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61August 1947
$0.10

National Comics #61

Quality Comics · August 1947

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Series
National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series)
Issue
#61
Publication date
August 1947
Key date
1947-08-10
Indicia publisher
Comic Magazines
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Trouble Comes in Small Packages!cover1pencils: Al Bryant; inks: Al BryantThe Barker [Carnie Callahan]
1Trouble Comes in Small Packages!comic story11script: Gwen Hansen; pencils: Klaus Nordling; inks: Klaus NordlingThe Barker [Carnie Callahan]; General Smallo (first appearance; villain); a husband-and-wife crook team (first appearance; villains)
2Vilma and the Black Bottlecomic story6pencils: Al McWilliams; inks: Al McWilliamsSteve Wood; Vilma Drum (first appearance; villain); Sawbones and his mob (first appearance; villains)
3Pandora's Box, Take Twocomic story6script: André LeBlanc; pencils: André LeBlanc; inks: André LeBlancIntellectual Amos (last appearance); An ancient Grecian woman (first appearance); Pandora (first appearance); Hope (first appearance)
4The Framercomic story7pencils: Bill Quackenbush; inks: Bill QuackenbushSally O'Neil; The Framer [Tip Tanner] (first appearance; villain)
5Mademoiselle Angoracomic story5script: Gill Fox; pencils: Gill Fox; inks: Gill FoxGranny Gumshoe; Mademoiselle Angora (first appearance; villain)
6The Lost Herdtext story2letters: typeset
7The Evil Eyecomic story6pencils: Dan Zolnerowich; inks: Dan ZolnerowichQuicksilver [Max]; Onager (introduction); Squatty (villain, introduction, death); Hips Hoag (villain, introduction, death); an un-named hood (villain, introduction, death); Worry Witson (villain, introduction); Witson's Gang (villains, introduction for all); an un-named murderer (villain, introducti
8Uncle Balthazar's Youthful Outlookcomic story4script: Bernard Dibble; pencils: Bernard Dibble; inks: Bernard DibbleLassie; Roberta; Uncle Baltazar; Laddie; Hilda

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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