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28January 1943
$0.10

National Comics #28

Quality Comics · January 1943 · on sale 1942-11-11

First appearance: G-2First appearance: Don Leash
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Identification plate

Series
National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series)
Issue
#28
Publication date
January 1943
Key date
1943-01-00
On-sale date
1942-11-11
Indicia publisher
Comic Magazines Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of G-2 - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Don Leash - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Al Gabriele; inks: Al GabrieleBuddy, G-2 First, Don Leash First, Uncle Sam
1Lugaticomic story11pencils: Al Gabriele; inks: Al GabrieleBuddy, Uncle Sam
2-comic story1pencils: John Devlin; inks: John Devlin
3Step on it, champ!comic story5script: Bob Reynolds; pencils: Klaus Nordling; inks: Klaus NordlingDanny "Kid" Dixon
4The Russian Armycomic story6pencils: Charles Sultan; inks: Charles SultanThe Unknown
5The Case of the Screaming Corpsecomic story8pencils: Al Bryant; inks: Al BryantSally O'Neil
6-comic story1pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack ColeWindy Breeze
7Case 2: Bombers over New York Citycomic story9pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben MoreiraG-2 First, Don Leash First
8-comic story1script: Gill Fox; pencils: Gill Fox; inks: Gill Fox
9At the Circus!comic story7pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred GuardineerQuicksilver
10The Phantomtext story2letters: typeset
11Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc.statement of ownership0.25script: Everett M. Arnold
12-comic story6pencils: Lee Ames; inks: Lee AmesSunshine Jones, Porky, Suzy, Teddy, Uncle Sam
13-comic story1script: Arthur Beeman; pencils: Arthur Beeman; inks: Arthur BeemanMiss Winky
14-comic story6pencils: Al McWilliams; inks: Al McWilliamsLt. Commander Harvey Blake, Executive Officer Fred Conroy

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Series context

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Sources

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