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Cover: Alex Kotzky

National Comics #40

Mar 1944 · Quality Comics · 0.10 USD
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“Uncle Sam and the Syndicate of Crime”

National Comics #40 (Quality Comics, March 1944) features a cover by Alex Kotzky that radiates warmth and confidence — Uncle Sam, white-bearded and wearing his distinctive top hat, grins broadly alongside a young blond boy as the two peer through a ship's porthole together. The banner headline promises that the "Racket-Buster" Uncle Sam smashes the Syndicate of Crime, setting an upbeat, justice-will-win tone perfectly suited to its wartime audience. With Rudy Palais handling the interior art, this is a fine example of Quality Comics at its patriotic, energetic best.

artist, inker Rudy Palais · cover Alex Kotzky

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artist, inker Rudy Palais
cover pencils, inks Alex Kotzky

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When the Unknown returns to Europe, he is aided by the German Dr. Stussborg, who dyes the Unknown's hair black in order to fool the Nazis.

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