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| I'm struck by how UNdynamic Quality hero covers were around this time. The company was never into the rock-'em-sock-'em covers favored by other publishers, but around 1947 the majority of their hero books featured generic, often symbolic cover illustrations notable for their restraint. There were lots of pictures of the star in a hero pose against a blank background and poster shots of the hero surrounded by vignettes of his supporting cast (both full body and head-only versions). Modern Comics, which always had the most active of the Quality covers, even devoted a cover to Blackhawk putting on his gloves! This lasted about a year, after which covers gradually became more action-oriented with scenes that related to the stories inside. It had to have been an editorial choice. Maybe it was so Quality could say, "See? OUR covers aren't violent!" At any rate market pressures seem to have put an end to the experiment. |
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| Publication | May 1947 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Index revised by Lou Mougin via the GCD Errors list, September 2009. |
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| Cover | Kid Eternity Smells Something Fishy About Mr. Hardeel! |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Kid Eternity; Mr. Keeper |
| Notes | Index revised by Lou Mougin via the GCD Errors list, September 2009. |
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| Comic Story | Kid Eternity Hoax! (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lily becomes enamored by the Kid's abilities, and for romance advice, he turns to Lord Byron, who advises him to make her jealous. He wins her over instead by saving her from kidnappers, who were after her inheritance, after which she invites him to a party. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Kid Eternity; Mr. Keeper; Lily Lawton; Davy Crockett; Alexander Hamilton; Lord Byron; Tecumseh; Belle Boyd; Jesse James (villain) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Notes | Sir Roger finds a big stack of Quality Comics. |
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| Comic Story | The Scales of Justice (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Betty Battes; Attorney Pollyfox; Gill Shanxon; Larry |
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| Comic Story | Romance in the Rough (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Charlie Horse |
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| Text Story | The Darkness (1.67 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: Swab Decker; Bob Masters |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Final appearance in Hit Comics. Dan Tootin will move to All Humor Comics (Quality Comics, 1946 Series) starting with issue #15 (August 1949). |
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