National Comics #36

(October 1943)

[Briefcase at the Hotel Bizum] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Art Seymour (signed)

Inks

Art Seymour (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Uncle Sam; Buddy [Buddy Smith]; Captain Ivan (introduction); the Nazis (villains)

Synopsis

Hotel Bizum in Russia becomes a miniature battlefield of World War II.

Keywords

Hotel Bizum

[The Midget] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Jack Cole

Pencils

Jack Cole

Inks

Jack Cole

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Windy Breeze

Synopsis

Nothing like a second cup of coffee.

Indexer Notes

Same art as in issue #35.

[Ghost Ship in the Yukon] (Table of Contents: 3)

Quicksilver / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Pencils

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Inks

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Quicksilver [Max]; Shoshone (Indian man); Mrs. Bailey (introduction); Mrs. Bailey's son (introduction); the Japanese (villains)

Synopsis

The Indian man Shoshone helps Quicksilver search for the Japanese in Alaska and helps save the life of Mrs. Bailey, who takes a shine to him and offers him a job as her handyman.

The Murderous Three (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Rudy Palais (signed)

Inks

Rudy Palais (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

war; superhero

Characters

The Unknown; The Murderous Three [Piano Charley; Marion Wells; the Dutchman] (villains, introduction for all, all die)

Synopsis

The Unknown investigates a code book found on a dead spy, revealing three master spies responsible for all the many atrocities across the globe. In the end, the Murderous Three went down in flames when the Unknown shot down their airplane.

Indexer Notes

Signed at bottom of splash panel.

[The Reanimation Formula] (Table of Contents: 5)

Professor Noodle / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Sid Lazarus (signed)

Pencils

Sid Lazarus (signed)

Inks

Sid Lazarus (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Prof. Noodle (first appearance); Morguen (first appearance); Zambini (first appearance);Zambini's wife (first appearance)

Synopsis

Professor Noddle is hard at work at his new discovery of how to bring the dead back alive.

Indexer Notes

next app. in FEATURE COMICS #73

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

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

Script

Bernard Dibble

Pencils

Bernard Dibble

Inks

Bernard Dibble

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm sure this'll make you feel better...

Genre

humor

Characters

Salty Waters; Captain

Synopsis

Salty's sun-burn balm also attracts birds.

[Kapitan Feltig vs. Lt. Commander Blake] (Table of Contents: 7)

Destroyer 171 / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jon Blummer

Inks

Jon Blummer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

war; military

Characters

Kapitan Carl Wilhelm Feutig (first appearance; villain; death); the Nazis (villains); Lt. Commander Harvey Blake (first appearance)

Synopsis

Destroyer 171 hunts u-boats off Iceland.

Indexer Notes

The art with marked jawline, ears, hands and faces match Blummer's credited Hop Harrigan story in All-American Comics #78 and his Captain X story in Star Spangled Comics #1.

[Queen of the Beggars] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Al Bryant (signed)

Inks

Al Bryant (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Sally O'Neil; The Beggar Queen and her gang (first appearance; villains); Blind Sam (first appearance; villain); Dopey (first appearance; death)

Synopsis

The Queen of Beggars living in a waterfront section of the city, exerts a sinister influence upon all who cross her path.

Smoke in Your Eyes (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

aviation; war

Characters

Randall Holmes (squadron leader); Mel Handley (squadron leader); Lieut. Moran

Synopsis

Air attack on Talugi Island.

The Case of the Yoga Yeggs (Table of Contents: 10)

Chic Carter / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

Characters

Chic Carter; Repulsive Reardon (first appearance; villain); Loathsome Louie (first appearance; villain); T. Hamadraba (first appearance; villain)

Synopsis

Mobsters practicing Yoga.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

Gill Fox

Pencils

Gill Fox

Inks

Gill Fox

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What a life!

Genre

humor

Characters

Cyclone Cupid

Synopsis

Cupid's arrow changes butter back to milk and milk into cows.

Case No. 10 (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Louis Zansky ?

Inks

Louis Zansky ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

spy

Characters

G-2 [Captain Don Leash]; Fraulein Thura (villain, introduction, Nazi spy chief); Kurt (villain, introduction); Ebo (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

A new woman spy chief arrives in American by U-boat specifically to capture G-2. However, he gets the drop on her, turning her over to the authorities because, as he puts it, "I don't shoot women"!

Indexer Notes

Art originally credited to Don Rico, but his signed Black X stories in Smash Comics #51 and #53, and his credited G-2 story in the previous issue are drawn much more simply than this story, so it is not by him. The eyes with iris and pupil are more similar to Jack Spranger's credited Captain Triumph stories, but there is no signed work to confirm this. His credited stories are mostly uncertain. (Adland)
Compared with Zansky's Classics Illustrated work - this appears to be him. (Bob Hughes) Zansky is credited with work on this feature in Bails' Who's Who.