National Comics #4
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeNational Comics #4 is an anthology featuring multiple stories, including a Spunky tale where the young boy and his dog encounter measles and attempt to help a woman and child escape from dangerous men at an electric plant, ultimately fleeing with heavy bundles through the streets. The issue also contains a Wonder Boy story in which the hero leaps to the ground to battle a dinosaur by swinging from its tail and using one dinosaur to bridge a canyon, successfully stopping the beast's advance. Additionally, the issue features a Paul story where Johnson heads down a mountain toward Paul's camp, doubles over with pain, tumbles down the mountainside toward Paul's sleeping quarters, and carries an injured man to safety while dealing with delinquent city criminals in the mountains.
Uncle Sam faces a cunning Nazi plot involving mysterious floating islands that threaten America's coast, and when the U.S. Navy moves in to stop the invasion, he must locate and rescue a young boy caught in the crossfire. With the enemy trapped between the mainland guns and the fleet's firepower, Uncle Sam turns the tide—and a captured enemy weapon—against those who dared to challenge democracy itself.
When the priceless Ophar Jewel vanishes from a locked safe, Merlin the Magician is called in to solve the mystery—and his investigation leads him to discover that the theft points to an ancient legendary band of thieves hidden away in Arabia. Recruiting a group of scrappy London street toughs and traveling back through time itself, Merlin must battle the Forty Thieves to recover the stolen gem, but a twist of fate strips away his magical power at the worst possible moment. Can he find his way out of the ancient cave and complete his mission?
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Reprinted in Will Eisner: Edge of Genius #[nn] (2007)
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