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National Comics #38

Jan 1944 · Quality Comics · 0.10 USD
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# National Comics #38 (January 1944) An anthology issue featuring multiple stories. One story involves Uncle Sam and Buddy solving the mystery of "The Boat of the Dead," encountering Japanese bomber attacks on naval vessels and military personnel in peril during wartime action. Another story centers on a reporter investigating a stolen newspaper headline about a bank teller robbery worth $100,000, uncovering a female accomplice and a plot involving ransom money. A third tale features the King of Siam at a society wedding at an estate, where various romantic and comedic complications ensue involving counts, countesses, and the exotic guest's romantic interests.

Contains 9 stories
Boat of the Dead
11 pp · Superhero
Uncle SamBuddy Smith
The Proposal Mask
1 pp · Humor
Windy Breeze
Rebellion of the Japanese POW's
7 pp · War
Lt. Commander Henry Blake
The Talking Parrot
1 pp · Humor
Case No. 12: The Story of Private Graham
7 pp · Spy
G-2

When allied leaders greenlight a major offensive across Asia, Private Graham finds himself on point—the foremost scout approaching enemy territory through the treacherous Ko-Sen Range. But unknown to him, intelligence officer Captain Don Leash has already penetrated deep behind Japanese lines and uncovered a devastating trap: the enemy plans to mine the very pass the American advance must traverse, luring infantry and armor into a catastrophic ambush. Graham and Leash must race against time and Japanese forces to expose and neutralize the scheme before an entire division walks into destruction.

The Case of the Identical Traveling Bags
8 pp · Detective-Mystery
Sally O'Neil

Sally O'Neil boards a train for a much-needed vacation, only to have her plans derailed when a passenger is murdered in the parlor car—and a mix-up with identical traveling bags puts her at the center of the mystery. Caught between suspicious criminals, a woman with a suspicious stain on her glove, and a newspaper clipping about a stolen fortune, Sally must untangle the case before the real killer strikes again.

The Liberation of Tula Island
6 pp · War
The Unknown
The Case of the Shamrock Emeralds
6 pp · Detective-Mystery
Chic Carter

Police reporter Chic Carter arrives at a Long Island estate for what should be a routine society wedding—until he spots half the town's crooks and con artists mingling with the guests, all apparently eyeing John W. Alsop's half-million-dollar Shamrock Emeralds, a wedding gift for the bride. When the emeralds vanish and the butler is found murdered, Carter must navigate a web of suspects, thieves, and hidden motives to uncover who really pulled off the heist and why.

Terror on the Western Plains
7 pp · Superhero
Quicksilver

Quicksilver races to the Western Plains after German saboteurs begin systematically slaughtering America's cattle supply, a desperate Nazi plot to starve the nation. When he rescues a young woman caught in their crossfire and uncovers a local Nazi sympathizer pulling the strings, the crimebuster joins forces with outraged cattlemen to hunt down the saboteurs before they can strike again. It's a high-stakes showdown where Quicksilver must outmaneuver both enemy agents and the chaos of the frontier itself.

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $142
CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $4,443
CGC 9.0 none in existence
CGC 8.5 none in existence
CGC 8.0 none in existence
CGC 7.5 · 1 in census $1,265*
CGC 7.0 none in existence
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CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $809
CGC 6.0 · 3 in census $763*
CGC 5.5 · 1 in census $641*
CGC 5.0 · 2 in census $610
CGC 4.5 · 2 in census $521*
CGC 4.0 · 2 in census $452*
CGC 3.5 · 1 in census $376
CGC 3.0 none in existence
CGC 2.5 · 1 in census $299
CGC 2.0 none in existence
CGC 1.5 · 1 in census $189*
* estimate — limited direct-sales data at this grade
Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available

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artist, inker Alex Kotzky
cover pencils, inks Alex Kotzky

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Reprinted in Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War #[nn] (2017)

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