Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1941-11-07
Editing: Ed Cronin (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series) #19 Edit Cover
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The Black Fog Mystery
(Table of Contents)

Uncle Sam / cover / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; Quicksilver (inset); Sally O'Neil (inset); Wonder Boy (inset)

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Nicholas Burns 2020-01-30. 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, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.

The Black Fog Mystery
(Table of Contents: 1)

Uncle Sam / comic story / 9 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith

Indexer Notes

Story title taken from the cover.

[The Pushcart Smasher Mystery]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Sally O'Neil Policewoman / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Mort Leav (signed as Leav)
Inks:
Mort Leav (signed as Leav)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Sally O'Neil

Indexer Notes

Signed in the third to last panel on the last page.

Dog Ketchers
(Table of Contents: 3)

Kid Patrol / comic story / 5 pages

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

[Fun in Florida]
(Table of Contents: 4)

Kid Dixon / comic story / 5 pages

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

[Indian Jive]
(Table of Contents: 5)

Windy Breeze / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Windy Breeze
Reprints (1)

[Saving the Farm]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Wonder Boy / comic story / 5 pages

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

[The Aluminum Sabotage]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Quicksilver / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Nick Cardy (signed)
Inks:
Nick Cardy (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Quicksilver

[The Agent Scam]
(Table of Contents: 8)

Jack and Jill / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Jack Doe; Jill Doe

[The Screwy Sculptor]
(Table of Contents: 9)

Cyclone Cupid / comic story / 1 page

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

[The Fishing Schooner Q-Boat]
(Table of Contents: 10)

Prop Powers / comic story / 5 pages

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

Escape at Midnight
(Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
Letters:
typeset

[The Kidnapping of Enoch Seifer]
(Table of Contents: 12)

Pen Miller / comic story / 4 pages

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

[Chaos at Cris's Diner]
(Table of Contents: 13)

Paul Bunyan / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
? [as Storey Weaver] (signed)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural
Characters:
Paul Bunyan

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 14)

Miss Winky / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh- we always have a wonderful time!
Characters:
Miss Winky

[Nazis in Nineveh]
(Table of Contents: 15)

Merlin the Magician / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:
Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog]; Goliath; the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis:
In Iraq, European nations vie to control the oil fields, so Merlin employs the ancient beheaded figure of Goliath, Noah's Ark and the Tower of Babel against the Nazis.

Indexer Notes

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

Credits from the Quality Companion (TwoMorrows, 2011 series) #nn (November 2011).

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Black Fog Mystery
    Uncle Sam
  2. The Black Fog Mystery
    Uncle Sam
  3. [The Pushcart Smasher Mystery]
    Sally O'Neil Policewoman
  4. Dog Ketchers
    Kid Patrol
  5. [Fun in Florida]
    Kid Dixon
  6. [Indian Jive]
    Windy Breeze
  7. [Saving the Farm]
    Wonder Boy
  8. [The Aluminum Sabotage]
    Quicksilver
  9. [The Agent Scam]
    Jack and Jill
  10. [The Screwy Sculptor]
    Cyclone Cupid
  11. [The Fishing Schooner Q-Boat]
    Prop Powers
  12. Escape at Midnight
  13. [The Kidnapping of Enoch Seifer]
    Pen Miller
  14. [Chaos at Cris's Diner]
    Paul Bunyan
  15. ["Oh- we always have a wonderful time!"]
    Miss Winky
  16. [Nazis in Nineveh]
    Merlin the Magician
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