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40March 1944
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National Comics #40

Quality Comics · March 1944

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Series
National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series)
Issue
#40
Publication date
March 1944
Key date
1944-03-00
Indicia publisher
Comic Magazines
Price
$0.10
Pages
60

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Uncle Sam Smashes the Syndicate of Crimecover1pencils: Alex Kotzky; inks: Alex KotzkyUncle Sam; Buddy Smith
1Uncle Sam and the Syndicate of Crimecomic story11pencils: Art Seymour; inks: Art SeymourUncle Sam; Buddy (his kid assistant); Number One [Crayley the jeweller] (masked the Crime Club leader)
2Champ Liarcomic story1script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack ColeWindy Breeze; Windy's nephew
3Rendezvous with Death!!comic story7pencils: Al Camy; inks: Al CamyCommander Blake
4-comic story1script: Bernard Dibble; pencils: Bernard Dibble; inks: Bernard Dibble
5-comic story7script: Fred Guardineer; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred GuardineerCount Kordo (money-mad fake); Mrs van Gelt; Mrs Dohevy
6The Cruise of Death!comic story8pencils: Al Bryant; inks: Al BryantJerry Jerome (millionaire)
7Murder as an Art!!comic story6script: Vern Henkel; pencils: Vern Henkel; inks: Vern HenkelChic Carter (ace reporter); Detective Monahan; Higby Haye (murdered millionaire)
8The Cowardtext story2letters: typeset
9-comic story6pencils: Rudy Palais; inks: Rudy PalaisThe Unknown; Dr. Stussborg; the Nazis (villains); Major Riel (villain)
10The Blackout Looters!comic story7script: Don Rico; pencils: Don Rico; inks: Don RicoDon Leash [G-2, ace army intelligence operative]

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