(February 1942)

Quality Comics, 1941 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1941-12-10
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Comic Magazines Inc.
Brand
Quality Comic Group
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Will Eisner (credited as W. E. Eisner) (editor); Busy Arnold (credited as Everett M. Arnold) (business manager, owner, per statement of ownership); Busy Arnold (credited as E. M. Arnold) (general manager, per indicia); Claire C. Arnold (credited) (owner, per statement of ownership); Henry P. Martin (credited) (owner, per statement of ownership)

Issue Notes

The ownership statement for Police Comics is mistakenly printed in this issue. As a result, it lists Edward Cronin as the editor for this series in error. The indicia lists Eisner as the editor.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1. On sale date same as listed in the previous issue.

Published monthly by Comic Magazines, Inc., S. Lord St., Buffalo, N. Y. Executive and editorial offices, Gurley Building, 322 Main Street, Stamford, Conn.

The Return of Genghis Khan; The Phantom Army of Vengeance (Table of Contents)

Blackhawk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Chuck Cuidera
Inks
Chuck Cuidera
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
Characters
The Blackhawks: Blackhawk; Chop Chop
Adolf Hitler; Bill Dunn; The Sniper; Yankee Eagle; Loops McCann; Banks Barrows; Genghis Khan II
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Military Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #7
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Cover gallery

Be Sure Your Christmas Bike Has This Coaster Brake (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Morrow Coaster Brake / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Return of Genghis Khan! (Table of Contents: 2)

Blackhawk / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Dick French
Pencils
Chuck Cuidera (signed as Chas. Cuidera)
Inks
Chuck Cuidera (signed as Chas. Cuidera)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (sourced) (see Note #1)
Genre
adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
Characters
The Blackhawks: Blackhawk; Boris (unidentifiable member, see Note #2 about possible candidates); Chop Chop; Chuck (unidentifiable member, see Note #2 about possible candidates); Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus (unidentifiable member, see Note #2 about possible candidates); Zeg (unidentifiable member, see Note #2 about possible candidates)
Winston Churchill (cameo); Adolf Hitler (cameo) (Nazi villain); Franklin D. Roosevelt (cameo) (voice only); unnamed Padré (death); unnamed guardian of Genghis Khan's tomb (death); Genghis Khan II (reincarnation of Genghis Khan, villain, introduction, death); Von Trope (Nazi envoy, presumably killed)
Synopsis
Genghis Khan is re-born and starts on his reign of terror, until Blackhawk catches up with him. However, Blackhawk is captured and even Chop-Chop becomes one of Khan's own Generals, but recovers his sanity in time to release his leader.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

(1) Letterer credit per Cuidera and added by Craig Delich January 14, 2012.
(2) The 1 unidentified member could be Stanislaus, Zeg, or Chuck (or possibly Boris).
(3) Subtitled, "Stories of the Military Action on Land Section 1." and "Army".

The Iceberg of Death (Table of Contents: 3)

Blue Tracer / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Pencils
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Inks
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Looks like they're all dead down there!
Genre
aviation; war; adventure
Characters
Private Boomerang Jones; Captain Bill Dunn
Synopsis
A Nazi submarine, hidden inside a phony iceberg, has been attacking ships off the Icelandic coast until the Blue Tracer crew exposes the deception and scuttles the sub.
Reprints
Keywords
Iceland; Nazis; submarines

Drums of Doom (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Blue Tracer / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[Cannibal Island] (Table of Contents: 5)

Loops and Banks / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Powell (credited as Bud Ernest)
Pencils
Bob Powell (credited as Bud Ernest)
Inks
Bob Powell (credited as Bud Ernest)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
aviation; adventure
Characters
Loops McCann; Banks Barrows; Chief Kono-Mambi
Synopsis
Loops and Banks are ordered to fly a general and the woman accompanying him to Manila, but when they land on an island for repairs, they are turned over to the natives.
Reprints

[The Death of Herr Brock] (Table of Contents: 6)

The Sniper / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Ted Udall (signed as Ted)
Pencils
Vern Henkel (see notes)
Inks
Vern Henkel (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; war
Characters
Adolf Hitler (cameo); The Sniper; Franz Brock (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis
Even a ruthless killer like Herr Brock fears for his life when pursued by the Sniper.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Ken Quattro, in an article in Alter Ego (TwoMorrows, 1999 series) #127 (August 2014), cites a quote made by Busy Arnold, in which Arnold states that Jerry Robinson did the art on this story. But the art is clearly Henkel's. Possibly Arnold had this issue confused with #8's story, illustrated by Robinson's good friend, Bernard Klein.

[Van Der Dopple's Rice Paddies] (Table of Contents: 7)

Shot and Shell / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Klaus Nordling (signed as Kl. Nordling)
Pencils
Klaus Nordling (signed as Kl. Nordling)
Inks
Klaus Nordling (signed as Kl. Nordling)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
aviation; adventure; military
Characters
Sam Shot; Slim Shell; Mr. Van der Dopple
Synopsis
Forced by bad weather to land on an island in the Dutch East Indies, Shot and Shell are waylaid by Nazi spies and put to work harvesting rice.
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Indexer Notes

Final appearance.

[Spies in the Shipyard] (Table of Contents: 8)

Yankee Eagle / comic story / 7.8 pages (report information)

Script
John Stewart (credited)
Pencils
Bill Smith (ghosted for John Stewart) (sourced)
Inks
Bill Smith (ghosted for John Stewart) (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; military; war
Characters
Jerry Noble; Senator Walter Noble; Joe Dillon; Miriam Dillon; Rudolph; Victor; Manfred
Synopsis
Jerry brings down a ring of Nazi saboteurs.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Has a secondary title: "Navy" and "Stories of Military Action at Sea Section 2."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Jerry Noble's Scrapbook of Naval Information / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
? [as Jerry Noble] (credited)
Pencils
Bill Smith ?
Inks
Bill Smith ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is the U.S. battleship 'Maryland'
Genre
non-fiction; military
Synopsis
The feature talks about American battleships, their guns, tonnage, and that they are named after states.

[The Patchwork Kid] (Table of Contents: 10)

Death Patrol / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Berg (signed as David Berg)
Pencils
Dave Berg (signed as David Berg)
Inks
Dave Berg (signed as David Berg)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; aviation; war; adventure
Characters
The Death Patrol [Del Van Dyke; Hank; King Hotintot; Chief Chuckalug; Boris; The Patchwork Kid [aka Frere Jacques in issue #9] (introduction)]
Synopsis
A French teen enlists the help of the Death Patrol to save his parents from a German firing squad, then becomes the newest member.
Reprints
Keywords
France; Nazis

Indexer Notes

This tale is one of two (#7 and #8) that no member of the Patrol was killed in the story.

[The Moth] (Table of Contents: 11)

Miss America / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Maurice Kashuba
Pencils
Maurice Kashuba (sourced)
Inks
Maurice Kashuba (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Miss America [Joan Dale] (see notes); Tim Healy (of the FBI); The Moth (villain, introduction, death); Moth's gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis
Miss America faces a non-costumed silk thief who uses cards that burst into flames when thrown.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #100 (2016) reprint credits Elmer Wexler with the art.

Final appearance of the Miss America [Quality] feature. The character Miss America [Joan Dale] next appears in All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #31 (March 1984).

[The Green Terror] (Table of Contents: 12)

Inferior Man / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Al Jaffee (signed as A. Jaffee)
Pencils
Al Jaffee (signed as A. Jaffee)
Inks
Al Jaffee (signed as A. Jaffee)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; superhero
Characters
Inferior Man [Courtney Fudd] (introduction); The Green Terror (villain, introduction)
Synopsis
The Quartermaster at Fort Bang dons an emblem and cape, calling himself Inferior Man, in order to take care of the Green Terror by whipping out his sissy serum and turning the Terror into a dancing dandy.
Reprints
Keywords
Fort Bang; sissy serum

Indexer Notes

Jaffee, wanting to get into comic books, was hired by Will Eisner to do this strip, but he soon found that his style ill-suited for the wartime hero books, and the strip being astoundingly anachronistic for its parody of the superhero.

Women of France (Table of Contents: 13)

text story / 1.42 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustrations)
Inks
? (illustrations)
Colors
? (illustrations)
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction; war
Characters
Madame Le Donne
Synopsis
Madame Le Donne sacrifices her life to save her daughter.
Reprints

Statement of Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc. (Table of Contents: 14)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Busy Arnold (credited as Everett M. Arnold) (business manager)
Letters
typeset
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The wrong statement was printed. This is for Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series).
The statement for this issue is in Police Comics #7.

Comic Magazines Inc., 322 Main Street, Stamford, Conn.;
Editor: Edward Cronin, 322 Main Street, Stamford, Conn.;
Business Manager: Everett M. Arnold, 198 Shore Road, Old Greenwich, Conn.;
Owners: Everett M. Arnold, Claire C. Arnold, Henry P. Martin, 8 Foster Dr. Des Moines, Iowa;
Published monthly at Buffalo, New York.

This statement is at the bottom of page one of the text story.

The Top Ace of the RAF. (Table of Contents: 15)

Military Comics RAF Hero Stamp / cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Flying officer Albert Gerald Lewis from Kimberly, South Africa
Genre
non-fiction; aviation; biography; war
Characters
Albert Gerald Lewis
Synopsis
Brief highlights of Royal Air Force war ace pilot Albert Gerald Lewis, including downing 28 Nazi fighters at the age of 22, including six over a 6 hour period, and shot down, burning head to foot, surviving and fighting again three months later.

Indexer Notes

This appears at the bottom of page two of the text stories.

Phantom Army of Vengeance (Table of Contents: 16)

Secret War News / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Al McWilliams (signed as A. McWilliams)
Pencils
Al McWilliams (signed as A. McWilliams)
Inks
Al McWilliams (signed as A. McWilliams)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; war
Synopsis
Soldiers of the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZACs) battle Nazis on the Greek island of Crete.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

true story

[The U. S. S. Greer] (Table of Contents: 17)

Atlantic Patrol / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al McWilliams (signed as A. McWilliams)
Pencils
Al McWilliams (signed as A. McWilliams)
Inks
Al McWilliams (signed as A. McWilliams)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; war
Synopsis
Story of the U.S.S. Greer, first United States Navy ship fired on in World War II.
Reprints
Keywords
navy

Your Christmas Daisy Ready (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns; Red Ryder / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Tom Had the Merriest Christmas Ever! (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Schwinn Bicycles / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Return of Genghis Khan; The Phantom Army of Vengeance
    Blackhawk
  2. 1. Be Sure Your Christmas Bike Has This Coaster Brake
    Morrow Coaster Brake
  3. 2. The Return of Genghis Khan!
    Blackhawk
  4. 3. The Iceberg of Death
    Blue Tracer
  5. 4. Drums of Doom
    Blue Tracer
  6. 5. [Cannibal Island]
    Loops and Banks
  7. 6. [The Death of Herr Brock]
    The Sniper
  8. 7. [Van Der Dopple's Rice Paddies]
    Shot and Shell
  9. 8. [Spies in the Shipyard]
    Yankee Eagle
  10. 9. ["This is the U.S. battleship 'Maryland'"]
    Jerry Noble's Scrapbook of Naval Information
  11. 10. [The Patchwork Kid]
    Death Patrol
  12. 11. [The Moth]
    Miss America
  13. 12. [The Green Terror]
    Inferior Man
  14. 13. Women of France
  15. 14. Statement of Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc.
  16. 15. The Top Ace of the RAF.
    Military Comics RAF Hero Stamp
  17. 16. Phantom Army of Vengeance
    Secret War News
  18. 17. [The U. S. S. Greer]
    Atlantic Patrol
  19. 18. Your Christmas Daisy Ready
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns; Red Ryder
  20. 19. Tom Had the Merriest Christmas Ever!
    Schwinn Bicycles
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • John Censullo
  • Peter Croome
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Bob Hughes
  • Daniel Martinez
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky
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