January 1941 - July 1941

This is a revised version of a post that was first published at The Hooded Utilitarian on May 31, 2015.

Hit Comics #9

Published on January 3, 1941. Edited by S. M. (Jerry) Iger. Cover illustration by Lou Fine. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 64 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines (Quality). Cover/indicia date: March 1941. Cover price: 10¢.

National Comics #9.

Published on January 8, 1941. Edited by Will Eisner. Cover illustration by Lou Fine. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 64 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines (Quality). Cover/indicia date: March 1941. Cover price: 10¢.

64 Pages of New Captain Marvel Adventures.

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Published on January 17, 1941. Edited by France Herron. Cover illustration by C. C. Beck. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 64 pages. Greenwich, CT: Fawcett. Cover/indicia date: 1941. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

This unnumbered magazine became the first issue of the Captain Marvel Adventures series. Sales for the series at their peak were believed to be in excess of a million copies per issue. It was likely the most popular superhero comic of the 1940s.

Hit Comics #10

Published on February 5, 1941. Edited by S. M. (Jerry) Iger. Cover illustration by Lou Fine. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 64 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines (Quality). Cover/indicia date: April 1941. Cover price: 10¢.

National Comics #10.

Published on February 7, 1941. Edited by Will Eisner. Cover illustration by Lou Fine. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 64 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines (Quality). Cover/indicia date: April 1941. Cover price: 10¢.

Hit Comics #11

Published on March 5, 1941. Edited by S. M. (Jerry) Iger. Cover illustration by Lou Fine. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 64 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines (Quality). Cover/indicia date: May 1941. Cover price: 10¢.

National Comics #11.

Published on March 7, 1941. Edited by Will Eisner. Cover illustration by Lou Fine. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 64 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines (Quality). Cover/indicia date: May 1941. Cover price: 10¢.

Hit Comics #12

Published on April 4, 1941. Edited by S. M. (Jerry) Iger. Cover illustration by Lou Fine. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 64 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines (Quality). Cover/indicia date: June 1941. Cover price: 10¢.

National Comics #12.

Published on April 9, 1941. Edited by Will Eisner. Cover illustration by Lou Fine. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 64 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines (Quality). Cover/indicia date: June 1941. Cover price: 10¢.

Military Comics #1.

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Published on May 2, 1941. Edited by W. E. (Will) Eisner. The comic includes the Blackhawk story "The Origin of Blackhawk," by Will Eisner, Chuck Cuidera, and Bob Powell. Cover illustration by Will Eisner. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 64 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines (Quality). Cover/indicia date: August 1941. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

"The Origin of Blackhawk" is the first Blackhawk story.

Hit Comics #13

Published on May 7, 1941. Edited by S. M. (Jerry) Iger. Cover illustration by Lou Fine. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 64 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines (Quality). Cover/indicia date: July 1941. Cover price: 10¢.

National Comics #13.

Published on May 9, 1941. Edited by Will Eisner. Cover illustration by Lou Fine. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 64 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines (Quality). Cover/indicia date: July 1941. Cover price: 10¢.

Police Comics #1.

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Published on May 14, 1941. Edited by Edward Cronin. The comic includes the Plastic Man story "The Origin of Plastic Man," by Jack Cole. Cover illustration by Gill Fox. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 64 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines (Quality). Cover/indicia date: August 1941. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

"The Origin of Plastic Man" is the first Plastic Man story. It is the first appearance of Plastic Man and his alter ego Eel O'Brien.

Hit Comics #14

Published on June 4, 1941. Edited by S. M. (Jerry) Iger. Cover illustration by Lou Fine. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 64 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines (Quality). Cover/indicia date: August 1941. Cover price: 10¢.

National Comics #14.

Published on June 6, 1941. Edited by Will Eisner. Cover illustration by Lou Fine & Reed Crandall. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 64 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines (Quality). Cover/indicia date: August 1941. Cover price: 10¢.

Police Comics #2.

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Published on July 2, 1941. Edited by Edward Cronin. The comic includes the Plastic Man story “Duelling the Dope Smugglers,” by Jack Cole. Cover illustration by Gill Fox. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 64 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines (Quality). Cover/indicia date: September 1941. Cover price: 10¢.

Hit Comics #15

Published on July 9, 1941. Edited by S. M. (Jerry) Iger. Cover illustration by Reed Crandall. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 64 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines (Quality). Cover/indicia date: September 1941. Cover price: 10¢.

National Comics #15.

Published on July 9, 1941. Edited by Will Eisner. Cover illustration by Lou Fine & Reed Crandall. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 64 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines (Quality). Cover/indicia date: September 1941. Cover price: 10¢.


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