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52February 1946
$0.10

National Comics #52

Quality Comics · February 1946 · on sale 1945-12-05

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Series
National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series)
Issue
#52
Publication date
February 1946
Key date
1946-02-00
On-sale date
1945-12-05
Indicia publisher
Comic Magazines
Price
$0.10
Pages
60

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Carnival of Laughs!cover1pencils: Al Bryant; inks: Al BryantThe Barker [Carnie Callahan]
1The Jinxcomic story11script: Gwen Hansen; pencils: Klaus Nordling; inks: Klaus NordlingThe Barker [Carnie Callahan]; The Jinx (first appearance, villain)
2The Case of Old Man Hogincomic story8pencils: Gene Fawcette; inks: Gene FawcetteSally O'Neil; Old Man Hogin (first appearance, villain); Mr. Davis (first appearance); Miss Avery (first appearance); Mrs. Douglas (first appearance)
3-comic story1script: Bernard Dibble; pencils: Bernard Dibble; inks: Bernard DibbleSalty Waters; Professor
4The Winner!comic story7pencils: Bill Quackenbush; inks: Bill QuackenbushQuicksilver [Max]; Socker Sampson (first appearance); Heavy (first appearance, villain); Galdo (first appearance, villain); their gang (first appearance, villain)
5Zinnia and Stinkycomic story1script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack ColeWindy Breeze
6Admiral Bilge's Plancomic story6script: André LeBlanc; pencils: André LeBlanc; inks: André LeBlancIntellectual Amos; Admiral Bilge (first appearance, villain); Phineas Demi-John (first appearance, villain)
7-comic story7script: Bernard Dibble; pencils: Bernard Dibble; inks: Bernard DibbleLassie; Laddie; Roger; Roberta; Agatha Fitzbully; Mr. Fitzbully
8The Agrilistastext story2letters: typeset
9The Wrong Whistlercomic story6script: Vern Henkel; pencils: Vern Henkel; inks: Vern HenkelThe Whistler [Mallory Drake]; A. Biddle (first appearance); The Boss (first appearance, villain); Max (first appearance, villain); another hood (first appearance, villain)
10Somewhere Off the Coast of Japancomic story7pencils: Al Camy; inks: Al CamyThe Japanese (villains)

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