Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1942-08-05
Editing: Gill Fox ? (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series) #25 Edit Cover
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Uncle Sam / cover / 1 page

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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:America marches to victory behind Uncle Sam
Characters:
Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; The Unknown (inset); Destroyer 171 (inset); Wonder Boy (inset); Sally O'Neil (inset)
Reprints (1)

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. 4.

[Adventure in Panama]
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Uncle Sam / comic story / 9 pages

Script:
? [as Will Eisner] (signed)
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?
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?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; Senator Corey; Buddy; Fritz (villain); Pedro (villain)
Synopsis:
Uncle Sam, Buddy and Senator Corey are kidnapped aboard a plane heading for the Panama Canal, and the criminal gang responsible is interested in the papers found in the Senator's briefcase. When they tell the detainees that they plan to use a freighter loaded with explosives to destroy the Gatum Lake Spillway, Uncle Sam disguises himself and frees the other captives and turns the tables on the gang.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Title from reprint in The Quality Companion (TwoMorrows Publishing, 2011 Series)

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Windy Breeze / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
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?
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?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Where to this time, Unk?
Characters:
Windy Breeze

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Kid Dixon / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Bob Reynolds (signed) (house name)
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:sports
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hey, lady.......
Characters:
Kid Dixon [Danny Dixon]

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The Unknown / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero; war
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A German train loaded with military supplies speeds to the Russian front!
Characters:
The Unknown; Colonel Hasenpfeffer (villain)
Synopsis:
The Unknown meets a Nazi commander who took doses of cocaine for additional "courage", but which gave the Colonel super-human strength. Still, he was no match for the innate strength of the Unknown.

[no title indexed]
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Quicksilver / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
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?
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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Once again, that king of speed...
Characters:
Quicksilver [Max]

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Kid Patrol / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Toni Blum (signed as Dan Wilson)
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?
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?
  • Genre:adventure; humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:There's never a dull moment...
Characters:
Kid Patrol

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Sally O'Neil Policewoman / comic story / 6 pages

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?
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?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Daughter of a fighting clan...
Characters:
Sally O'Neil

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Salty Waters / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dear Mom

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Prop Powers / comic story / 5 pages

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?
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?
  • Genre:aviation
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:As Prop and Lank wing their way...
Characters:
Prop Powers

The Spider of Doom
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Merlin the Magician / comic story / 6 pages

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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:
Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog; also as Emperor Hirohito]; Professor Mordecai Twitch (villain, death); Vang (villain, Professor Twitch's assistant)
Synopsis:
An acquaintance of Joch's, the mad scientist Professor Twitch, turns up dead at the hands of Vang, the Professor's assistant. Vang then uses the Professor's formular to create giant killer spiders. Merlin transforms himself into the likeness of Emperor Hirohito to fool Vang and capture him.

Indexer Notes

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

Ghost Town Murder
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text story / 2 pages

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

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Cyclone Cupid / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Gill Fox (signed)
Inks:
Gill Fox (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:This is your finish, Killer!

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Wonder Boy / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Jerry Maxwell (signed)
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Crime vicious and sneaking...

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Miss Winky / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Arthur Beeman (signed)
Pencils:
Arthur Beeman (signed)
Inks:
Arthur Beeman (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I see that we'll have to win the game in spite of the umpire

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Destroyer 171 / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Al McWilliams (signed)
Inks:
Al McWilliams (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:war; military
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Slamming through heaving ocean swells...
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["America marches to victory behind Uncle Sam"]
    Uncle Sam
  2. [Adventure in Panama]
    Uncle Sam
  3. ["Where to this time, Unk?"]
    Windy Breeze
  4. ["Hey, lady......."]
    Kid Dixon
  5. ["A German train loaded with military supplies speeds to the Russian front!"]
    The Unknown
  6. ["Once again, that king of speed..."]
    Quicksilver
  7. ["There's never a dull moment..."]
    Kid Patrol
  8. ["Daughter of a fighting clan..."]
    Sally O'Neil Policewoman
  9. ["Dear Mom"]
    Salty Waters
  10. ["As Prop and Lank wing their way..."]
    Prop Powers
  11. The Spider of Doom
    Merlin the Magician
  12. Ghost Town Murder
  13. ["This is your finish, Killer!"]
    Cyclone Cupid
  14. ["Crime vicious and sneaking..."]
    Wonder Boy
  15. ["I see that we'll have to win the game in spite of the umpire"]
    Miss Winky
  16. ["Slamming through heaving ocean swells..."]
    Destroyer 171
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  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Peter Croome
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Bob Hughes
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore
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