National Comics
#24
(August 1942)
Quality Comics,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-06-05
- 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, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, 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; Buddy Smith; Quicksilver [Max] (inset); Destroyer 171 (inset); Kid Patrol (inset); Sally O'Neil (inset); Adolf Hitler; Emperor Hirohito; Hideki Tojo
- Keywords
- Statue of Liberty
[no title indexed]
Uncle Sam / comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A great concentration camp for Japanese aliens...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; the Japanese (villains)
[Maiden Lane, diamond center of the world...]
Quicksilver / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Paul Gustavson (signed as Nick Cardy) (sourced)
- Pencils
- Paul Gustavson (signed as Nick Cardy) (sourced)
- Inks
- Paul Gustavson (signed as Nick Cardy) (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Paul Gustavson (signed as Nick Cardy) (sourced)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Quicksilver [Max]
[no title indexed]
Windy Breeze / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)
- Pencils
- Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)
- Inks
- Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Some guy eh, Unk?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Windy Breeze
[Now lissen, Danny....]
Kid Dixon / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Bob Reynolds (signed) (house name)
- Pencils
- Klaus Nordling
- Inks
- Klaus Nordling
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Kid Dixon [Danny Dixon]
[Ace trouble shooters of the Coast Guard...]
Prop Powers / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Toni Blum (signed as Lynn Bird)
- Pencils
- Witmer Williams ?
- Inks
- Witmer Williams ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- aviation
- Characters
- Prop Powers
[In a small coffee house...]
The Unknown / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Ted Udall (signed)
- Pencils
- Bernard Klein (signed as Bernie Klein)
- Inks
- Bernard Klein (signed as Bernie Klein)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- war; superhero
- Characters
- The Unknown; the Nazis (villains)
[Danger and excitement...]
Sally O'Neil Policewoman / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sally O'Neil
[no title indexed]
Salty Waters / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Chef, put Waters to work rolling dough...
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
Kid Patrol / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Toni Blum (signed as Dan Wilson)
- Pencils
- Charles Nicholas
- Inks
- Charles Nicholas
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The gang has just seen a new ballet...
- Genre
- adventure; humor; children
- Characters
- Kid Patrol
[no title indexed]
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
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Remember Pearl Harbor!
- 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.
[no title indexed]
Cyclone Cupid / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ...and from now on, listeners of the radio audience all autos will be equipped with wooden tires!!
- Genre
- humor
[Beneath the walls of a power plant...]
Wonder Boy / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ? [as Jerry Maxwell] (signed)
- Pencils
- Al Bryant ?
- Inks
- Al Bryant ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Wonder Boy
[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
- 'Yes Gladys -- I'll do my best to finish selling my board today!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Miss Winky
[A bulletin from Washington...]
Destroyer 171 / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Al McWilliams (signed)
- Inks
- Al McWilliams (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- war; military
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Starring Uncle Sam America's greatest hero"]
Uncle Sam -
1.
["A great concentration camp for Japanese aliens..."]
Uncle Sam -
2.
[Maiden Lane, diamond center of the world...]
Quicksilver -
3.
["Some guy eh, Unk?"]
Windy Breeze -
4.
[Now lissen, Danny....]
Kid Dixon -
5.
[Ace trouble shooters of the Coast Guard...]
Prop Powers -
6.
[In a small coffee house...]
The Unknown -
7.
[Danger and excitement...]
Sally O'Neil Policewoman -
8.
["Chef, put Waters to work rolling dough..."]
Salty Waters -
9.
["The gang has just seen a new ballet..."]
Kid Patrol -
10.
["Remember Pearl Harbor!"]
Merlin the Magician -
11.
The Killer Beyond
-
12.
["...and from now on, listeners of the radio audience all autos will be equipped with wooden tires!!"]
Cyclone Cupid -
13.
[Beneath the walls of a power plant...]
Wonder Boy -
14.
["'Yes Gladys -- I'll do my best to finish selling my board today!"]
Miss Winky -
15.
[A bulletin from Washington...]
Destroyer 171
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nicholas Burns
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Bob Hughes
- Daniel Martinez
- Clint Maxwell
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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