Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1941-09-05
Editing: Ed Cronin (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series) #17 Edit Cover
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

Uncle Sam / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Another sensational Uncle Sam adventure!
Characters:
Uncle Sam; Quicksilver [Max] (inset); Sally O'Neil (inset); Kid Patrol (inset)

Indexer Notes

Previous indexer identified the artist as Reed Crandall. Reed Crandall expert Roger Hill agrees that this is not Crandall.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 4.

[Peril at the Panama Canal]
(Table of Contents: 1)

Uncle Sam / comic story / 9 pages

Script:
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Uncle Sam; The Black Guard [formerly the Black Legion] (villains)
Synopsis:
The Black [Legion] Guard returns to threaten U.S. forces in Panama.

[Benny the Bimbo and Beulah]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Sally O'Neil Policewoman / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
? [as Frank Kearns] (signed)
Pencils:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Sally O'Neil; Mike O'Neil; Sniffer; Steve Grimm (villain)

[The Boat Ride]
(Table of Contents: 3)

Kid Patrol / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
? [as Dan Wilson] (signed)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; humor; children
Characters:
Kid Patrol

[The Lessons of Bill Carmody]
(Table of Contents: 4)

Kid Dixon / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
? [as Bob Reynolds] (signed)
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:sports
Characters:
Kid Dixon [Danny "Kid" Dixon]

[The Duck Hunt]
(Table of Contents: 5)

Windy Breeze / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Windy Breeze

[The Bomb Release Saboteurs]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Wonder Boy / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Jerry Maxwell (house name)
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Wonder Boy

[The Rescue of Tom Jameson]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Quicksilver / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Nick Cardy (signed)
Inks:
Nick Cardy (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Quicksilver [Max]; Tom Jameson; Bikazo (villain)
Synopsis:
A reporter for the News Star uncovers inside information that helps him clear the name of a man slated for execution by pin-pointing the true mastermind, crime boss Bikazo, who had sought to discredit the District Attorney.

Indexer Notes

This reporter mentioned here, as well as in National #12, was Quicksilver in his true identity, the name of which was never revealed.

[The Country Fair Murder]
(Table of Contents: 8)

Jack and Jill / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
? [as Lowell Riggs] (signed)
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Jack Doe; Jill Doe

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 9)

Miss Winky / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Stop worrying Coach- This is only the half!
Characters:
Miss Winky

[The Lightship Takeover]
(Table of Contents: 10)

Prop Powers / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
? [as Lynn Bird] (signed)
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:aviation
Characters:
Prop Powers

The Secret Room
(Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
Letters:
typeset

[The National Park Poachers]
(Table of Contents: 12)

Paul Bunyan / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
? [as Storey Weaver] (signed)
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural
Characters:
Paul Bunyan; Babe the Blue Ox

[The Escape of Louie Lippin]
(Table of Contents: 13)

Pen Miller / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Pen Miller

[Toemain the Killer]
(Table of Contents: 14)

Cyclone Cupid / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Cyclone Cupid

[Magic in Mount Meteora]
(Table of Contents: 15)

Merlin the Magician / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:
Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog]; Helena; Zeus; Pegasus (winged horse); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis:
In Greece, Merlin invokes the god Zeus to drive off the Nazis and save a girl named Helena. Zeus gives Merlin the use of his winged horse, Pegasus, all leaving for the safety of Egypt, where Helena was entrusted to the British.

Indexer Notes

Lance Blackwood, according to the Who's Who, is a by-line on this strip.

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Another sensational Uncle Sam adventure!"]
    Uncle Sam
  2. [Peril at the Panama Canal]
    Uncle Sam
  3. [Benny the Bimbo and Beulah]
    Sally O'Neil Policewoman
  4. [The Boat Ride]
    Kid Patrol
  5. [The Lessons of Bill Carmody]
    Kid Dixon
  6. [The Duck Hunt]
    Windy Breeze
  7. [The Bomb Release Saboteurs]
    Wonder Boy
  8. [The Rescue of Tom Jameson]
    Quicksilver
  9. [The Country Fair Murder]
    Jack and Jill
  10. ["Stop worrying Coach- This is only the half!"]
    Miss Winky
  11. [The Lightship Takeover]
    Prop Powers
  12. The Secret Room
  13. [The National Park Poachers]
    Paul Bunyan
  14. [The Escape of Louie Lippin]
    Pen Miller
  15. [Toemain the Killer]
    Cyclone Cupid
  16. [Magic in Mount Meteora]
    Merlin the Magician
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