National Comics #7 is an issue of the series National Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of January, 1941.
Synopsis for Uncle Sam: "Uncle Sam Leads the Way"
Appearing in Uncle Sam: "Uncle Sam Leads the Way"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- "Dictators of Europe" (main one wears a monocle)
- fifty thousand infantry
- fifty sub-tank-transport crews
- air force
Other Characters:
- Men of Montauk
- U.S. Coast Guard
- U.S. Infantry
Locations:
- Europe
- Atlantic Ocean
- Montauk Point, Long Island
Vehicles:
- European Giant Bombers, fleet after fleet of them
- European Fighter Planes, swarms of them
- European Giant Submersible Troop-carrying Tanks, fifty of them
- Dories and Fishing Smacks
- U.S. Submarines, three of them
- U.S. Fighter Planes
Synopsis for Sally O'Neil Policewoman: "The Counterfeiter's Gang"
Appearing in Sally O'Neil Policewoman: "The Counterfeiter's Gang"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Barry Gilmore, (Sally's actor boyfriend)
- Pat O'Neil (Sally's brother)
- Mike O'Neil (Sally's brother)
- Tom O'Neil (Sally's brother)
Antagonists:
- The Lupino Gang
Other Characters:
- Mrs. Stoner
- Joey Stoner
Synopsis for Kid Patrol: "School Days"
Appearing in Kid Patrol: "School Days"
Featured Characters:
- Kid Patrol
- Teddy
- George Washington Abraham Lincoln "Sunshine" Jones
- Porky
- Spunky
- Suzy
Antagonists:
- Slug Muggins
- Daisy Ricco
Other Characters:
- Prof. Tinker
Locations:
- school house
Synopsis for Paul Bunyan: "Search For the Ape-Men"
Paul Bunyan and King the Ape-Man and their new friend Professor Daniels, along with a gang of loggers, travel by steamship to India, which takes several weeks, then trek to the Himalayas, seeking out the lost tribe of King's giant simian people. This tribe is hostile to Paul's expedition, but Paul defeats the chief in single combat, and King remains in the Himalayas as Paul and his crew return to the Northwest.
Appearing in Paul Bunyan: "Search For the Ape-Men"
Featured Characters:
- Paul Bunyan, of the Northwest
Supporting Characters:
- Bunyan's Boss
- Lumberjack Crew: Axel, Cookee, others (One dies.)
Antagonists:
- Wild Desert Tribe
Other Characters:
- King, an ape-man, as tall as Paul, wears trousers
- Professor Daniels, of Raleigh University (First appearance)
- tribe of Himalayan Ape-Men (Single appearance)
Locations:
Vehicles:
- Passenger Steamship
Synopsis for Wonder Boy: "The Lost Mountain of Gold"
Appearing in Wonder Boy: "The Lost Mountain of Gold"
Featured Characters
Supporting Characters:
- Jed, prospector expedition organizer
Antagonists:
- wolves
Other Characters:
- prospectors
Locations:
- San Francisco
- Alaska
- Romanzo Range, gold strike
Vehicles:
- giant raft
- dog sled
Synopsis for Quicksilver: "Crime At the State Fair"
Appearing in Quicksilver: "Crime At the State Fair"
Featured Characters:
- Quicksilver, the Laughing Robin Hood
Antagonists:
- Tony Sinn
- his gang
Other Characters:
- carnival patrons and workers
Locations:
- New York City
- Amusement Park
- State Fair
- State Fair
- Amusement Park
Synopsis for Prop Powers: "Enter: Lank Loomis"
Famous transport pilot Prop Powers quits his well-paid airline job and joins the Naval Air Corps. Along the way he meets and teams up with Lank Loomis; they work together thru their Naval Air training at Bermuda.
On a small island near Bermuda, Count von Krum and a covert unit of Nazi sailors, heavily drugged, are undertaking a suicide mission, piloting speedboats rigged with torpedo-style explosives. Their targets are scattered along the U.S. East Coast. An escaped refugee girl tells Prop and Lank what these agents are up to and where they are. Powers and Loomis commandeer a dive bomber and search for the Nazis, finding them still bunched together, just starting their mission. With some trick flying, Prop causes two speedboats to explosively collide. Their scout bomber is unarmed, but Lank has brought along his squirrel rifle; he picks off all of the rest of them. They then return to base and report to their commandant. An air-raid is dispatched, and dive bombers lay waste to the tiny island base. Count von Krum and his remaining henchmen are captured alive; their nation's government disclaims all knowledge of their activities.
Appearing in Prop Powers: "Enter: Lank Loomis"
Featured Characters:
- "Prop" Powers
Supporting Characters:
- Lank Loomis (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Count von Krum (First appearance)
- ten speedboat pilots (Dies)
Other Characters:
- U.S. Naval Air Corps
- Bermuda Base Commander
Locations:
Vehicles:
- "Old Nell", Powers' personal Waco biplane (yellow & red)
- U.S. Douglas dive-bomber (bright red)
- U.S. Curtiss biplane dive-bombers (all bright red)
- ten Nazi suicide speedboats (Destroyed)
Synopsis for Pen Miller: "The Registration Racketeer"
Appearing in Pen Miller: "The Registration Racketeer"
Featured Characters:
- Pen Miller, the Cartoonist Detective
Supporting Characters:
- Niki, his valet
Antagonists:
- Kasgar (Dies)
Other Characters:
- exploited unregistered aliens
Locations:
- Waterfront
- Near-East Rug Company
- Near-East Rug Company
Synopsis for Kid Dixon: "Saving the Tiger"
Featured Characters:
- Danny "Kid" Dixon
Supporting Characters:
- "Bottle" Topps, Dixon's Manager
Antagonists:
- four old enemies of Kelly
Other Characters:
- Tiger Kelly, ex-champion
Locations:
- Dixon's training camp
Appearing in Kid Dixon: "Saving the Tiger"
- Appearances not yet listed
Synopsis for Merlin the Magician: "Flight To Fairyland"
Merlin the Magician accompanies a skeptical materialist high school principal on a rapid tour thru the realm of the Princess of Fairyland, where they encounter and subdue two horrendous ogres, abscond with a golden goose egg, and free the Princess' boyfriend from a fire-eating dragon. The principal changes his mind about whether magic is real.
Appearing in Merlin the Magician: "Flight To Fairyland"
Featured Characters:
Magical Animals:
- Dobbin, Merlin's Horse, formerly Baron Munchausen's
- Cherry-Tree-Antlered Deer, formerly Baron Munchausen's
- Unicorn
- Lion
- Pegasus
- Golden-Egg-Laying Goose
- Fire-Eating Dragon
Other Characters:
- Mr. Grone
- Princess of Fairyland
- Prince Allen
Antagonists:
- Two-Headed Ogre
- Three-Headed Ogre
Locations:
Items:
- Merlin's Magic Cloak
- Golden Goose Egg
Notes
- Prop Powers's new hillbilly sidekick Lank Loomis chews tobacco.
- Last issue for Dan Zolnerowich art on Merlin the Magician, replaced next issue by Arthur Peddy.
- Quicksilver breaks the Fourth Wall in the last panel of the last page, to make a wisecrack at the expense of one of the captured crooks.
- Also appearing in this issue of National Comics were:
- "Yankee Doodle Boy" (text story) by Anthony Lamb
- Windy Breeze by George
Trivia
- Kid Patrol with art by Charles Nicholas is credited to "Dan Wilson".
- Merlin the Magician by Toni Blum and Dan Zolnerowich is credited to "Lance Blackwood".
- Paul Bunyan with art by John Celardo is credited to "Storey Weaver".
- Prop Powers with art by Witmer Williams is credited to "Lynn Byrd".
- Sally O'Neil, Policewoman by Toni Blum and Chuck Mazoujian is credited to "Frank Kearn".
- Windy Breeze by Bill Newcombe is credited to "George".
- Wonder Boy by Toni Blum and Nick Cardy is credited to "Jerry Maxwell".
- Toni Blum signed her text story as "Anthony Lamb".
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