(October 1941)
Quality Comics,
1941 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-08-06
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- Ed Cronin (credited as Edward Cronin) (editor)
Issue Notes
Copyright 1941 by Comic Magazines, Inc.
The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.
The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.
[no title indexed]
Firebrand / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Starring the Firebrand newest comic sensation
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Firebrand [Rod Reilly]; Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian] (inset); #711 [Daniel Dyce] (inset); The Mouthpiece [Bill Perkins] (inset); The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] (inset)
- Reprints
-
in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1 (1998 [February 1999])
-
[Boss Slaine, Traitor]
Firebrand / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- S. M. Iger
- Pencils
- Reed Crandall (signed)
- Inks
- Reed Crandall (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Firebrand [Rod Reilly]; Joan Rogers (Rod's fiancee); Emerald Ed Reilly (Rod's father); Slugger Shea (Rod's manservant); Boss Slaine (villain)
[Rock Gatty's "Impossible" Killing]
#711 / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Brenner (signed as George E. Brenner)
- Pencils
- George Brenner (signed as George E. Brenner)
- Inks
- George Brenner (signed as George E. Brenner)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero; crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- #711 [Daniel Dyce]; Rock Gatty (villain)
[no title indexed]
Dewey Drip / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All right, rookie -- go in an' see the doc -- but first take off your clothes --
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dewey Drip
[The Double Agent]
Eagle Evans / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Witmer Williams (signed as Clark Williams)
- Inks
- Witmer Williams (signed as Clark Williams)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery; aviation
- Characters
- Eagle Evans
[The Hand of Biro]
Chic Carter / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Vern Henkel (signed as Vernon Henkel)
- Pencils
- Vern Henkel (signed as Vernon Henkel)
- Inks
- Vern Henkel (signed as Vernon Henkel)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- Chic Carter [The Sword]; Gay Nolan; Dr. Blair; Dr. Grimes (villain); Torg (villain)
- Synopsis
- Chic and Gay are trapped in a private hosptial being run by a maniac.
Indexer Notes
Chic appears as The Sword for the last time.
Henkel himself said, in Alter Ego #48, that super-heroes didn't interest him. He was more into adventures stories, like those in the movies........he liked realism. Perhaps this was why Carter appeared in costume as The Sword for only a very short time. Added by Craig Delich 2014-1-3.
[The Pinball Racket]
Plastic Man / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Captain Murphy [aka Captain Murphey]; Baldy Bushwack (villain)
- Synopsis
- Captain Murphey expects Plastic Man to solve at least one case per month or lose his badge, so Plas succeeds in stopping a pinball machine racket started by one Baldy Bushwack.
- Reprints
- in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1 (1998 [February 1999])
-
Super Snooper
Super Snooper / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Gill Fox (signed)
- Pencils
- Gill Fox (signed)
- Inks
- Gill Fox (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gill Fox ? (signed)
- Genre
- humor
[The Motorcycle Cop Murder]
Steele Kerrigan / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Steele Kerrigan
[The Escape of Fatso Dowd]
The Mouthpiece / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- The Mouthpiece [Bill Perkins]; Fatso Dowd (villain)
Pearls of Peril
Dick Mace / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Robert M. Hyatt (credited)
- Pencils
- Gill Fox [as G. F.] (signed) (3 spot illustrations)
- Inks
- Gill Fox [as G. F.] (signed) (3 spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Dick Mace
[no title indexed]
Phantom Lady / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Art Peddy (signed as Arthur Peddy)
- Inks
- Art Peddy (signed as Arthur Peddy)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Late at night...Sandra and Dan Borden return through the park from a defense committee meeting...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Don Borden; two un-named kidnappers (villains)
- Synopsis
- The Phantom Lady rescues her fiancee, Don Borden, from spies trying to get defense secrets from him. The spies had tried to frame the Phantom Lady for Don's kidnapping, but she eluded the police. She disappears after rescuing Don and when the cops come in saying that "some dame" called in a tip, Don thinks of Sandra.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Black (flash)light
in [no title indexed]
Burp the Twerp / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gangway, crime!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Burp the Twerp
[no title indexed]
The Human Bomb / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Paul Gustavson (signed as Paul Carrol)
- Pencils
- Paul Gustavson (signed as Paul Carrol)
- Inks
- Paul Gustavson (signed as Paul Carrol)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Paul Gustavson (signed as Paul Carrol)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At the home of his fiancee, Jean Caldwell, Roy Lincoln receives a message.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Jean Caldwell (Lincoln's fiance); President Franklin D. Roosevelt; un-named Nazi spy (villain); the Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- Roy is called away from Jean's side to the White House, where the President asks Roy to oversee a new lab. While doing this, Roy happens to see a note mentioning a deadly purple mist. When the Human Bomb flushes out the spy behind the mist, he discovers the man to have a pair of purple glasses which, when worn, reveal Nazi assassins hiding within the mists.
- Keywords
- The Purple Mist
Indexer Notes
Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash state in the Quality Companion that Gustavson created the strip and wrote it. Gustavson's son, Terry Gustafson, concurs.
Letterer credit from Terry Gustafson, Paul Gustavson's son.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Starring the Firebrand newest comic sensation"]
Firebrand -
1.
[Boss Slaine, Traitor]
Firebrand -
2.
[Rock Gatty's "Impossible" Killing]
#711 -
3.
["All right, rookie -- go in an' see the doc -- but first take off your clothes --"]
Dewey Drip -
4.
[The Double Agent]
Eagle Evans -
5.
[The Hand of Biro]
Chic Carter -
6.
[The Pinball Racket]
Plastic Man -
7.
Super Snooper
Super Snooper -
8.
[The Motorcycle Cop Murder]
Steele Kerrigan -
9.
[The Escape of Fatso Dowd]
The Mouthpiece -
10.
Pearls of Peril
Dick Mace -
11.
["Late at night...Sandra and Dan Borden return through the park from a defense committee meeting..."]
Phantom Lady -
12.
["Gangway, crime!"]
Burp the Twerp -
13.
["At the home of his fiancee, Jean Caldwell, Roy Lincoln receives a message."]
The Human Bomb
This issue was modified by, among others
- Henry Andrews
- Keith Chandler
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- R. S. Martin
- Daniel Martinez
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jonathan Sari
- Jim Van Dore
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