National Comics
#42
(May 1944)
Quality Comics,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly except December and June
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- George Brenner (editor)
[no title indexed]
The Barker / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Lookie! Lookie!! Lookie!!!
- Genre
- adventure; humor
- Characters
- The Barker [Carnie Callahan]
- Reprints
-
in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #247 - The Barker Volume 1 ([March] 2017), #900 - First Appearances: Volume 1 ([April] 2017)
-
- Keywords
- circuses; sideshows
Prof. Zell, Seer, Sees the Stars
The Barker / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- adventure; humor
- Characters
- The Barker [Clarence "Carnie" Callahan] (introduction; real first name revealed in issue #48); Lena (introduction); Major Midge (introduction); Tiny Tim (introduction); Elasto; Liz Flannery (boarding house keeper); Colonel Lane (Mammoth Circus owner); Professor Zell (villain, fortune teller)
- Synopsis
- A telegram from Colonel Lane to Carnie, inviting him to participate in his circus sideshow, is intercepted by a silver-tongued fortune teller named Zell. When Zell sneaks out of the circus, Carnie and his pals follow him to Waynetown, where they wrest a contract from Zell and then set up shop in Lane's circus.
[no title indexed]
Salty Waters / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I don't think I can last 'til morning, Salty!
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
Quicksilver / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Speed, daring, the perfect co-ordination of mind and muscle...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Quicksilver; Deputy Sherrif Bill Tragg; Big John Hammer (villain)
[no title indexed]
Windy Breeze / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Quick, Stinky--give me a few licks with this hammer!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Windy Breeze
Case No. 16: The Lady Wang
G-2 / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- spy
- Characters
- G-2 [Captain Don Leash]; The Lady Wang; he Japanese (villains)
- Synopsis
- In China, G-2 meets a freedom fighter named Lady Wang, the "Eastern Joan of Arc", and saves her people by routing the Japanese invaders in her village.
It's Your Move, Uncle Sam!
Uncle Sam / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; unnamed U.S. general (cameo only); the Japanese (villains)
- Synopsis
- A military general informs Uncle Sam that the Japanese have an inside edge on the United States at their base in Marusu, able to get munitions and troops in place while America has to send their troops halfway across the globe to deal with it. The Japanese know it, but also know that a large American force will spell trouble for them, so the high command decides to attack the American forces from behind. Uncle Sam and Buddy willingly let themselves be captured so they can learn enemy plans, then escape to lead U.S. foces against the foe.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Marusu
Indexer Notes
Credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
Uncle Sam addresses the General as "one of my most brilliant nephews".
[no title indexed]
Chic Carter / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Vern Henkel (signed)
- Pencils
- Vern Henkel (signed)
- Inks
- Vern Henkel
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The reporters laughed when they heard about the Ice Fiend!
- Genre
- detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- Chic Carter
The Case of the Criminal Corpse
Sally O'Neil Policewoman / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sally O'Neil; Dr. Doom (villain; introduction; death)
[no title indexed]
Destroyer 171 / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Destroyer 171 embarks on the strangest voyage of her adventuresome career...
- Genre
- war; military
- Characters
- Lt. Commander Harvey Blake
The Bumbershoot Jump!
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Script
- Rod Reed (signed)
- Pencils
- C. C. Beck (signed)
- Inks
- C. C. Beck (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Tootsie; Rollo; Fatty
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Lookie! Lookie!! Lookie!!!"]
The Barker -
1.
Prof. Zell, Seer, Sees the Stars
The Barker -
2.
["I don't think I can last 'til morning, Salty!"]
Salty Waters -
3.
["Speed, daring, the perfect co-ordination of mind and muscle..."]
Quicksilver -
4.
["Quick, Stinky--give me a few licks with this hammer!"]
Windy Breeze -
5.
Case No. 16: The Lady Wang
G-2 -
6.
It's Your Move, Uncle Sam!
Uncle Sam -
7.
["The reporters laughed when they heard about the Ice Fiend!"]
Chic Carter -
8.
The Demon
-
9.
The Case of the Criminal Corpse
Sally O'Neil Policewoman -
10.
["Destroyer 171 embarks on the strangest voyage of her adventuresome career..."]
Destroyer 171 -
11.
The Bumbershoot Jump!
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Bob Hughes
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- John Pannozzi
- Tony R. Rose
- Dan Stevenson
- Jim Van Dore
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