Cyclone / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Tony Rawlins (signed) (house name)
- Pencils
- Henry Kiefer
- Inks
- Henry Kiefer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Cyclone; A tribe of winged people (introduction); King Zarxas (villain, introduction)
Indexer Notes
Tony Rawlins was a by-line on this feature and was not necessarily a real person.
[Bout with Slugger Sweeney]
Kid Dixon / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Bob Reynolds (signed) (house name)
- Pencils
- George Tuska
- Inks
- George Tuska
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Kid Dixon [Danny "Kid" Dixon]; Slugger Sweeney (first appearance, villain); his manager (first appearance, villain); a crumb (first appearance; villain); Jennie Barley (first appearance); Mr. Barley (first appearance)
Yankee Doodle Boy
Yankee Doodle Boy / text story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Yankee Doodle Boy [Jimmy Jones]
[Fight with Mike Disogra]
Paul Bunyan / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Herman Bolstein ? (signed as Storey Weaver)
- Pencils
- John Celardo
- Inks
- John Celardo
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Paul Bunyan; Mike Disogra (first appearance, villain)
- Keywords
- folklore
[no title indexed]
Windy Breeze / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Bill Newcombe (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Newcombe (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Newcombe (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah yes. Franklin was right.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Windy Breeze
[In the Land of the Dead]
Merlin the Magician / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Lance Blackwood (signed) (house name)
- Pencils
- Dan Zolnerowich (signed as Lance Blackwood)
- Inks
- Dan Zolnerowich (signed as Lance Blackwood)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog]; Lord Elliot (introduction, death); Sybil Elliot (introduction); Rajah Singh-Abeem (villain, introduction); Prince Singh-Abeem (villain, introduction, a ghost, death in flashback); Abdul (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Merlin continues his travels to the River Styx, where he saves a wayward damsel from a dead Prince.
Indexer Notes
Lance Blackwood, according to the Who's Who, is a by-line found on this strip, and is also the pen name of Dan Zolnerowich.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Starring Uncle Sam America's greatest character"]
Uncle Sam -
1.
Smashing the Enemies of Free Speech!
Uncle Sam -
2.
[Wings of Death Over London]
Prop Powers -
3.
[The "Death" of Barry Gilmore]
Sally O'Neil Policewoman -
4.
[The Unkillable Man]
Pen Miller -
5.
[The Evictor]
Kid Patrol -
6.
[The Pirates and the Buddha's Eyes]
Wonder Boy -
7.
[The Winged People]
Cyclone -
8.
[Bout with Slugger Sweeney]
Kid Dixon -
9.
Yankee Doodle Boy
Yankee Doodle Boy -
10.
[Fight with Mike Disogra]
Paul Bunyan -
11.
["Ah yes. Franklin was right."]
Windy Breeze -
12.
[In the Land of the Dead]
Merlin the Magician
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Clint Maxwell
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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