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| Date | | Number: 44 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | National Comics 44 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 60 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Cover | Benny the Beep / 1 page |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor |
| Pencils | Al Bryant (see notes) (signed) |
| Inks | Al Bryant (see notes) (signed) |
| Notes | 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/). |
| Comic Story | Benny the Beep / The Barker (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Barker has to step in when Benny the Beep frames the Colonel for theft. |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor |
| Characters | The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Colonel Land (Mammoth Circus owner); Tiny; Major Midge; Lena; Peaches (introduction, the bearded lady); Benny the Beep [Benny Yokavitz] (villain, introduction); Barteer (villain, introduction) |
| Script | Joe Millard (see notes) |
| Pencils | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| Inks | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| Notes | Writer credit formerly "Klaus Nordling ?". |
| Comic Story | The Crazy Criminals / Sally O'Neil Policewoman (8 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Sally O'Neil; Rocky Rhodes (first apearance; villain); Nuts Nisi (first appearance; villain); Pete Trigger (first appearance; villain); a phony psychiatrist (first appearance; villain); Dr. Woods (first appearance) |
| Script | Al Bryant (signed) ? |
| Pencils | Al Bryant (signed) |
| Inks | Al Bryant (signed) |
| Story | Salty Waters (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Salty Waters dreams he meets a cannibal on a tropical island. |
| Genre | Humor; Military |
| Characters | Salty Waters |
| Script | Bernard Dibble |
| Pencils | Bernard Dibble |
| Inks | Bernard Dibble |
| First Line | Mmmm! |
| Comic Story | No. 18: The Case of the Rescued Captive / G-2 (7 pages) |
| Genre | Spy |
| Characters | G-2 [Don Leash]; The Japanese (villains); Major Kyle (first appearance); Dr. Gates (first appearance) |
| Pencils | Jack Spranger |
| Inks | Jack Spranger |
| Notes | formerly credited to Don Rico but art doesn't match the previous stories credited to Rico. |
| Comic Story | The Arsonist Alderman / Chic Carter (6 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Chic Carter; Alderman Kerney (first appearance; villain) |
| Script | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Pencils | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Inks | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Comic Story | The Express Elevator / Windy Breeze (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Windy Breeze |
| Script | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Pencils | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Inks | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Comic Story | Three Keys to Doom / Quicksilver (7 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Quicksilver; Edgar Aldington (first appearance; villain); Quimby (first appearance; villain); Jim Connell (first appearance); Sims (first appearance; death); Harrison Walsh (first appearance; death) |
| Pencils | Bill Quackenbush ? |
| Inks | Bill Quackenbush ? |
| Text Story | Wagon Train (2 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Comic Story | The John Thorpe Murder Case / Uncle Sam (6 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; John Thorpe (first appearance; death); Count Torza (first appearance; villain); Dr. Colbu (first appearance; villain) |
| Pencils | Mort Leav |
| Inks | Mort Leav |
| Notes | Formerly credited to Ed Dobrotka, but there is no evidence Dobrotka ever worked for Quality. And a letter exists from Busy Arnold to Jerry Bails denying the possibility. |
| Comic Story | The Hoshima Incident / Destroyer 171 (7 pages) |
| Genre | War |
| Characters | Lt. Commander Harvey Blake; The Japanese (villains) |
| Pencils | Al Camy ? |
| Inks | Al Camy ? |
| 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 | |
