Modern Comics
#48
(April 1946)
Quality Comics,
1945 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except December and June
- On-sale Date
- 1946
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- George Brenner
The Pirates of Peroo!
Blackhawk / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Blackhawk; Chop Chop
- Reprints
in 
[The Pirates of Peroo!]
Blackhawk / comic story / 15 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The dawn of a new era is bringing peace to the world
- Genre
- adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chop Chop; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus]; Elosa (villain); Boole; Lango
- Synopsis
- WWII is over, but the Blackhawks vote to remain together and fight peacetime menaces.
- Keywords
- World War II
Indexer Notes
Title from cover.
[no title indexed]
Choo Choo / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Aha! Just what I've been looking for!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Choo Choo LaMoe; Cherry Lane; Mr. DeNille; Snatch-Happy Harry; Light-Fingered Lil
- Synopsis
- Choo Choo and Cherry are accused of stealing a pearl necklace while at a costume party.
[The Runaway Iceberg]
Death Patrol / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; aviation; adventure
- Characters
- Hank; Junior
- Synopsis
- A giant iceberg threatens the Central City Bridge and harbor.
Indexer Notes
Death Patrol has five members in the story but only two are named.
[no title indexed]
Johnny Doughboy / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Imagine, Johnny... after three and a half years
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Johnny Doughboy; Joe; Miss McSmith
- Synopsis
- Johnny's been away at war and when he returns home, he no longer understands American slang.
[no title indexed]
Private Dogtag / comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ugh! Totem pole never look this ugly before!
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Private Dogtag; Captain; Sergeant; Buzz Skelly; Chief Standing Goat
- Synopsis
- Dogtag is sent on a mission to protect an Indian tribe from a gang of mobsters.
Living Dead
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Black Prince; Davis
- Synopsis
- Set in 1930s Haiti, children die of mysterious causes, are buried and later their bodies disappear, all to supply free labor for the Black Prince.
- Keywords
- Haiti; Port-au-Prince; the walking dead; voodoo dolls; Zombies
[no title indexed]
Will Bragg / comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Where y'going fishing, Hester?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Will Bragg; Hester; Gully; Terwilliger
- Synopsis
- Bragg goes deep sea fishing after boasting that he's the best angler in town.
Indexer Notes
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
[no title indexed]
Ezra / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hmmmm... interesting! Very interesting!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ezra Jones; Myrna Moore; Dean Dilsbury; Sandra; Rollo
- Synopsis
- Myrna gives Ezra the brush off and along comes Sandra.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Pirates of Peroo!
Blackhawk -
1.
["Volto and Jimmy are flying over jungle in a helicopter."]
Volto fromMars; Post Grape-Nuts Flakes -
2.
[The Pirates of Peroo!]
Blackhawk -
3.
["Aha! Just what I've been looking for!"]
Choo Choo -
4.
[The Runaway Iceberg]
Death Patrol -
5.
["Imagine, Johnny... after three and a half years"]
Johnny Doughboy -
6.
["Ugh! Totem pole never look this ugly before!"]
Private Dogtag -
7.
Living Dead
-
8.
["Where y'going fishing, Hester?"]
Will Bragg -
9.
["Hmmmm... interesting! Very interesting!"]
Ezra
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