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31April 1943
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National Comics #31

Quality Comics · April 1943 · on sale 1943-02-12

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Identification plate

Series
National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series)
Issue
#31
Publication date
April 1943
Key date
1943-04-00
On-sale date
1943-02-12
Indicia publisher
Comic Magazines Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed CrandallUncle Sam; Buddy Smith
1-comic story11pencils: Al Gabriele; inks: Al GabrieleUncle Sam; Buddy; Hamid the Astrologer (villain; introduction; death); Adolf Hitler (villain!); Hermann Goering (villain)
2The Men Who Wanted to Diecomic story8pencils: Al Bryant; inks: Al BryantSally O'Neil
3-comic story1script: Bernard Dibble; pencils: Bernard Dibble; inks: Bernard Dibble
4-comic story6pencils: Al Gabriele; inks: Al GabrieleThe Unknown
5-comic story5script: Klaus Nordling; pencils: Klaus Nordling; inks: Klaus NordlingKid Dixon [Danny "Kid" Dixon]
6-comic story1script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack ColeWindy Breeze
7-comic story7pencils: John Cassone; inks: John Cassone
8Murder with Wordscomic story6pencils: Lee Ames; inks: Lee AmesKid Patrol [Sunshine; Suzy; Porky; Teddy]; Nutsy
9Yankee Spirittext article2letters: typeset
10-comic story1script: Gill Fox; pencils: Gill Fox; inks: Gill FoxCyclone Cupid
11The Corpse That Wouldn't Stay Buriedcomic story7pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred GuardineerQuicksilver [Max]; Joe (circus clown)
12Case No. 5: The Mystery of the Baskerville Twinscomic story9pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira

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