(May 1942)
Quality Comics,
1941 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-03-03
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines, Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- Gill Fox [as Gilbert Fox]
Issue Notes
Copyright 1942 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]
Plastic Man / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A full-length story of Plastic Man
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; #711 [Daniel Dyce] (inset); The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] (inset); Manhunter [Dan Richards] (inset); The Firebrand [Rod Reilly] (inset); Chic Carter (inset)
- Reprints
-
in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1 (1998 [February 1999])
-
Satan's Son Sells Out to the Japs!
Plastic Man / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Jack Cole (signed)
- Pencils
- Jack Cole (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Cole (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jack Cole (signed)
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian] (origin re-cap); Officer Plotz; Hairy Arms [aka Mrs. Reknits] (villain, introduction); Slug (villain, introduction, death); Wooley (villain, introduction, death); Arson Carson (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Hairy Arms is a gang leader who serves the Axis powers, and when his gang finds out about that, they defy him and seek help from Eel O'Brian. Plastic Man follows up with fellow officer Plotz, then learns that Arms has kidnapped a boy and left a ransom note demanding $50,000 be left at Wildwood Cemetery, where Arms was found manufacturing an army of robots. Later, Arms is taken down by his own men.
- Reprints
- in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1 (1998 [February 1999])
-
- Keywords
- Wildwood Cemetery
Indexer Notes
Wildwood Cemetery was the home of the Spirit. There is a real world cemetery by that name in Massachusetts, a state to which Cole later moved.
[no title indexed]
Dewey Drip / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wot y'shootin' at, Paw?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dewey Drip
[no title indexed]
Eagle Evans / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Witmer Williams (signed as Clark Williams)
- Pencils
- Witmer Williams (signed as Clark Williams)
- Inks
- Witmer Williams (signed as Clark Williams)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On the frozen steppes of Russia, Eagle Evans and his pal Snap Smith, battle for the lives of two men representing the allied cause of democracy...
- Genre
- detective-mystery; aviation
[Bat Barron's Prison Murder Plot]
#711 / comic story / 5 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
- adventure; crime; detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- #711 [Daniel Dyce]; Bat Barron (villain); the Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- Dyce finds a way to contribute to the national defense from prison when Nazis threaten to recruit agents from within the prison.
[no title indexed]
Manhunter [Quality] / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On the water front of Empire City, squats the "Swamp"...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; Jim Kelly; Kit Kelly; The Voodoo Queen (villain, introduction); a voodoo priest (villain, introduction); Xaxol (villain, introduction, a giant); The Firing Squad (villains)
- Synopsis
- A trio of freaks secretly observe and aid Manhunter on a case.
Indexer Notes
The shoe print disappears from the small circle on Manhunter's chest.
[The Butler Did It!]
Firebrand [Quality] / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- S. M. Iger
- Pencils
- Reed Crandall (signed)
- Inks
- Reed Crandall (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Firebrand [Rod Reilly] (Naval Reserve Officer); Joan Rogers (Rod's fiancee); Slugger Dunn; Maxwell (inventor of a gun sight); the Nazis (villains)
[The Rum Runner's Racket]
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
[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
- Unknown to anyone, Senator Knight's beautiful daughter.........
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Senator Knight; the Japanese (villains)
- Synopsis
- Sandra sees her father shot down in Congress by a Japanese agent, and learns that the Japanese are plotting to destroy the J. M. Steel Plant.
- Reprints
- in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #85 ([April] 2011)
-
in Roy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady Softee (PS, 2013 series) #1 (2013) - in Roy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady (PS, 2013 series) #1 (February 2013)
-
- Keywords
- Black Beam
[Mike Fooch, Czar of Crime]
The Mouthpiece / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- The Mouthpiece [Bill Perkins]; Mike Fooch (villain)
[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) (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At the home of his fiancee, Jean... Roy Lincoln receives an urgent message...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Jean Adams (Roy's fiancee); the Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- The Human Bomb tracks down a group of Nazis who had seized an aluminum mine in Argentina.
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.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["A full-length story of Plastic Man"]
Plastic Man -
1.
Satan's Son Sells Out to the Japs!
Plastic Man -
2.
["Wot y'shootin' at, Paw?"]
Dewey Drip -
3.
["On the frozen steppes of Russia, Eagle Evans and his pal Snap Smith, battle for the lives of two men representing the allied cause of democracy..."]
Eagle Evans -
4.
[The Horse Killers]
Steele Kerrigan -
5.
[Bat Barron's Prison Murder Plot]
#711 -
6.
["On the water front of Empire City, squats the "Swamp"..."]
Manhunter [Quality] -
7.
[The Butler Did It!]
Firebrand [Quality] -
8.
[The Rum Runner's Racket]
Chic Carter -
9.
["Unknown to anyone, Senator Knight's beautiful daughter........."]
Phantom Lady -
10.
Doom Train
Dick Mace -
11.
Super Snooper
Super Snooper -
12.
[Mike Fooch, Czar of Crime]
The Mouthpiece -
13.
[The Murder Movie]
Burp the Twerp -
14.
["At the home of his fiancee, Jean... Roy Lincoln receives an urgent message..."]
The Human Bomb
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