National Comics
#26
(November 1942)
Quality Comics,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-09-09
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- John Beardsley (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
- They asked for it and Uncle Sam is going to give it to them!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith
- Reprints
in 
[no title indexed]
Uncle Sam / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Reed Crandall; Iger Shop (assist)
- Inks
- Reed Crandall; Iger Shop (assist)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Uncle Sam again turns the tables...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Windy Breeze / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)
- Inks
- Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh boy...a sale!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Windy Breeze
[no title indexed]
Kid Dixon / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ? [as Bob Reynolds] (signed)
- Pencils
- Klaus Nordling
- Inks
- Klaus Nordling
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, champ...
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Kid Dixon [Danny Dixon]
[no title indexed]
Sally O'Neil Policewoman / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sally helps stretch the long arm of the law...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sally O'Neil
[no title indexed]
The Unknown / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In ravaged Holland, three Gestapo agents...
- Genre
- war; superhero
- Characters
- The Unknown; Herr Raval (villain, Nazi head of the French government, death); the Nazis (villains, all die)
- Synopsis
- The new Nazi-backed leader of the Vichy French government is challenged by the Unknown, and promptly arrests a hundred of the French people in order to put them to death. The Unknown breaks into the prison complex and frees the Frenchmen, and attends to the Nazi swine as well.
- Reprints
[To the Circus!]
Kid Patrol / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Toni Blum ? (signed as Dan Wilson)
- Pencils
- Charles Nicholas
- Inks
- Charles Nicholas
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; humor; children
- Characters
- Kid Patrol
[Zimbamboo]
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]; Rufus T. Jones (King of Zimbamboo); group of foreign spies (villains)
- Synopsis
- When a volcano in the jungles of South America near Zimbamboo begins to smoke, the natives begin to do the Dance of Death, then, traditionally, sacrifice their king. But Quicksilver, realizing there is an Army detachment within ten miles of the village, heads south, just in case the villagers decide to attack the base and sacrifice U.S. soldiers to boot!
- Keywords
- Zimbamboo (village)
[no title indexed]
Salty Waters / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Y'mean they're givin' us a dance right here on ship board?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Salty Waters
[no title indexed]
Prop Powers / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- To what lengths...
- Genre
- aviation
- Characters
- Prop Powers
Indexer Notes
Final appearance in National Comics. Prop Powers appears next in Atomic Comics (Green Publishing, 1946 Series) #2.
[The U-Boat]
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]; un-named U.S. Army General; Adolf Hitler (villain, image); un-named U-Boat Commander (villain, death?); the Nazis (villains, many die)
- Synopsis
- An enemy u-boat surfaces along the Atlantic Coast, terrorizing a seacoast town with the threat of hanging ten citizens for each German soldier killed. Merlin decides to intervene in his own way.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Final appearance of the "Merlin the Magician" feature.
Final Golden Age appearance of the Merlin the Magician character. Appears next in All Star Comics (DC, 1999 Series) #1 (Early May 1999), where he dies.
Lance Blackwood, according to the Who's Who, is a by-line on this strip.
The U.S. general in this story resembles Commissioner Dolan in the Spirit strip.
[no title indexed]
Cyclone Cupid / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We got a tip that Elephant Ears McPutrid will try to rob this safe tonight
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
Wonder Boy / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The long bloody hand of America's enemies...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Wonder Boy
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Last appearance in National Comics. Next seen in Bomber Comics (Elliot, 1944 series) #1. Tracking of feature noted by Leonard Wolinsky via the GCD Errors list, February 2009.
[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
- I just don't know what to do about Little Midge, Nancy
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Miss Winky
[no title indexed]
Destroyer 171 / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Al McWilliams (signed)
- Inks
- Al McWilliams (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The U.S.S. Pawnee cruises on patrol...
- Genre
- war; military
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["They asked for it and Uncle Sam is going to give it to them!"]
Uncle Sam -
1.
["Uncle Sam again turns the tables..."]
Uncle Sam -
2.
["Oh boy...a sale!"]
Windy Breeze -
3.
["Hey, champ..."]
Kid Dixon -
4.
["Sally helps stretch the long arm of the law..."]
Sally O'Neil Policewoman -
5.
["In ravaged Holland, three Gestapo agents..."]
The Unknown -
6.
[To the Circus!]
Kid Patrol -
7.
[Zimbamboo]
Quicksilver -
8.
["Y'mean they're givin' us a dance right here on ship board?"]
Salty Waters -
9.
["To what lengths..."]
Prop Powers -
10.
[The U-Boat]
Merlin the Magician -
11.
The Desert Always Wins
-
12.
["We got a tip that Elephant Ears McPutrid will try to rob this safe tonight"]
Cyclone Cupid -
13.
["The long bloody hand of America's enemies..."]
Wonder Boy -
14.
["I just don't know what to do about Little Midge, Nancy"]
Miss Winky -
15.
["The U.S.S. Pawnee cruises on patrol..."]
Destroyer 171
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Kirk House
- Bob Hughes
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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