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| Date | | Number: 43 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | National Comics 43 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 60 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor |
| Characters | Lena; Tiny Tim; Major Midge |
| Pencils | Al Bryant (see notes) |
| Inks | Al Bryant (see notes) |
| First Line | It's all new! |
| Notes | Cover art was originally credited to Jack Cole. Per the newspaper photograph appearing in the Sunday, September 17, 1944, edition of the Sunday Argus-Leader of Sioux-Falls, South Dakota newspaper on page 12 entitled "Draws Thrilling Comic Books Covers" is a brief mention of "Pvt. Al Bryant" showing artwork of the comic book covers he drew, including this one (https://www.newspapers.com/article/argus-leader/84834922/). |
| Advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Bendix |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Characters | Alfred Letourneur |
| First Line | Bike-Ology |
| Notes | Ad with facts about bicycles. |
| Comic Story | The Spider Man / The Barker (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Colonel Lane meets his rival, Cappy Kane, who has learned about a four-armed freak that is an accomplished pickpocket, so Kane decides to use this freak to undermine Lane's circus by robbing patrons and implicating Mammoth Circus. |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor |
| Characters | The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Major Midge; Lena; Tiny Tim; Colonel Lane (Mammoth Circus owner); Madam Shali (snake charmer; introduction); Spudo the Spider Man [Clarence Twiddle] (villain but reforms, introduction, has four arms); Cappy Kane (villain); Press Hardt (villain) |
| Script | Joe Millard (signed) |
| Pencils | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Inks | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Notes | Spudo was the only supporting character to be awarded his own spin-off feature, the first appearing in The Barker #1. Later swiped for the story Circus Cyclone or the Muddled Mud Opera in Commando Comics #15 (Bell Features). |
| Story | Salty Waters (1 page) |
| Synopsis | After a week on a raft, two sailors land on an island. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Bill |
| Script | Bernard Dibble |
| Pencils | Bernard Dibble |
| Inks | Bernard Dibble |
| First Line | Well, thank goodness, we made land... |
| Comic Story | Case No. 17: Guns and Glamor / G-2 (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Singer Joline Joy, set to sing for the soldiers, is captured by the Japanese for a trap. |
| Genre | Spy |
| Characters | G-2 [Don Leash]; Joline Joy (first appearance); the Japanese (villains); General Delaney |
| Pencils | Jack Spranger (see notes) |
| Inks | Jack Spranger (see notes) |
| Notes | Previously credited to Don Rico but this is not the artist that did the previous issues. |
| Comic Story | Death By the Clock / Sally O'Neil Policewoman (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Matty's husband escapes from prison and they decide to kill her brother. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Sally O'Neil; Jasper Jules (first appearance; death); Matty Jules Dolan (first appearance; villain); Dusty Dolan (first appearance; villain) |
| Script | Al Bryant (signed) ? |
| Pencils | Al Bryant (signed) |
| Inks | Al Bryant (signed) |
| Comic Story | The Allotment Check Thieves / Uncle Sam (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Uncle Sam discovers a gang stealing checks from mailboxes. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; Heffy and his gang (first appearance; villains); Joe Adams; Mrs. Adams |
| Pencils | Mort Leav |
| Inks | Mort Leav |
| Notes | Formerly credited to Ed Dobrotka but does not resemble his Superman work. |
| Comic Story | Here Lies Windy Breeze...And How He Lies and Lies and Lies! / Windy Breeze (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Windy sells a blackout flashlight. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Windy Breeze |
| Script | Jack Cole |
| Pencils | Jack Cole |
| Inks | Jack Cole |
| Comic Story | Dagger Marlin Hangs Twice / Quicksilver (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dagger Marlin claims he will hang the people responsible for his hanging. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Quicksilver; Dagger Marlin (first appearance; villain; death); Mike; Jeepers |
| Pencils | Bill Quackenbush ? |
| Inks | Bill Quackenbush ? |
| Text Article | The Rocket Train (1.67 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Notes | Article on how monorails will improve transportation in America. |
| PSA | No Title |
| First Line | Be the paper weight champion! |
| Notes | Notice about the importance of turning in scrap paper. |
| Comic Story | The Case of the Drowned Corpse! / Chic Carter (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The curator of an aquarium is found dead in a dugong tank. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Chic Carter; Gay; Shane (first appearance; villain); Mr. Kates (first appearance; death); Bevans |
| Script | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Pencils | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Inks | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Comic Story | Mutiny Aboard the U.S.S. "Pawnee" / Destroyer 171 (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The crew takes command of the ship to track down a Japanese sub that sank a hospital ship and killed the survivors. |
| Genre | War |
| Characters | Lt. Commander Harvey Blake; Japanese (villains); Conroy |
| Pencils | Al Camy ? |
| Inks | Al Camy ? |
| Advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co. |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | These can be yours and money too! |
| The Haunted House / Captain Tootsie (1 page) | |
| Synopsis | Captain Tootsie and Rollo have to spend the night at a haunted house. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Rod Reed Rod Reed |
| Pencils | C. C. Beck C. C. Beck |
| Inks | C. C. Beck C. C. Beck |
| Notes | Back cover. |
| 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 | |
