National Comics
#18
(December 1941)
Quality Comics,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-10-08
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- Ed Cronin
Issue Notes
On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Volume 36, Number 4. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 524051.
[no title indexed]
Uncle Sam / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Starring America's hero Uncle Sam
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith?; Wonder Boy (inset); Sally O'Neil (inset); Quicksilver [Max] (inset)
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Previous indexer identified the artist as Reed Crandall." "Reed Crandall expert Roger Hill agrees that this is not Crandall.
[The Bombing of Pearl Harbor]
Uncle Sam / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Harry Stein (signed as William E. Eisner) (sourced)
- Pencils
- Lou Fine
- Inks
- Lou Fine
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; John Paul Jones (as a ghost; cameo); the Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- The Axis Powers spread a wide net of mayhem, attacking Pearl Harbor (by the Germans yet!), Guam and Portland, Maine. Buddy's idea of building a wire net, carried below airplanes to foul up the invader's plane props, was quite successful. While defending the seas near Maine, Uncle Sam encountered the Spirit of John Paul Jones, which inspired Sam to use America's retired frigates to encircle the enemy in fire, even as enemy soldiers invaded Boston, Massachusetts.
Indexer Notes
This story eerily told of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.....and the magazine was cover dated December, 1941, even though the story was probably produced some six months in advance.
Writer credit changed from Gil Fox to Harry Stein from an interview Gil Fox gave Jim Amash, portion of which reprinted by Amash on the Comics History Exchange on Facebook (7 December 2016). Fox confirms Stein wrote the story. Fox also disputes Will Eisner's claim he had researched and suggested the idea.
[Baby Carriage Brouhaha]
Kid Patrol / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ? [as Dan Wilson] (signed)
- Pencils
- Charles Nicholas
- Inks
- Charles Nicholas
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; humor; children
- Characters
- Kid Patrol [Sunshine; Porky; Suzy; Teddy]
[Crooks in the Country]
Sally O'Neil Policewoman / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ? [as Frank Kearns] (signed)
- Pencils
- Mort Leav (signed as Leav)
- Inks
- Mort Leav (signed as Leav)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sally O'Neil
Indexer Notes
Signed in the last panel.
[The Phony Lighthouse]
Prop Powers / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ? [as Lynn Bird] (signed)
- Pencils
- Witmer Williams
- Inks
- Witmer Williams
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- aviation
- Characters
- Prop Powers
[The Central American Jungle Caper]
Wonder Boy / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Jerry Maxwell (house name)
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy
- Inks
- Nick Cardy
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Wonder Boy
[The Twelve Duplicate Jurors]
Quicksilver / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy (signed)
- Inks
- Nick Cardy (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Quicksilver [Max]; Carol Thomas (State's witness); Dutch Hanson (villain)
- Synopsis
- Mobster Dutch Hanson kidnaps all of the State's witnesses against him and replaces them, deftly disguiised, with members of his own mob at the trial. Quicksilver turns the tables on them, however, freeing the captives and making them look like Hanson's own mob. When the trial started, Hanson was so confused that he confessed to everything!
[Fury on the Florida Flyer]
Jack and Jill / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ? [as Lowell Riggs] (signed)
- Pencils
- Art Saaf ?
- Inks
- Art Saaf ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Jack Doe; Jill Doe
[no title indexed]
Miss Winky / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Shucks! I thought this was a popular corner for things to happen!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Miss Winky
[Hollywood Hero]
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]
[The Levee Saboteurs]
Paul Bunyan / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ? [as Storey Weaver] (signed)
- Pencils
- Reed Crandall ?
- Inks
- John Cassone
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Paul Bunyan; Babe the Blue Ox
- Keywords
- folklore
[The Marsden Mystery]
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]
Indexer Notes
Lance Blackwood, according to the Who's Who, is a by-line on this strip.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Starring America's hero Uncle Sam"]
Uncle Sam -
1.
[The Bombing of Pearl Harbor]
Uncle Sam -
2.
[The Lie Detector]
Windy Breeze -
3.
[Baby Carriage Brouhaha]
Kid Patrol -
4.
[Crooks in the Country]
Sally O'Neil Policewoman -
5.
[The Phony Lighthouse]
Prop Powers -
6.
[The Central American Jungle Caper]
Wonder Boy -
7.
[The Twelve Duplicate Jurors]
Quicksilver -
8.
[Fury on the Florida Flyer]
Jack and Jill -
9.
["Shucks! I thought this was a popular corner for things to happen!"]
Miss Winky -
10.
[Hollywood Hero]
Kid Dixon -
11.
Murder Takes the Comet
-
12.
[The Levee Saboteurs]
Paul Bunyan -
13.
[A Real Slugfest]
Pen Miller -
14.
[The Giant Mosquito]
Cyclone Cupid -
15.
[The Marsden Mystery]
Merlin the Magician
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nicholas Burns
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Bob Hughes
- Daniel Martinez
- Clint Maxwell
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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