(February 1944)

Quality Comics, 1941 Series
< Previous Issue |
| Next Issue >
Volume
[1]
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1943-12-15
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Comic Magazines
Brand
Quality Comic Group
Printer
Printed in U. S. A.
Editing
George Brenner (credited as George E. Brenner) (editor); Busy Arnold (credited as E. M. Arnold) (general manager, business manager, publisher)

Issue Notes

Copyright 1943 by Comic Magazines.

The on-sale date and volume number are from the publication date and volume number reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Volume 39, Number 1. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 619545.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Plastic Man; The Spirit / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Cole (signed)
Inks
Jack Cole (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Plastic Man! Spirit! Help!! Where in the heck are ya?
Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Woozy Winks
Reprints

[Woozy Winks, Juror] (Table of Contents: 1)

Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
?
Letters
Jack Cole

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Randolph Pearson (introduction, death); James Sterling (introduction); Allan Pearson [disguised as Mr. Courtney] (villain, Randolph's cousin, introduction)
Synopsis
Woozy has jury duty.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Dewey Drip / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bernard Dibble ?
Pencils
Bernard Dibble
Inks
Bernard Dibble
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Shucks! I've looked everywhar --
Genre
humor; military
Characters
Dewey Drip; Captain; General; Ma Drip; Pappy Drip
Synopsis
Dewey drops a "letter" (in pictograms) from his mother. The General finds it, believes it to be a secret message, and has it translated, only to learn Dewey's mother refers to him as "Old Hog-fat, the General."

[The Crazy Calloway Murders] (Table of Contents: 3)

Flatfoot Burns / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Milt Stein (signed as M. Stein)
Inks
Milt Stein (signed as M. Stein)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; detective-mystery
Characters
Flatfoot Burns

[The Opera House Murders] (Table of Contents: 4)

Destiny / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Keller ?
Inks
Jack Keller ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery; superhero
Characters
Destiny
Reprints

Manhunter and the Man Who Died Twice (Table of Contents: 5)

Manhunter / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Gwen Hansen (signed) (story)
Pencils
Al Bryant
Inks
Al Bryant
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Manhunter [Dan Richards]
Reprints

Monster of the Valley (Table of Contents: 6)

Dick Mace / text story / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Hyatt ?
Letters
typeset

Genre
detective-mystery; adventure
Characters
Dick Mace

Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation (Table of Contents: 7)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Busy Arnold (credited as Everett M. Arnold) (publisher); Louis J. Kuriansky (credited) (notary public)
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

The Human Bomb / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mort Leav (see notes)
Inks
Mort Leav (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look, Roy! Lots of people are going to that new office across the street!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Hustace Throckmorton; Swami Kazombo (villain)
Synopsis
When a case the Human Bomb is working on leads to lost treasure, Hustace becomes greedy while Roy prefers to donate the money to charity.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This is Leav. He draws large hands, many lively faces, some panels without backgrounds, and a special way of running with high lifted legs. Compare with his signed story in Wanted Comics (Orbit-Wanted, 1947 series) #52 (February 1953).

[Burp Takes a Bet] (Table of Contents: 9)

Burp the Twerp / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
?
Letters
Jack Cole

Genre
humor
Characters
Burp the Twerp

[The Substitute Spirits] (Table of Contents: 10)

The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
Will Eisner
Inks
Will Eisner
Colors
Joe Kubert
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Spirit [Denny Colt]
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Plastic Man! Spirit! Help!! Where in the heck are ya?"]
    Plastic Man; The Spirit
  2. 1. [Woozy Winks, Juror]
    Plastic Man
  3. 2. ["Shucks! I've looked everywhar --"]
    Dewey Drip
  4. 3. [The Crazy Calloway Murders]
    Flatfoot Burns
  5. 4. [The Opera House Murders]
    Destiny
  6. 5. Manhunter and the Man Who Died Twice
    Manhunter
  7. 6. Monster of the Valley
    Dick Mace
  8. 7. Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation
  9. 8. ["Look, Roy! Lots of people are going to that new office across the street!"]
    The Human Bomb
  10. 9. [Burp Takes a Bet]
    Burp the Twerp
  11. 10. [The Substitute Spirits]
    The Spirit
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Steinar Ã…dland
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Bob Hughes
  • Daniel Martinez
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
  • David Wilt