National Comics #15

From September 1941, this Quality Comics anthology showcases a vibrant Lou Fine and Reed Crandall cover that's pure wartime energy: Uncle Sam — starred hat, blue suit, American flag billowing behind him — lunges atop a speeding locomotive to confront a gun-toting villain, with a city skyline glowing behind them and a mysterious figure watching from below. Portrait insets spotlight the roster of features within, including Quicksilver, Kid Patrol, and Sally O'Neil, while Wonder Boy, Merlin, Pen Miller, Kid Dixon, and more round out the lineup alongside Al Bryant's interior work on "Genius of Destruction." A ten-cent package that captures exactly why National Comics was one of Quality's most ambitious titles of the era.