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| First Appearance of Quicksilver.
Chuck Mazoujian; and maybe Jack Cole? (layouts) pull out all the stops with the action here.
Quicksilver is much an acrobat as a speedster.
Although [Koolman, Mike; Amash, Jim (2011). The Quality Companion. TwoMorrows Publishing. pp. 170–174] credit Nick Cardy [Viscardi] with all of the Art on Max Mercury. |
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| Publication | November 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero |
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| Comic Story | The True Story of Uncle Sam--Who He Was and How He Came to Be (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Uncle Sam takes on the villainous Black Legion. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Legion (villains, introduction for all) |
| Notes | The story takes place before the story in National Comics #1.
Before we changed to Lou Fine on art, we had Dan Zolnerovich. |
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| Comic Story | The Bonritz Murder (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Barry Gilmore; A gang of crooks (first appearance; villains) |
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| Comic Story | The Capture of "William Shakespeare" (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor; Children | Characters: William Shakespeare (first appearance, a lunatic) |
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| Comic Story | Nipper's Drug Mob (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Nipper Eldeen and his gang (first appearance; villains) |
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| Comic Story | Cheatum the Crooked Landlord (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Cheatum (first appearance; villain) |
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| Comic Story | Presenting Quicksilver (6 pages) |
| 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! |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: von Lohfer (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | Slugger Mike to Fight Champ (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Slugger Mike (first appearance) |
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| Comic Story | The Parachutists (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Nazis (villains) |
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| Text Story | Yankee Doodle Boy (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Yankee Doodle Boy |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Yankee Doodle Boy |
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| Comic Story | Americans Trapped in France (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Nazis (villains) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Windy Breeze |
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| Comic Story | Dr. Morbidd's Zombie (7 pages) |
| 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. |
| Credits | Script:? (signed as Lance Blackwood) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Elaine (introduction); Dr. Morbidd (villain, introduction, death) |
| 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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