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Publisher: Quality Comics

Title: National Comics
Issue: 5
Page Count: 68
Publish Date: November 1940
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Contributors: Editor: Will Eisner

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Owner: Comics-n-ERB

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Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Pages:1
Genre:superhero
Characters:Uncle Sam; Quicksilver [Max] (inset)


Story Title: The True Story of Uncle Sam--Who He Was and How He Came to Be - comic story
Pages:9
Genre:superhero
Characters:Uncle Sam (origin); Buddy Smith; The Black Legion (villain, introduction for all)
Synopsis:Uncle Sam takes on the villainous Black Legion, while training Buddy on certain skills such as tracking.


Story Title: The Bonritz Murder - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Sally O'Neil; Barry Gilmore; A gang of crooks (first appearance; villains)


Story Title: The Capture of "William Shakespeare" - comic story
Pages:5
Genre:adventure; humor; children
Characters:Kid Patrol; William Shakespeare (first appearance; a lunatic)


Story Title: Nipper's Drug Mob - comic story
Pages:5
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Pen Miller; Nipper Eldeen and his gang (first appearance; villains)


Story Title: Cheatum the Crooked Landlord - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:superhero
Characters:Wonder Boy; Cheatum (first appearance; villain); Franklin D. Roosevelt (face unseen)


Story Title: Presenting Quicksilver - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:superhero
Characters:Quicksilver (introduction); von Lohfer (villain, introduction)
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!


Story Title: Slugger Mike to Fight Champ - comic story
Pages:5
Genre:sports
Characters:Kid Dixon [Danny "Kid" Dixon]; Slugger Mike (first appearance)


Story Title: The Parachutists - comic story
Pages:5
Genre:fantasy
Characters:Paul Bunyan; Nazis (villains)


Story Title: Yankee Doodle Boy - text story
Features:Yankee Doodle Boy
Pages:2
Letters:typeset
Characters:Yankee Doodle Boy


Story Title: Americans Trapped in France - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:aviation
Characters:Prop Powers; Nazis (villains)


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Pages:2
Genre:humor
Characters:Windy Breeze


Story Title: Dr. Morbidd's Zombie - comic story
Pages:7
Genre:superhero
Characters:Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog]; Elaine (introduction); Dr. Morbidd (villain, introduction, death)
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.


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