National Comics #28

(January 1943)

[Lugati] (Table of Contents: 1)

Uncle Sam / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Gabriele (signed)

Inks

Al Gabriele (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; Father Time (host); Lugati (villain); the Japanese (villains, many die)

Synopsis

Father Time narrates a story in which Uncle Sam takes out a machine gun and mows down the enemy Japanese.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Salty Waters / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Devlin

Inks

John Devlin

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Take these 'ash can' depth bombs ashore and 'cache' them!

Genre

humor

[Step on it, champ!] (Table of Contents: 3)

Kid Dixon / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Bob Reynolds]

Pencils

Klaus Nordling

Inks

Klaus Nordling

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

sports

Characters

Kid Dixon [Danny Dixon]

[The Russian Army] (Table of Contents: 4)

The Unknown / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Charles Sultan (signed)

Inks

Charles Sultan (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

war

Characters

The Unknown [as Pete Walker]; X-19 (villain, German spy)

Synopsis

In Russia, the Unknown adopts an alias as he goes undercover and feigns drunkenness in order to plant mis-information. At the same time, there is a German femme fatale spy, X-19, working undercover among the Russians. After triumphing over her, the Unknown said, "I wish women, especially beautiful women, would keep out of this war mess."

The Case of the Screaming Corpse (Table of Contents: 5)

Sally O'Neil Policewoman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Bryant ?

Inks

Al Bryant ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Sally O'Neil

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Windy Breeze / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Cole ?

Inks

Jack Cole ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sure is cold,eh, Unk?

Genre

humor

Characters

Windy Breeze

Case 2: Bombers over New York City (Table of Contents: 7)

G-2 / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ruben Moreira [as Rubimor] (signed)

Inks

Ruben Moreira [as Rubimor] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

spy

Characters

G-2 [Captain Don Leash]; Gothro (villain, terrorist); Dr. Agony (villain, terrorist)

Synopsis

G-2 must face two insidious terrorists who have tortured a U. S. naval officer and plotted an attack on New York City, using a secret submarine that houses planes ready to attack. Despite being wounded, G-2 manages to alert the U.S. military, which sinks the Nazi vessel.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Cyclone Cupid / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gill Fox (signed)

Pencils

Gill Fox (signed)

Inks

Gill Fox

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm gonna jump! I'm suicide bound at last! Hooray!

Genre

humor

[At the Circus!] (Table of Contents: 9)

Quicksilver / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fred Guardineer [as Fred] (signed)

Inks

Fred Guardineer [as Fred] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Quicksilver [Max] (ex-circus acrobat); Sandor (villain, circus strongman); Zarna (villain, Sandor's love, death)

Synopsis

Quicksilver tracks down the murderous duo of Sandor and Zarna at the circus. Although Sandor was guilty of murder, he did it to win Zarna's love. When the Police came to arrest Sandor, Quicksilver pleaded mercy for him, implicating Zarna as the ringmaster. But it was too late, for Sandor had murdered her in a rage.

The Phantom (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc. (Table of Contents: 11)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

Everett M. Arnold

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Printed at Buffalo, NY
Published by Comic Favorites, Inc 322 Main St Stamford Conn
Editor Gilbert Fox 322 Main ST Stamford Conn.
Business Mgr. Everett M. Arnold
Owners: Everett M. Arnold 198 Shore Rd Old Greenwich CT
Frank J Markey 369 Lexington Ave NY, NY
Henry P Martin 8 Foster Dr Des Moines Iowa
Frank J Murphy 27 Willow Ave Larchmont NY

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Kid Patrol / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lee Ames ?

Inks

Lee Ames ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Boy, I wish I had the strength of Uncle Sam!

Genre

adventure; humor; children

Characters

Kid Patrol; Uncle Sam

Synopsis

Uncle Sam mentors the Kid Patrol members, encouraging them to perform in order to raise money for war bonds.

Keywords

crossover

Indexer Notes

Art credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

Per Art Lortie, Mann Rubin did not write Kid Patrol 2/16.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Miss Winky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Arthur Beeman (signed)

Pencils

Arthur Beeman (signed)

Inks

Arthur Beeman

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'd sure like to go out shopping today

Genre

humor

Characters

Miss Winky

[A roaring salvo of 8 inch shells...] (Table of Contents: 14)

Destroyer 171 / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al McWilliams (signed)

Inks

Al McWilliams (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

war