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| Name | National Comics 1 (paper/10fiche) | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | On sale date from the fanzine, Fantasy News, dated April 14, 1940 (on page 3). The comic was scheduled for release during the week of April 14-20, 1940. Information shared by Bart Bush through the Comics History Exchange page on Facebook (4 October 2016). |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Lou Fine |
| Inks | Lou Fine |
| First Line | Starring Uncle Sam America's greatest comic character |
| Comic Story | The Coming of Uncle Sam / Uncle Sam (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Andel Cobra tries to organize American dust bowl refugees into his own version of Hitler's Brown Shirts, called the Purple Shirts. The Purple Shirts manage to kidnap President Roosevelt, and later Uncle Sam. But Sam's rhetoric stirred some of the recruits, inciting them to rebel against the Purple Shirts. Unfortunately, these "terrorists" killed the father of young Buddy Smith, whom Uncle Sam adopted as his sidekick. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Ezra Smith (introduction, death); Andel Cobra (villain, introduction); Scar (villain, introduction); Snyle (villain, introduction); Gatch Gozan (villain, introduction); the Purple Shirts (villains, introduction for all) |
| Script | Will Eisner Dave Berg |
| Pencils | Will Eisner (layouts) Dave Berg (finishes) |
| Inks | Will Eisner |
| Notes | Uncle Sam was created by Will Eisner and Lou Fine. Throughout his appearances in Quality comics, neither Buddy's surname nor his relationship to Ezra Smith were ever revealed. It wasn't until Secret Origins (DC, 1986 series) #19 (October 1987) that it was established that Ezra Smith was Buddy's grandfather, and that Buddy's surname was also Smith. |
| Comic Story | Death Rides the Airways / Prop Powers (6 pages) |
| Genre | Aviation |
| Characters | June Dawn (first appearance); S. S. Kreesus (first appearance) |
| Script | Toni Blum (signed) |
| Pencils | Witmer Williams |
| Inks | Witmer Williams |
| Comic Story | Sally Joins the Force / Sally O'Neil Policewoman (4 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Sgt. O'Neil (Sally's father); Mrs. O'Neil (Sally's mother); Pat O'Neil (Sally's brother); Mike O'Neil (Sally's brother); Tom O'Neil (Sally's brother); Big Jim Saponi (first appearance, villain); Smilin' Joe Dukes (first appearance, villain, death) |
| Script | Toni Blum (signed) |
| Pencils | Chuck Mazoujian |
| Inks | Chuck Mazoujian |
| Comic Story | Dixon's First Fight / Kid Dixon (5 pages) |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Bottle Topps [B. Galsworthy] (first appearance); Marvo the Muscle Man (first appearance); Jimmy Jones (first appearance) |
| Script | Bob Reynolds (signed) |
| Pencils | George Tuska |
| Inks | George Tuska |
| Comic Story | The Origin of Merlin / Merlin the Magician (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | English playboy Jock Kellog learns that he is a descendant of Merlin, the ancient wizard of Camelot, and that he is being bequeathed Merlin's cloak, imbued with considerable magical power. His first foe is Mars, who had chained the goddess of peace. Kellog, calling himself Merlin, defeats Mars's minions (Hunger and Poverty) and then wrestles the god of war himself, achieving victory. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Jock's unnamed uncle (introduction, death); Peace (introduction); Mars (villain, introduction, god of war); Hunger (villain, introduction); Poverty (villain, introduction) |
| Script | Lance Blackwood (see notes) (signed) |
| Pencils | Dan Zolnerowich (see notes) (signed) |
| Inks | Dan Zolnerowich (see notes) (signed) |
| 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. |
| Text Story | Yankee Doodle Boy (2 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Yankee Doodle Boy [Jimmy Jones] (first appearance, origin) |
| Script | Toni Blum |
| Comic Story | The Boy from the Meteor / Wonder Boy (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | When Wonder Boy's home planet Viro is destroyed he comes to Earth. However no one believes his story and he is put in an orphanage, where no one bothers to give him a name. However after he defeats a Mongolian invasion of Europe he is named Wonder Boy. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Mongolians (first appearance, villains) |
| Script | Toni Blum (signed) |
| Pencils | John Celardo ? |
| Inks | John Celardo ? |
| Comic Story | Race for a New Planet / Cyclone (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | When Professor Nebula discovers a new planet in the Earth's solar system, all remaining planets race to lay claim to it for colonization. |
| Genre | Science Fiction; Superhero |
| Characters | Joy Daye (first appearance); Professor Nebula (scientist); King Murdo of Mars (villain, Mar's champion, introduction) |
| Script | Tony Rawlins (signed) |
| Pencils | Henry Kiefer |
| Inks | Henry Kiefer |
| Notes | Tony Rawlins was a by-line for this feature and was not necessarily a real person. The story line takes place in the year 3000. NOTE: Art spotters might want to look over all four stories in this series, for Chuck Winter is known to have inked at least one of these stories. |
| Comic Story | Corpse in the Bedroom / Pen Miller (5 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Niki (first appearance); Grigor (first appearance, villain) |
| Script | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| Pencils | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| Inks | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| Comic Story | Introducing Paul Bunyan / Paul Bunyan (6 pages) |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Script | Herman Bolstein (signed) |
| Pencils | John Celardo (signed) |
| Inks | John Celardo |
| Story | Windy Breeze (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Windy Breeze (first appearance) |
| Script | Bill Newcombe (signed) |
| Pencils | Bill Newcombe (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Newcombe (signed) |
| First Line | It's great to be alive |
| Comic Story | The Coming of the Kid Patrol / Kid Patrol (6 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor |
| Script | Toni Blum (signed) |
| Pencils | Charles Nicholas |
| Inks | Charles Nicholas |
| Notes | Origin of The Kid Patrol. |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
