Unofficial National Comics Index

NATIONAL COMICS #25

Cover Date: October 1942
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1942-08-05

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Cover Credits:
Art: Reed Crandall

Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Reed Crandall
Editing	Ed Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Uncle Sam

Supporting Character(s):

Buddy Smith

Villain(s):

German Saboteurs (first appearance for all; work with Panamanians to attack Canal)

Location(s):

Panama Canal Zone, Panama

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Second Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

The Unknown

Villain(s):

Colonel Hasenpfeffer and his Nazi soldiers (first appearance for all; Colonel uses cocaine to increase his strength; probably dies)

Location(s):

Germany, near the Russian Front

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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

Other Character(s):

Pussy-foot O'Brien (first appearance)

Location(s):

Harlem, NY

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Fourth Story: "The Spider of Doom" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Fred Guardineer
Art	Fred Guardineer
Editing	Ed Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Merlin the Magician

Villain(s):

Yang (first appearance; Twitch's assistant; kills Twitch and aims to use giant spiders to kill Americans; dies)

Other Character(s):

Professor Mordecai Twitch (first appearance; a scientist who breeds gigantic spiders; dies)

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Fifth Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Rudy Palais
Editing	Ed Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Wonder Boy

Villain(s):

Fifth Columnists (first appearance for all; try to sabotage the construction of a new dam)

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