National Comics #6

National Comics #6 (December 1940) delivers a visually striking cover by Lou Fine, dominated by a grinning, oversized villain's face looming over the action below — a fittingly menacing centerpiece. Quicksilver, billed right on the cover as "The Dynamic New Character," can be seen taking on a pair of armed, purple-clad thugs in a fast-moving rooftop brawl, while Uncle Sam himself wades into a separate scrap with shadowy foes, with the cover promising he "Smashes the Undersea Air Base!" A small Merlin medallion rounds out the packed roster, making this ten-cent package from Quality Comics a real showcase of 1940 patriotic adventure at its most energetic.