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25October 1942
$0.10

National Comics #25

Quality Comics · October 1942 · on sale 1942-08-05

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Series
National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series)
Issue
#25
Publication date
October 1942
Key date
1942-10-00
On-sale date
1942-08-05
Indicia publisher
Comic Magazines Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Reed Crandall, Chuck Cuidera; inks: Chuck Cuidera, Reed CrandallUncle Sam; Buddy Smith; The Unknown (inset); Destroyer 171 (inset); Wonder Boy (inset); Sally O'Neil (inset)
1Adventure in Panamacomic story9pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed CrandallUncle Sam; Buddy Smith; Senator Corey; Buddy; Fritz (villain); Pedro (villain)
2-comic story1pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack ColeWindy Breeze
3-comic story5script: Bob Reynolds; pencils: Klaus Nordling; inks: Klaus NordlingKid Dixon [Danny Dixon]
4-comic story6script: Ted Udall; pencils: Bernard Klein; inks: Bernard KleinThe Unknown; Colonel Hasenpfeffer (villain)
5-comic story5script: Paul Gustavson; pencils: Paul Gustavson; inks: Paul Gustavson; letters: Paul GustavsonQuicksilver [Max]
6-comic story5script: Toni Blum; pencils: Charles Nicholas; inks: Charles NicholasKid Patrol
7-comic story6script: Toni Blum; pencils: Al Bryant; inks: Al BryantSally O'Neil
8-comic story1pencils: John Devlin; inks: John Devlin
9-comic story5script: Toni Blum; pencils: Witmer Williams; inks: Witmer WilliamsProp Powers
10The Spider of Doomcomic story6script: Fred Guardineer; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred GuardineerMerlin the Magician [Jock Kellog; also as Emperor Hirohito]; Professor Mordecai Twitch (villain, death); Vang (villain, Professor Twitch's assistant)
11Ghost Town Murdertext story2letters: typeset
12-comic story1pencils: Gill Fox; inks: Gill Fox
13-comic story5script: Jerry Maxwell; pencils: Rudy Palais; inks: Rudy Palais
14-comic story1script: Arthur Beeman; pencils: Arthur Beeman; inks: Arthur Beeman
15-comic story6pencils: Al McWilliams; inks: Al McWilliams

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CollectionYear
The Quality Companion #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-60549-037-3
2011On eBay ›
Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-60699-987-5
2017On eBay ›

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