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The Heroes of Quality Comics
This page concerns ony charcters that are considered either costumed and/or super-powered. I have chosen to begin my profiling with these, but you can also see a full character list in the Quality Titles section..
Index of Profiles
- Ace of Space
- Black Condor
- The Blackhawks
- Black Roger
- Blue Tracer
- Bozo the Iron Man and Hugh Hazzard
- Bruce Blackburn (Destroying Demon)
- Captain Triumph
- Chic Carter (The Sword)
- The Clock
- Destiny
- Destroying Demon (Bruce Blackburn)
- Doll Girl
- Doll Man
- Firebrand
- G-2 COMPLETE!
- Ghost of Flanders
- The Great Defender ("Stormy" Foster)
- The Hawk
- The Human Bomb
- Freedom Fighters
- (Joe) Hercules
- Invisible Justice / Invisible Hood
- The Jester
- Just 'N' Right
- Kid Eternity
- Lady Luck
- Madam Fatal COMPLETE!
- Magno the Magnetic Man
- Manhunter I
- The Marksman
- Merlin COMPLETE!
- Midnight
- Miss America
- Mr. Mystic
- The Mouthpiece
- Neon the Unknown
- Phantom Lady
- Plastic Man
- Quicksilver
- The Raven COMPLETE!
- The Ray
- Red Bee
- Red Torpedo
- #711 COMPLETE!
- Sniper
- (Alias) The Spider
- Spider Widow COMPLETE!
- "Stormy" Foster, the Great Defender
- The Sword (Chic Carter)
- The Spirit
- Tor
- Uncle Sam
- The Unknown COMPLETE!
- USA the Spirit of Old Glory COMPLETE!
- The Voice COMPLETE!
- The Whistler
- Wildfire
- Wonder Boy COMPLETE!
- Yankee Eagle
- Zero, Ghost Detective
Longevity
This list calculates the total number of issues a character appeared in Quality Comics.
| Number of Issues | Character/Strip | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 166 | Plastic Man | Police Comics #1-102 (1941-53) • Plastic Man v.1, 64 issues (1943-56) |
| 160 | Doll Man | Feature Comics #27-139 (December 1939–October 1949) • Doll Man Quarterly #1-47 (Autumn 1941–October 1953) |
| 142 | The Blackhawks | Military Comics, 43 issues (1940-45) • Blackhawk #9-107 (Winter 1944–December 1956) |
| 99 | The Spirit | Police Comics #11–87 (September 1942–May 1949) • The Spirit #nn [1]-22 (1944–August 1950) |
| 95 | Manhunter | Police Comics #8-102 (March 1942–October 1950) |
| 68 | Midnight | Smash Comics #18-85 (January 1941–October 1949) |
| 67 | Quicksilver | National Comics #5-71 (November 1940–April 1949) |
| 64 | The Jester | Smash Comics #22-85 (May 1941–October 1949) |
| 64 | The Clock | Crack Comics #1-35 (–Autumn 1944) • Feature Funnies #3–20 (December 1937–May 1939) • Feature Comics #21-31 (June 1939–April 1940) |
| 58 | The Human Bomb | Police Comics #1-58 (August 1941–September 1946) |
| 57 | Chic Carter, aka The Sword | Smash Comics #1–24 (August 1939–July 1941) • Police Comics #1–18 (August 1941–April 1943) • National Comics #33–47 (July 1943–April 1945) |
| 54 | Kid Eternity | Hit Comics #25-60 (December 1942–September 1949) • Kid Eternity #1-18 (Spring 1946–November 1949) |
| 53 | Uncle Sam | National Comics #1-45 (July 1940–December 1944) Uncle Sam Quarterly, #1–8 (Autumn 1941–Fall 1943) |
| 49 | Lady Luck | Smash Comics #42-85 (April 1943–October 1949) • Lady Luck #86-90 (December 1949–August 1950) |
| 41 | Zero, Ghost Detective | Feature Comics #32–72 (May 1940–October 1943) |
| 41 | Bozo the Iron Man and Hugh Hazzard | Smash Comics #1-41 (August 1939–March 1943) |
| 36 | Captain Triumph | Crack Comics #27-62 (January 1943–September 1949) |
| 32 | Invisible Hood | Smash Comics #1-32 (August 1939–March 1942) |
| 31 | Black Condor | Crack Comics #1-31 (May 1940–October 1943) |
| 30 | Sniper | Military Comics #5–34 (December 1941–November 1944) |
| 30 | (Alias) The Spider | Crack Comics #1–30 (May 1940–August 1943) |
| 27 | The Ray | Smash Comics #14-40 (September 1940–February 1943) |
| 26 | The Marksman | Smash Comics #33–58 (May 1942– April 1945) |
| 26 | Merlin | National Comics #1-26 (July 1940–November 1942) |
| 26 | Wonder Boy | National Comics #1–26 (July 1940–November 1942) |
| 25 | Bruce Blackburn (Destroying Demon) | Feature Comics #32–56 (May 1940–May 1942) |
| 24 | Red Bee | Hit Comics #1-24 (July 1940–October 1942) |
| 23 | Phantom Lady | Police Comics #1-23 (August 1941–October 1943) |
| 22 | Destiny | Police Comics #15-36 (January 1943–November 1944) |
| 22 | Madam Fatal | Crack Comics #1-22 (May 1940–March 1942) |
| 21 | (Joe) Hercules | Hit Comics #1–21 (July 1940–April 1942) |
| 20 | G-2 | National Comics #27-46 (December 1942–February 1945) |
| 20 | Red Torpedo | Crack Comics #1–20 (May 1940–January 1942) |
| 19 | The Unknown | National Comics #23-41 (June 1942–April 1944) |
| 18 | Yankee Eagle | Military Comics #1–8 (August 1941–March 1942) • Smash Comics #38–47 (December 1942–October 1943) |
| 18 | Spider Widow | Feature Comics #57-72 (January 1942–October 1943) • Police Comics #21-22 |
| 17 | Neon the Unknown | Hit Comics #1-17 (July 1940–November 1941) |
| 17 | "Stormy" Foster, the Great Defender | Hit Comics #18–34 (Spring 1945–Winter 1944) |
| 17 | Tor | Crack Comics #10-26 (Februrary 1941–(November 1942) |
| 16 | Blue Tracer | Military Comics #1-16 (August 1941–January 1943) |
| 15 | #711 | Police Comics #1–15 (August 1941–January 1943) |
| 13 | Raven | Feature Comics #60-71 (September 1942–September 1943) • Police Comics #20-22 |
| 13 | Wildfire | Smash Comics #25-37 (August 1941–November 1942) |
| 13 | The Mouthpiece | Police Comics #1–13 (August 1941–November 1942) |
| 13 | Firebrand | Police Comics #1-13 (August 1941–November 1942) |
| 11 | Doll Girl | Doll Man #37–47 (December 1951–October 1953) |
| 9 | Black Roger | Buccaneers #19-27 (January 1950–May 1951) |
| 9 | Magno the Magnetic Man | Smash Comics #13-21 (August 1940–April 1941) |
| 8 | Ghost of Flanders | Hit Comics #18–25 (December 1942–December 1942) |
| 7 | Miss America | Military Comics #1–7 (August 1941–February 1942) |
| 7 | USA the Spirit of Old Glory | Feature Comics #42-48 (March 1941–September 1941) |
| 7 | The Whistler | National Comics #48–54 (June 1945–June 1946) |
| 6 | The Voice | Feature Comics #32-37 (May 1940–October 1940) |
| 4 | Ace of Space | Feature Comics #38–41 (November 1940–February 1941) |
| 1 | The Hawk | Feature Funnies #2 (November 1937) |
| 1 | Just 'N' Right | Doll Man #1 (Winter 1941) |
Hero Chronology
Here is a chronology of Quality's costumed heroes. It reveals some surprising things. Doll Man is often mis-categorized as the first Quality hero. He is the first super-powered hero. Surprisingly, Bozo and the Invisible Hood sneak in a few months before Doll Man. The Hood's powers were part of his cloak; they were not super-human. The Hawk was their first costumed hero. The Clock is considered the first masked hero—period—although he debuted before Quality Comics, in Centaur Comics' Funny Pages vol.1 #6 (November 1936).
+ 1936
- November, Funny Pages vol.1
#6 (Centaur Comics)
The Clock
+ 1937
- November, Feature #2
The Hawk - December, Feature #3 (1st Quality appearance)
The Clock
+ 1939
- August, Smash #1
Bozo the Iron Man and Hugh Hazzard
Invisible Hood - December, Feature #27
Doll Man
+ 1940
- May, Feature #32
The Voice
Zero, Ghost Detective - May, Crack #1
Black Condor
Madam Fatal
Red Torpedo
The Spider - July, Hit #1
Hercules
Neon the Unknown
Red Bee - July, National #1
Merlin
Uncle Sam
Wonder Boy - August, Smash #13
Magno - September, Smash #14
The Ray - November, National #5
Quicksilver - November, Feature #38
Ace of Space - December, Feature #39
Destroying Demon (Bruce Blackburn)
+ 1941
- January, Smash #18
Midnight - Februrary, Crack #10
Tor - March, Feature #42
USA the Spirit of Old Glory - May, Smash #22
The Jester - June 2, The Spirit Section
The Spirit
Mr. Mystic
Lady Luck - August, Military #1
The Blackhawks
Blue Tracer
Miss America
Yankee Eagle - August, Police #1
Firebrand
The Human Bomb
The Mouthpiece
Phantom Lady
Plastic Man
#711
The Sword (Chic Carter) - August, Smash #25
Wildfire - Winter, Doll Man #1
Just 'N' Right - December, Hit #18
"Stormy" Foster, the Great Defender
Ghost of Flanders - December, Military #5
The Sniper
+ 1942
- January, Feature #57
Spider Widow - March, Police #8
Manhunter I - May, Smash #33
The Marksman - June, National #23
The Unknown - September, Feature #60
The Raven - December, National #27
G-2 (Don Leash) - December, Hit #25
Kid Eternity
+ 1943
- January, Crack #27
Captain Triumph - January, Police #15
Destiny
+ 1945
- June, National #48
The Whistler
1950
- January , Buccaneers #19
Black Roger
1951
- December, Doll Man #37 (1951)
Doll Girl