Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 60
Editing: George Brenner (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series) #43 Edit Cover
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[no title indexed]
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The Barker / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Al Bryant (sourced) (see notes)
Inks:
Al Bryant (sourced) (see notes)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It's all new!
Characters:
Lena; Tiny Tim; Major Midge

Indexer Notes

Cover art was originally credited to Jack Cole. Per the newspaper photograph appearing in the Sunday, September 17, 1944, edition of the Sunday Argus-Leader of Sioux-Falls, South Dakota newspaper on page 12 entitled "Draws Thrilling Comic Books Covers" is a brief mention of "Pvt. Al Bryant" showing artwork of the comic book covers he drew, including this one (https://www.newspapers.com/article/argus-leader/84834922/).

Issue Data

[no title indexed]
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Bendix / advertisement / 1 page

[The Spider Man]
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The Barker / comic story / 11 pages

Script:
Joe Millard (signed)
Pencils:
Jack Cole (signed)
Inks:
Jack Cole (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; humor
Characters:
The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Major Midge; Lena; Tiny Tim; Colonel Lane (Mammoth Circus owner); Madam Shali (snake charmer; introduction); Spudo the Spider Man [Clarence Twiddle] (villain but reforms, introduction, has four arms); Cappy Kane (villain); Press Hardt (villain)
Synopsis:
Colonel Lane meets his rival, Cappy Kane, who has learned about a four-armed freak that is an accomplished pickpocket, so Kane decides to use this freak to undermine Lane's circus by robbing patrons and implicating Mammoth Circus.

Indexer Notes

Spudo was the only supporting character to be awarded his own spin-off feature, the first appearing in The Barker #1.

Later swiped for the story Circus Cyclone or the Muddled Mud Opera in Commando Comics #15 (Bell Features).

[no title indexed]
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Salty Waters / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Well, thank goodness, we made land...
Characters:
Bill
Synopsis:
After a week on a raft, two sailors land on an island.

Case No. 17: Guns and Glamor
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G-2 / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Spranger (see notes)
Inks:
Jack Spranger (see notes)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:spy
Characters:
G-2 [Don Leash]; Joline Joy (first appearance); the Japanese (villains); General Delaney
Synopsis:
Singer Joline Joy, set to sing for the soldiers, is captured by the Japanese for a trap.

Indexer Notes

Previously credited to Don Rico but this is not the artist that did the previous issues.

Death By the Clock
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Sally O'Neil Policewoman / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Al Bryant ? (signed)
Pencils:
Al Bryant (signed)
Inks:
Al Bryant (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Sally O'Neil; Jasper Jules (first appearance; death); Matty Jules Dolan (first appearance; villain); Dusty Dolan (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis:
Matty's husband escapes from prison and they decide to kill her brother.

[The Allotment Check Thieves]
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Uncle Sam / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; Heffy and his gang (first appearance; villains); Joe Adams; Mrs. Adams
Synopsis:
Uncle Sam discovers a gang stealing checks from mailboxes.

Indexer Notes

Formerly credited to Ed Dobrotka but does not resemble his Superman work.

Here Lies Windy Breeze...And How He Lies and Lies and Lies!
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Windy Breeze / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Jack Cole (credited as Ralph Johns)
Pencils:
Jack Cole (credited as Ralph Johns)
Inks:
Jack Cole (credited as Ralph Johns)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Windy Breeze
Synopsis:
Windy sells a blackout flashlight.

[Dagger Marlin Hangs Twice]
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Quicksilver / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Quicksilver; Dagger Marlin (first appearance; villain; death); Mike; Jeepers
Synopsis:
Dagger Marlin claims he will hang the people responsible for his hanging.

The Rocket Train
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text article / 1.67 pages

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Article on how monorails will improve transportation in America.

[no title indexed]
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public service announcement / 0.33 page

Script:
?
Letters:
?
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Be the paper weight champion!

Indexer Notes

Notice about the importance of turning in scrap paper.

The Case of the Drowned Corpse!
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Chic Carter / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery; superhero
Characters:
Chic Carter; Gay; Shane (first appearance; villain); Mr. Kates (first appearance; death); Bevans
Synopsis:
The curator of an aquarium is found dead in a dugong tank.

Mutiny Aboard the U.S.S. "Pawnee"
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Destroyer 171 / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:war; military
Characters:
Lt. Commander Harvey Blake; Japanese (villains); Conroy
Synopsis:
The crew takes command of the ship to track down a Japanese sub that sank a hospital ship and killed the survivors.

[no title indexed]
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The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co. / advertisement / 1 page

The Haunted House
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Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["It's all new!"]
    The Barker
  2. ["Bike-Ology"]
    Bendix
  3. [The Spider Man]
    The Barker
  4. ["Well, thank goodness, we made land..."]
    Salty Waters
  5. Case No. 17: Guns and Glamor
    G-2
  6. Death By the Clock
    Sally O'Neil Policewoman
  7. [The Allotment Check Thieves]
    Uncle Sam
  8. Here Lies Windy Breeze...And How He Lies and Lies and Lies!
    Windy Breeze
  9. [Dagger Marlin Hangs Twice]
    Quicksilver
  10. The Rocket Train
  11. ["Be the paper weight champion!"]
  12. The Case of the Drowned Corpse!
    Chic Carter
  13. Mutiny Aboard the U.S.S. "Pawnee"
    Destroyer 171
  14. ["These can be yours and money too!"]
    The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.
  15. The Haunted House
    Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
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