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.
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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) |
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) |
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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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