Digital Comic Museum - National Comics 005 (fiche)


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Comment:	For fisch scans, these are darned good. The issue also contains the first Quicksilver story.

Issue: #5
Published: November 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Will Eisner
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Uncle Sam
Credits:	Pencils: Lou Fine \| Inks: Lou Fine
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Uncle Sam Quicksilver [Max] (inset)

Comic Story (9 pages)	The True Story of Uncle Sam--Who He Was and How He Came To Be
Featuring:	Uncle Sam
Synopsis:	Uncle Sam takes on the villainous Black Legion, while training Buddy on certain skills such as tracking.
Credits:	Script: Will Eisner \| Pencils: Lou Fine \| Inks: Lou Fine
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Uncle Sam (origin) Buddy Smith The Black Legion (villain, Introduction For All)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Bonritz Murder
Featuring:	Sally O'Neil Policewoman
Credits:	Script: Toni Blum \| Pencils: Chuck Mazoujian \| Inks: Chuck Mazoujian
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Sally O'Neil Barry Gilmore A Gang Of Crooks (first Appearance Villains)

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Capture of "William Shakespeare"
Featuring:	Kid Patrol
Credits:	Pencils: Charles Nicholas \| Inks: Charles Nicholas
Genre:	Adventure Humor Children
Characters:	Kid Patrol William Shakespeare (first Appearance A Lunatic)

Comic Story (5 pages)	Nipper's Drug Mob
Featuring:	Pen Miller
Credits:	Script: Klaus Nordling \| Pencils: Klaus Nordling \| Inks: Klaus Nordling
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Pen Miller Nipper Eldeen And His Gang (first Appearance Villains)

Comic Story (6 pages)	Cheatum the Crooked Landlord
Featuring:	Wonder Boy
Credits:	Script: Toni Blum \| Pencils: John Celardo \| Inks: John Celardo
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Wonder Boy Cheatum (first Appearance Villain) Franklin D. Roosevelt (face Unseen)

Comic Story (6 pages)	Presenting Quicksilver
Featuring:	Quicksilver
Synopsis:	Quicksilver battles the diminutive and vengeful von Lohfer, who has a vendetta against J. B. Rockland, but Quicksilver dismantles his plans and captures the villain in a matter of minutes!
Credits:	Script: Jack Cole \| Pencils: Chuck Mazoujian; Jack Cole ? (layouts) \| Inks: Chuck Mazoujian
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Quicksilver (introduction) Von Lohfer (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (5 pages)	Slugger Mike To Fight Champ
Featuring:	Kid Dixon
Credits:	Pencils: George Tuska \| Inks: George Tuska
Genre:	Sports
Characters:	Kid Dixon [Danny "Kid" Dixon] Slugger Mike (first Appearance)

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Parachutists
Featuring:	Paul Bunyan
Credits:	Script: Herman Bolstein? \| Pencils: John Celardo \| Inks: John Celardo
Genre:	Fantasy
Characters:	Paul Bunyan Nazis (villains)

Text Story (2 pages)	Yankee Doodle Boy
Featuring:	Yankee Doodle Boy
Credits:	Script: Toni Blum [as Anthony Lamb] \| Letters: typeset
Characters:	Yankee Doodle Boy

Comic Story (6 pages)	Americans Trapped in France
Featuring:	Prop Powers
Credits:	Pencils: Witmer Williams ? \| Inks: Witmer Williams ?
Genre:	Aviation
Characters:	Prop Powers Nazis (villains)

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring:	Windy Breeze
Credits:	Script: Bill Newcombe \| Pencils: Bill Newcombe \| Inks: Bill Newcombe
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Windy Breeze

Comic Story (7 pages)	Dr. Morbidd's Zombie
Featuring:	Merlin the Magician
Synopsis:	Merlin faces his first super-powered nemesis in the form of the hideous Dr. Morbidd, who brings the dead back to life. Merlin manages to rescue one of the doctor's victims, a girl named Elaine.
Credits:	Script: ? [as Lance Blackwood] (signed) \| Pencils: Dan Zolnerowich [as Lance Blackwood] (signed) \| Inks: Dan Zolnerowich [as Lance Blackwood] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Merlin The Magician [Jock Kellog] Elaine (introduction) Dr. Morbidd (villain, Introduction, Death)

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