National Comics
#16
(October 1941)
Quality Comics,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-08-08
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- Ed Cronin (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 4.
[no title indexed]
Uncle Sam / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Starring Uncle Sam America's greatest hero
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Uncle Sam; Quicksilver [Max] (inset); Kid Patrol (inset); Sally O'Neil (inset)
- Reprints
-
in Ace Comics Presents (A.C.E. Comics, 1987 series) #4 (November 1987) - in Action! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) (December 2011)
-
Indexer Notes
Previous indexer identified the artist as Reed Crandall. Reed Crandall expert Roger Hill agrees that this is not Crandall.
[The Hollywood Invasion Plot]
Uncle Sam / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; George Washington (as a ghost); Emil von Blon (Warren Brothers movie director); fifth columnists (villains)
- Synopsis
- Spies discover fertile ground for an attack on a movie set. The director is so successful and powerful that he was able to procure the use of U.S. Navy ships. The movie is meant to stir American patriotism, but the set is infiltrated by fifth columnists. Buddy, on board one of the submarines, discovers this and turns the tables on the saboteurs, while the ghost of George Washington appears to Uncle Sam to alert him of the danger. Together, Sam and Buddy defeat the spies but only after several ships have been destroyed.
- Reprints
[The Amateur Hour]
Kid Patrol / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Toni Blum (signed as Dan Wilson) (sourced)
- Pencils
- Charles Nicholas
- Inks
- Charles Nicholas
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; humor; children
- Characters
- Kid Patrol
Indexer Notes
The art match the Nicholas sample at Who's Who.
[Big Dan's Hundred Grand]
Sally O'Neil Policewoman / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sally O'Neil
Indexer Notes
The artwork matches some Leav-credited stories in Jumbo Comics #28-29.
[The Blank Check Swindle]
Kid Dixon / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ? [as Bob Reynolds] (signed)
- Pencils
- Klaus Nordling
- Inks
- Klaus Nordling
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Kid Dixon [Danny "Kid" Dixon]
Indexer Notes
The art is similar to the Nordling sample on Who's Who.
[Pagi's Return to the Islands]
Wonder Boy / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ? [as Jerry Maxwell] (signed) (byline)
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy
- Inks
- Nick Cardy
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Wonder Boy; Pagi (South Seas performing native)
- Synopsis
- Wonder Boy witnesses the performance of a South Seas native and wonders if the man is really happy in this civilization or would prefer to return home.
- Keywords
- Winger's Country Bizaar
[The Soap Box Demagogue]
Quicksilver / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Paul Gustavson (signed as N. Viscardi) (sourced)
- Pencils
- Paul Gustavson (signed as N. Viscardi) (sourced)
- Inks
- Paul Gustavson (signed as N. Viscardi) (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Paul Gustavson (signed as N. Viscardi) (sourced)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Quicksilver [Max]; McGinty (villain, radical speaker); C.J. Merton (villain, political boss)
- Synopsis
- A political boss is paying crooks across America to make speeches and to stir up dissent in a scheme to become president under a new party banner and to rule as a dictator.
Indexer Notes
Several Quicksilver stories are bylined Nick Cardy, but the art is not in any way similar to his Senorita Rio stories in Fight Comics #19 and 21. They are signed N. Viscardi, his real name. Also Nick Viscardi's first Lady Luck story in the Sunday Spirit section for May 18, 1941 has a very different style from this one. It is identical to the unmistakable art of Paul Gustavson. Either is Nick Cardy the writer, or just a byline name like most of the other byline names with no connection to any real artist used in Quality comics. A little mystery. Originally credited "Nick Cardy (signed)".
[The Counterfeiter's Cannon]
Jack and Jill / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ? [as Lowell Riggs] (signed)
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy
- Inks
- Nick Cardy
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Jack; Jill
[Herr Musser's Radio Plot]
Prop Powers / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Toni Blum (signed as Lynn Bird) (sourced)
- Pencils
- Witmer Williams
- Inks
- Witmer Williams
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- aviation
- Characters
- Prop Powers
Indexer Notes
The artwork match the Witmer sample at Who's Who.
[The Rustling of Babe]
Paul Bunyan / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ? [as Story Weaver] (signed)
- Pencils
- Reed Crandall
- Inks
- Reed Crandall ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Paul Bunyan
- Keywords
- folklore
Indexer Notes
The art is very similar to Crandall's signed story in Police Comics #1, but the inking is a little different.
[The Sinister Swamp Camp]
Pen Miller / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Klaus Nordling (signed)
- Pencils
- Klaus Nordling (signed)
- Inks
- Klaus Nordling (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Pen Miller
[no title indexed]
Miss Winky / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Arthur Beeman (signed)
- Pencils
- Arthur Beeman (signed)
- Inks
- Arthur Beeman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's This? Somebody shipping a dog to me?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Miss Winky
[Incident in Greenland]
Merlin the Magician / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Fred Guardineer (signed as Lance Blackwood) (sourced)
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (signed as Lance Blackwood) (sourced)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (signed as Lance Blackwood) (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog]; the Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- Merlin boosts the Greenland natives' campaign against Nazi thieves with a giant walrus.
Indexer Notes
Lance Blackwood, according to the Who's Who, is a by-line on this strip.
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Table of Contents
-
0.
["Starring Uncle Sam America's greatest hero"]
Uncle Sam -
1.
[The Hollywood Invasion Plot]
Uncle Sam -
2.
[Rain of Soup]
Cyclone Cupid -
3.
[The Amateur Hour]
Kid Patrol -
4.
[Big Dan's Hundred Grand]
Sally O'Neil Policewoman -
5.
[The Blank Check Swindle]
Kid Dixon -
6.
[Pagi's Return to the Islands]
Wonder Boy -
7.
[The Soap Box Demagogue]
Quicksilver -
8.
[The Counterfeiter's Cannon]
Jack and Jill -
9.
[Paddle-Ball Champ]
Windy Breeze -
10.
[Herr Musser's Radio Plot]
Prop Powers -
11.
Flames of Freedom
-
12.
[The Rustling of Babe]
Paul Bunyan -
13.
[The Sinister Swamp Camp]
Pen Miller -
14.
["What's This? Somebody shipping a dog to me?"]
Miss Winky -
15.
[Incident in Greenland]
Merlin the Magician
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Nicholas Burns
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Bob Hughes
- Clint Maxwell
- Antonio Pontes Junior
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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