QUALITY COMICS

Quality Comics—List of Titles

 

Quality's first issue: Feature Funnies #1 (Oct. 1937)

Name changted to Feature Comics with #21 (June 1939)

smash

Smash Comics #1 (Aug. 1939)

crack

Crack Comics #1 (May 1940)

hit

Hit Comics #1 (July 1940)

nationa;

National Comics #1 (July 1940)

military

Military Comics #1 (Aug. 1941)

police

Police Comics #1 (Aug. 1941)

Super-Hero Titles

Alphabetical

  • Blackhawk #9-107 (Winter 1944–Dec. 1956)
    … published by DC Comics #108-243
  • Crack Comics #1-62 (May 1940–Sept. 1949)
    … becomes Crack Western with #63
  • Doll Man Quarterly #1-47 (Autumn 1941–Oct. 1953)
  • Feature Comics #21-144 (June 1939–May 1950)
    … was Feature Funnies #1-20
  • Hit Comics #1-65 (July 1940–July 1950)
  • Kid Eternity #1-18 (Spring 1946–Nov. 1949)
    … becomes Buccaneers with issue #19
  • Military Comics #1-43 (Aug. 1941–Oct. 1945)
    … becomes Modern Comics with #44
  • National Comics #1-75 (July 1940–Nov. 1949)
  • Plastic Man #1-64 (Summer 1943–Nov. 1956)
  • Police Comics #1-127 (Aug. 1941–Oct. 1953)
  • Smash Comics #1-85 (Aug. 1939–Oct. 1949)
    … becomes Lady Luck with #86
  • The Spirit #[1/nn]–22 (1944–Aug. 1950)
  • The Spirit Section (2 June 1940–5 Oct. 1952)
  • Uncle Sam Quarterly, #1-8 (Autumn 1941– Fall 1943)
    … becomes Blackhawk with #9

Chronological

  1. Feature Funnies #1-20 (Oct. 1937–May 1938)
    … becomes Feature Comics #21-144 (June 1939–May 1950)
  2. Smash Comics #1-85 (Aug. 1939–Oct. 1949)
    … becomes Lady Luck with #86
  3. Crack Comics #1-62 (May 1940–Sept. 1949)
    … becomes Crack Western with #63
  4. Hit Comics #1-65 (July 1940–July 1950)
  5. National Comics #1-75 (July 1940–Nov. 1949)
  6. The Spirit Section (2 June 1940–5 Oct. 1952)
  7. Military Comics #1-43 (Aug. 1941–Oct. 1945)
    … becomes Modern Comics with #44
  8. Police Comics #1-127 (Aug. 1941–Oct. 1953)
  9. Doll Man Quarterly #1-47 (Autumn 1941–Oct. 1953)
  10. Uncle Sam Quarterly #1-8 (Autumn 1941– Fall 1943)
    … becomes Blackhawk with #9
  11. Plastic Man #1-64 (Summer 1943–Nov. 1956)
  12. The Spirit #1–22 (1944–Aug. 1950)
  13. Blackhawk #9-107 (Winter 1944–Dec. 1956)
    … published by DC Comics #108-243
  14. Kid Eternity #1-18 (Spring 1946–Nov. 1949)
    … becomes Buccaneers with issue #19

Post Super-Hero Era

Humor and Funny Animal

  • All Humor Comics #1-17 (Spring 1946–Dec. 1949)
  • The Barker #1-15 (Autumn 1946–Dec. 1949)
  • Buster Bear #1-10 (Dec. 1953–June 1955)
  • Egbert #1-20 (Spring 1946–1950)
  • Gabby #11/1-9 (July 1953–Sept. 1954)
    … continued from Ken Shannon with #11, then renumbered for the Gabby title with #2
  • Hickory #1-6 (Oct. 1949–Aug. 1950)
  • Jonesy #85/1-8 (Aug. 1953–Oct. 1954
    … continued from Crack Western
  • Marmaduke Mouse #1-65 (Spring 1946–Dec. 1956)
  • Torchy #1-6 (Nov. 1949–Sept. 1950)

Romance

Most of Quality's romance titles were short lived, beginning in late 1949 and lasting for less than a year. Those that survived, however, made it until the company's very end.

  • Brides Romances #1-23 (Nov. 1953–Dec. 1956)
  • Broadway Romances #1-5 (Jan. 1950–Sept. 1950)
  • Campus Loves #1-5 (Dec. 1949–Aug. 1950)
  • Candy #1-64 (Fall 1947–July 1956)
  • Diary Loves #1-31 (Nov. 1949–April 1953; called Love Diary for #1)
    … becomes G.I. Sweethearts #32-45 (June 1953–May 1955)
    … becomes Girls in Love #46-57 Sept. 1955–Dec. 1956)
  • Flaming Love (Dec. 1949–Oct. 1950)
  • Forbidden Love (March 1950–Sept. 1950)
  • Heart Throbs #1-46 (Aug 1949–Dec. 1956)
    … continued with Heart Throbs #47 by DC Comics
  • Hollywood Diary #1-5 (Dec. 1949–Aug. 1950)
  • Hollywood Secrets #1-6 (Nov. 1949–Sept. 1950)
  • Love Confessions #1-54 (Oct. 1949–Dec. 1956)
  • Love Letters #1-51 (Nov. 1949–Dec. 1956)
  • Love Secrets #32-56 (Aug. 1953–Dec. 1956)
    … continued from Love Letters, although that series continued to publish as well
  • Love Scandals #1-5 (Feb. 1950–Oct. 1950)
  • Range Romances #1-5 (Dec. 1949–Aug. 1950)
  • Secret Loves #1-6 (Nov. 1949–Sept. 1950)
  • True War Romances #1-21 (Sept. 1952–June 1955)
    … becomes Exotic Romances #22-31 (Oct. 1955–Nov. 1956)
  • Untamed Love #1-5 (Jan. 1950–Sept. 1950)
  • Wedding Bells #1-19 (Feb. 1954–Nov. 1956)

Adventure—non-superhero, Horror/Western/War

  • Buccaneers #19-27 (Jan. 1950–May 1951), continued from Kid Eternity
  • Crack Western #63-84 (Nov. 1949–July 1952), continued from Crack Comics
    … becomes Jonesy with issue #85
  • Exploits of Daniel Boone #1-6 (Nov. 1955–Oct. 1956)
  • G.I. Combat #1-43 (Oct. 1952–Dec. 1956), continued at DC Comics
  • Intrigue #1 (Jan. 1955)
  • Ken Shannon #1-10 (Oct. 1951–April 1953)
    … becomes Gabby #11-on
  • Modern Comics #44-102 (Nov. 1945–Oct. 1952)
    … continued from Military Comics
  • Robin Hood Tales #1-6 (Feb.–Dec. 1956)
  • T-Man #1-38 (Sept. 1951–Dec. 1956)
  • Web of Evil #1-21 (Nov. 1952–Dec. 1954)
  • Yanks in Battle #1-4 (Sept.–Dec. 1956)

Quality Properties at DC

Silver Age:

  • Blackhawk #108-243 (1957-1968), #244–250 (1976–77), #251–273 (1982–84)
  • G.I. Combat #44-288 (1957-87)
  • Plastic Man v.2, 20 issues (1966-68, 1976-77)
  • Freedom Fighters, 15 issues (March/April 1976–July/Aug. 1978)
  • All-Star Squadron, 67 issues (1981-87)
  • Secret Origins v.2, 50 issues (1986-90). Relevant issues: #8 (Doll Man), #19 (Uncle Sam), #21 (Black Condor), #22 (Manhunter), #26 (Miss America),. #28 (Midnight), #30 (Plastic Man), #45 (Blackhawk)

Post Crisis:

  • Young All-Stars, 30 issues (1987-89)
  • Blackhawk v.2, 3-issue mini-series (1988)
  • Blackhawk v.3, 16 issues (1989-90)
  • Plastic Man v.3, 4-issue limited series (1989)
  • The Ray, v.1, 6-issue limited series (1992)
  • Black Condor, 12 issues (1992-93)
  • Kid Eternity, 3-issue limited series (1993)
  • Kid Eternity v.2, 16 issues (1993-94)
  • The Ray, v.2, 29 issues (1994-96)
  • Firebrand, 9 issues (1996)
  • Uncle Sam, 2-issue prestige series (1997)
  • Plastic Man Special, one-shot (1999)
  • Plastic Man v.4, 20 issues (2004-06)
  • Uncle Sam & the Freedom Fighters v.1, 8-issue limited series (2006)
  • Uncle Sam & the Freedom Fighters v.2, 8-issue limited series (2007)
  • Freedom Fighters v.2, 9 issues (2010–11)

New 52:

  • Blackhawks, 8 issues (2011–12)
  • The Ray v.3, 4-issue mini-series (2012)
  • Phantom Lady, 4-issue mini-series (2012–13)
  • Human Bomb, 4-issue mini-series (2013)