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| Date | | Number: 47 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | National Comics 47 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 60 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Comic Magazines: 8 Lord St., Buffalo, N. Y. Executive Offices: Gurley Building, 322 Main St., Stamford, Conn. Editorial and Advertising Offices: 415 Lexington Ave., New York City. Western Advertising Representative, F. E. M. Cole & Co., 605 No. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. Printed in U. S. A. On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1945, New Series, Volume 40, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 666264. |
| Cover | The Winning Hand! / 1 page |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor |
| Characters | The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Lena; Major Midge; Samson Smith |
| Pencils | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Inks | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Story | Volto from Mars (1 page) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Volto |
| First Line | A shark! Hey! Look out! |
| Notes | Advertisement for Grape Nuts Cereal done in comic form featuring Volto from Mars. Inside front cover. Includes a blurb below the Volto advertisement for Hop Harrigan radio show on the Blue Network Monday through Friday. Indicia at the bottom of the page. |
| Comic Story | Samson Smith vs. Mighty Moose / The Barker (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Cappy Kane is back as his strongman, the Mighty Moose, is pitted against Mammoth Circus's own Samson Smith. |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor |
| Characters | The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Colonel Land (Mammoth Circus owner); Lena; Major Midge; Tiny Tim; Samson Smith; Cappy Kane (villain); Mighty Moose (villain, introduction); Duke (villain, introduction); Runt (villain, introduction) |
| Script | Joe Millard |
| Pencils | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| Inks | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| First Line | A grudge-fight between the strongest men in the world is something for circus fans to remember! |
| Notes | Writer credit formerly "Klaus Nordling". |
| Story | Salty Waters (1 page) |
| Synopsis | U.S. Navy sailor Salty thinks he's been abandoned on a Pacific island. |
| Genre | Humor; Military |
| Characters | Salty Waters |
| Script | Bernard Dibble |
| Pencils | Bernard Dibble |
| Inks | Bernard Dibble |
| First Line | Let the other guys roam all they want... |
| Story | Lassie (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lassie and her friend Laddie want to attend the circus, but Lassie's older sister Roberta has a date with Roger and can't take them. |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Lassie (first appearance); Laddie (first appearance); Roberta (first appearance); Roger (first appearance) |
| Script | Bernard Dibble |
| Pencils | Bernard Dibble |
| Inks | Bernard Dibble |
| First Line | Oh, Lassie, look! Don't you wish we could see the circus? |
| Comic Story | Sally Haunts a Ghost / Sally O'Neil Policewoman (8 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Sally O'Neil; Mrs. Vanderdough (first appearance); Nick the Chiseler (first appearance; villain); three other crooks (first appearance; villains; one dies) |
| Pencils | Gene Fawcette (signed) |
| Inks | Gene Fawcette (signed) |
| First Line | Candles flicker and cast strange, eerie shadows! |
| Notes | Policewoman portion of the feature name does not appear as part of the feature name in this story. |
| Comic Story | Swami Joe and the Counterfeiters / Intellectual Amos (6 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor; Children |
| Characters | Intellectual Amos; Swami Joe (first appearance; villain); Silas P. Pinkbottom (first appearance; villain); other two Varx Brothers (first appearance; villaisn) |
| Script | André LeBlanc ? |
| Pencils | André LeBlanc |
| Inks | André LeBlanc |
| Comic Story | Helium Tires / Windy Breeze (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Windy Breeze |
| Script | Jack Cole |
| Pencils | Jack Cole |
| Inks | Jack Cole |
| First Line | It's foolish to pay twenty bucks to have my furniture moved when I can do it myself! |
| Comic Story | The Vengeance of Boss Bumble / Quicksilver (7 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Quicksilver [Max]; Boss Bumble (first appearance; villain); Avie (first appearance; villain; death); Romby (first appearance; villain; death); Dirk (first appearance; villain; death) |
| Pencils | Bill Quackenbush |
| Inks | Bill Quackenbush |
| First Line | Vengeance was the object for which Boss Bumble lived! |
| Text Story | Motorized Dragonflies (1.67 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| First Line | Southern California's giant aircraft industry has pups-or more accurately, perhaps, chicks. |
| Statement of Ownership | No Title |
| Letters | typeset |
| Script | Busy Arnold |
| Notes | Sworn to and subscribed to Louis J. Rubiansky on September 28, 1944. |
| Comic Story | Big Joe Ryan and the Silver Bracelet / Chic Carter (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Chic writes a story on Big Joe Ryan and immediately is confronted by a lady wanting him to go to a certain jewelry store and pick up a silver bracelet, and upon delivery to her, he is to get a cool $500! But Ryan meets up with Chic and somehow the bracelet disappears before Carter can deliver it... and Carter is arrested for robbery. But Chic discovers that he has been played for a sucker with a phony, frozen mercury bracelet, and thus seeks out Ryan. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Chic Carter; Chic's newspaper city editor; Big Joe Ryan (villain, introduction); Louella (villain, introduction); Blackie (villain, Ryan's chauffeur, introduction) |
| Script | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Pencils | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Inks | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| First Line | Here's the story on Big Joe Ryan! |
| Notes | Last appearance. |
| Comic Story | Lifeboat No. 1 / Destroyer 171 (7 pages) |
| Genre | Military; War |
| Characters | Commander Blake; First Officer Conroy; The Japanese (villains) |
| Pencils | Al Camy ? |
| Inks | Al Camy ? |
| First Line | First Officer Conroy and part of the fighting crew of valiant Destroyer 171 manned a ship's lifeboat... |
| Advertisement | Be a Radio Technician / National Radio Institute Home Study Course (1 page) |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | J. E. Smith (photograph); John Jerry (photograph); A. J. Forehner (photograph) |
| First Line | Get into a busy field with a bright peacetime future |
| Notes | Inside back cover. Advertisement for the training equipment and book from the National Radio Institute (of Washington, D. C.). |
| Advertisement | MoToR's Auto and Truck Repair Manuals (1 page) |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Pencils | ? (illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (illustrations) |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| First Line | Auto repair men! Are you short-handed for mechanics? |
| Notes | Back cover. An advertisement for the auto repair manual from MoToR (of New York, New York). |
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