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53September 1946
$0.10

Modern Comics #53

Quality Comics · September 1946

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Series: Modern Comics (Quality Comics, 1945 series)
Issue: #53
Publication date: September 1946
Key date: 1946-09-10
Indicia publisher: Comic Magazines
Price: $0.10
Pages: 60

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Black Lancers!	cover	1		The Blackhawks
1	The Black Lancers!	comic story	15	pencils: Bill Ward; inks: Bill Ward	The Blackhawks; The Black Lancers (first appearance, villain); Baron Scar (first appearance, villain); Dagla (first appearance, villain)
2	The Jewelry Store Holdup Gig	comic story	6	script: Bill Ward; pencils: Bill Ward; inks: Bill Ward
3	All's Well That Ends in a Well	comic story	6	script: Bart Tumey; pencils: Bart Tumey; inks: Bart Tumey
4	The Duplicating Machine	comic story	8	script: Harry Sahle; pencils: Harry Sahle; inks: Harry Sahle
5	South American Strangeness	comic story	8	script: Gill Fox; pencils: Gill Fox; inks: Gill Fox
6	Killer Ship	text story	2	letters: typeset
7	The Golf Tournament	comic story	9	script: Paul Gustavson; pencils: Paul Gustavson; inks: Paul Gustavson; letters: Paul Gustavson	Will Bragg
8	-	comic story	1
9	-	comic story	1	script: Mike Senich; pencils: Mike Senich; inks: Mike Senich

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Sources

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