Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1940-09-06
Editing: Will Eisner (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series) #5 Edit Cover
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[no title indexed]
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Uncle Sam / cover / 1 page

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?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Announcing Quicksilver
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Reprints (2)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.

The True Story of Uncle Sam--Who He Was and How He Came to Be
(Table of Contents: 1)

Uncle Sam / comic story / 9 pages

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?
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Black Legion (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis:
Uncle Sam takes on the villainous Black Legion.

Indexer Notes

The story takes place before the story in National Comics #1.

Before we changed to Lou Fine on art, we had Dan Zolnerovich.

[The Bonritz Murder]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Sally O'Neil Policewoman / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Barry Gilmore; A gang of crooks (first appearance; villains)

[The Capture of "William Shakespeare"]
(Table of Contents: 3)

Kid Patrol / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; humor; children
Characters:
The Kid Patrol William Shakespeare (first appearance, a lunatic)

[Nipper's Drug Mob]
(Table of Contents: 4)

Pen Miller / comic story / 5 pages

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?
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  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Nipper Eldeen and his gang (first appearance; villains)

[Cheatum the Crooked Landlord]
(Table of Contents: 5)

Wonder Boy / comic story / 6 pages

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?
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?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Cheatum (first appearance; villain)

[Presenting Quicksilver]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Quicksilver / comic story / 6 pages

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?
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
von Lohfer (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
Quicksilver battles the diminutive and vengeful von Lohfer, who has a vendetta against J. B. Rockland, but Quicksilver dismantles his plans and captures the villain in a matter of minutes!
Reprints (1)

Slugger Mike to Fight Champ
(Table of Contents: 7)

Kid Dixon / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:sports
Characters:
Slugger Mike (first appearance)

[The Parachutists]
(Table of Contents: 8)

Paul Bunyan / comic story / 5 pages

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?
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  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural
Characters:
Nazis (villains)

Yankee Doodle Boy
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Yankee Doodle Boy / text story / 2 pages

Script:
Toni Blum (credited as Anthony Lamb)
Letters:
typeset
Characters:
Yankee Doodle Boy

[Americans Trapped in France]
(Table of Contents: 10)

Prop Powers / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:aviation
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Nazis (villains)

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

Windy Breeze / comic story / 2 pages

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?
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?
  • Genre:humor
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Windy Breeze

[Dr. Morbidd's Zombie]
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Merlin the Magician / comic story / 7 pages

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? (signed as Lance Blackwood)
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  • Genre:superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:
Elaine (introduction); Dr. Morbidd (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis:
Merlin faces his first super-powered nemesis in the form of the hideous Dr. Morbidd, who brings the dead back to life. Merlin manages to rescue one of the doctor's victims, a girl named Elaine.

Indexer Notes

Lance Blackwood, according to the Who's Who, is a by-line found on this strip, and is also the pen name of Dan Zolnerowich.

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Announcing Quicksilver"]
    Uncle Sam
  2. The True Story of Uncle Sam--Who He Was and How He Came to Be
    Uncle Sam
  3. [The Bonritz Murder]
    Sally O'Neil Policewoman
  4. [The Capture of "William Shakespeare"]
    Kid Patrol
  5. [Nipper's Drug Mob]
    Pen Miller
  6. [Cheatum the Crooked Landlord]
    Wonder Boy
  7. [Presenting Quicksilver]
    Quicksilver
  8. Slugger Mike to Fight Champ
    Kid Dixon
  9. [The Parachutists]
    Paul Bunyan
  10. Yankee Doodle Boy
    Yankee Doodle Boy
  11. [Americans Trapped in France]
    Prop Powers
  12. [no title indexed]
    Windy Breeze
  13. [Dr. Morbidd's Zombie]
    Merlin the Magician
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