Unofficial National Comics Index

NATIONAL COMICS #23

Cover Date: June 1942
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1942-04-08

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Cover Credits:
Art: Lou Fine

Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Alex Blum
Editing	Ed Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Uncle Sam

Supporting Character(s):

Buddy

Villain(s):

Cadaver and his agents (first appearance for all; munitions businessman who instigated war in Europe; tries to get US to attack Canada; dies)

Location(s):

Detroit, MI

Everytown

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Second Story: "The Unknown" (5 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Ted Udall
Art	Bernard Klein
Lettering	Bernard Klein
Editing	Ed Cronin

Feature Character(s):

The Unknown (first appearance; a bare-chested freedom fighter)

Villain(s):

Herr Baboon and his Nazi soldiers (first appearance for all; with a pet baboon; dies?)

Location(s):

Balkans

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Third Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Paul Gustavson
Art	Paul Gustavson
Lettering	Paul Gustavson
Editing	Ed Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Quicksilver

Villain(s):

Henricks and his agents (first appearance for all; a spy in the Office of Public Management; destroys five defense plants)

Location(s):

Washington, DC

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Fourth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Fred Guardineer
Art	Fred Guardineer
Editing	Ed Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Merlin the Magician

Villain(s):

Japanese troops (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

An island in the Pacific Ocean

Comment(s):

This happens after December 7th, 1941.

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Fifth Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Toni Blum
Art	Ed Bryant
Editing	Ed Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Wonder Boy

Villain(s):

Nazi Bundists (first appearance for all; try to sabotage a harbor to stop a defense project)

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