Modern Comics
#102
(October 1950)
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1950 ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines
- Brand
-
A Quality Comic Publication
- Editing
- Al Grenet (credited as Alfred Grenet) (editor); Richard Arnold (associate editor); Busy Arnold (general manager); Frank Furio (associate)
Issue Notes
Previous indexer had Harry Stein as editor, but the indicia lists Alfred Grenet.
[no title indexed]
Blackhawk / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- War in seventy two hours... Can the Blackhawks prevent it in time?
- Genre
- adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Blackhawks [Olaf; Chuck; Chop-Chop; Blackhawk; Andre; Hendrickson]
- Reprints
in 
War in 72 Hours
Blackhawk / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Gradna (Villain, Intro)
Indexer Notes
Title from cover.
Final appearance in Modern Comics. However, for several years Blackhawk has also has his own comic book (Blackhawk (Quality Comics, 1944 Series)), and that series will continue until 1956 at Quality, and them move to DC to run until 1982 (with some interruptions).
[The New Aristocrat]
Ezra / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
Indexer Notes
Final appearance in Modern Comics. Ezra will move to Gabby (Quality Comics, 1953 Series) starting with issue #11 [1] (July 1953).
[The Forever Moonstone Gig]
Torchy / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- humor; adventure
- Keywords
- adult
Indexer Notes
Final appearance in Modern Comics. However, Torchy has been appearing simultaneously in Doll Man (Quality Comics, 1941 Series), and will continue in Doll Man until 1953.
Airborne Adventure
Blackhawk / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
Indexer Notes
This is not a reprint of the story with the same name from Blackhawk (Quality, 1945 series) #77.
[no title indexed]
Jonesy / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, after his long vacation...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
-
in Candy (Quality Comics, 1947 series) #38 (May 1953)
-
[Bragg the Builder]
Will Bragg / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, Will, you darling!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Will Bragg; Effy Gissel [as Effie Gissel]; Mrs. Mahoulahan
- Reprints
- in Candy (Quality Comics, 1947 series) #56 (October 1955)
-
Indexer Notes
Final appearance in Modern Comics. Will Bragg will move to Candy (Quality Comics, 1947 series) starting with issue #19 (December 1950).
[The Fix]
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/4/1947 (May 4th, 1947)
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-
0.
["War in seventy two hours... Can the Blackhawks prevent it in time?"]
Blackhawk -
1.
War in 72 Hours
Blackhawk -
2.
[The New Aristocrat]
Ezra -
3.
[The Forever Moonstone Gig]
Torchy -
4.
Airborne Adventure
Blackhawk -
5.
["Well, after his long vacation..."]
Jonesy -
6.
[Bragg the Builder]
Will Bragg -
7.
[The Fix]
The Spirit
- Nick Caputo
- Gregory Fischer
- Michael Hoskin
- Clint Maxwell
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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