Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1942-12-09
Editing: John Beardsley (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series) #29 Edit Cover
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Dr. Dirge!
(Table of Contents)

Uncle Sam / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Al Gabriele (signed)
Inks:
Al Gabriele (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Uncle Sam; Buddy [Buddy Smith]; Dr. Dirge
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, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2.

Dr. Dirge
(Table of Contents: 1)

Uncle Sam / comic story / 11 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Al Gabriele (signed)
Inks:
Al Gabriele (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Uncle Sam; Buddy [Buddy Smith]; Dr. Dirge (villain)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Salty Waters / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:On the road to Man-da-lay ay--aay!!

[Whipped Cream and Chocolate Pudding]
(Table of Contents: 3)

Kid Dixon / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Bob Reynolds (house name)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:sports
Characters:
Kid Dixon [Danny Dixon]

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 4)

The Unknown / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:war; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:On the evening of June 7, 1940...
Characters:
The Unknown; the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis:
After the Nazi invasion of France, an American civilian found himself allied with the French forces, surviving a gunshot wound. But his injuries led to amnesia, and he couldn't remember his true name or country of origin. In the Battle of Dunkirk, he dons a costume and fought the Nazis along side the British and French as "The Unknown." Refusing an offer to return to England, the Unknown remains in Europe to fight the Nazis head-on. As he put it, "I have forgotten much....but I will never forget cruelty and injustice!"

The Corpse that Walked Away!
(Table of Contents: 5)

Sally O'Neil Policewoman / comic story / 8 pages

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

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 6)

Ralston Instant Wheat Cereal [Ralston Hot Cereal]; Ralston Whole Wheat Cereal; Tom Mix / comics-form advertising / 2 pages

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Windy Breeze / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Pretty good, hey Unk?
Characters:
Windy Breeze; Unk

Case 3: The Murder Gun
(Table of Contents: 8)

G-2 / comic story / 9 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:spy
Characters:
G-2 [Captain Don Leash]
Synopsis:
G-2 faces the mystical "murder gun".

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

Cyclone Cupid / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:That's my house money, you brute!
Characters:
Cyclone Cupid

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 10)

Quicksilver / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed as Fred)
Inks:
Fred Guardineer (signed as Fred)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Quicksilver [Max]; Hoo Mee (Quicksilver's Chinese helper, introduction)
Synopsis:
Quicksilver adopts a secret HQ and secures the services of a Chinese assistant, whom he has endowed with the power of X-Ray vision due to his invention, the X-Ray liquid.

Torpedoed!
(Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 12)

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:Gee, it's getting late --
Characters:
Miss Winky

Indexer Notes

Final appearance

In the End!
(Table of Contents: 13)

Kid Patrol / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
? (see notes)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; humor; children
Characters:
Kid Patrol

Indexer Notes

Per Art Lortie, Mann Rubin did not write Kid Patrol or anything else for Quality. (2/16)

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

Destroyer 171 / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:war; military
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Urgent
Characters:
Lt. Commander Lake
Editing
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Dr. Dirge!
    Uncle Sam
  2. Dr. Dirge
    Uncle Sam
  3. ["On the road to Man-da-lay ay--aay!!"]
    Salty Waters
  4. [Whipped Cream and Chocolate Pudding]
    Kid Dixon
  5. ["On the evening of June 7, 1940..."]
    The Unknown
  6. The Corpse that Walked Away!
    Sally O'Neil Policewoman
  7. ["Tom Mix and his commandos are on a dangerous mission, when their P.T. boat rams a Japanese submarine."]
    Ralston Instant Wheat Cereal [Ralston Hot Cereal]; Ralston Whole Wheat Cereal; Tom Mix
  8. ["Pretty good, hey Unk?"]
    Windy Breeze
  9. Case 3: The Murder Gun
    G-2
  10. ["That's my house money, you brute!"]
    Cyclone Cupid
  11. ["You crooks have reached a new low..."]
    Quicksilver
  12. Torpedoed!
  13. ["Gee, it's getting late --"]
    Miss Winky
  14. In the End!
    Kid Patrol
  15. ["Urgent"]
    Destroyer 171
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