National Comics #23 is an issue of the series National Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1942.
Synopsis for Uncle Sam: "Cadaver and Koba"
Appearing in Uncle Sam: "Cadaver and Koba"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Cadaver (Dies)
- Koba, assassin
- other servants and assassins
Other Characters:
- pilot (Dies)
- U.S. Airbase Commander
- his troops
Locations:
- U.S. city near the Canadian Border
- Thousand Islands
- Forbidden Isle, Cadaver's huge castle-like fortress (Destroyed)
- and secret bomber base (Destroyed)
- Detroit, Michigan (bombed)
- Everytown, USA
Items:
- Cadaver's 5000-foot-range Flame Thrower
Vehicles:
- three fighter planes (one destroyed)
- wave after wave of bombers w/ Canadian markings
- borrowed light scouting plane
- many U.S. warplanes
Synopsis for Sally O'Neil Policewoman: "The Washington Bridge"
Appearing in Sally O'Neil Policewoman: "The Washington Bridge"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Madam Bloff, New Children's School Manager, spy boss
- her two associates: Otto, other
Other Characters:
- New School children: Bobby, Margaret, Tom.
- New School Janitor
- Officer Murphy, NYPD
Locations:
Synopsis for Kid Dixon: "Harboring Enemy Escapees"
Appearing in Kid Dixon: "Harboring Enemy Escapees"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- B. Galsworthy "Bottle" Topps, Dixon's Manager
Antagonists:
- four internment camp escapees (German seamen)
Other Characters:
- FBI Agents
Locations:
- snow-covered mountains
- Dixon's training camp
- Dixon's training camp
Synopsis for Prop Powers: "North Atlantic Patrol"
Appearing in Prop Powers: "North Atlantic Patrol"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Lank Loomis
- United States Coast Guard
Villains:
- Herr Hesson
- his troops
- U-boat crew
Locations:
- North Atlantic Ocean
Items:
- German fake iceberg (Destroyed)
- has a submarine supply pier and a bomber landing strip
Vehicles:
- S.S. Stratton, cargo ship (Destroyed)
- German U-boat
- USCG amphibious scouting plane (Destroyed)
- German 2-engine bomber
Synopsis for The Unknown: "With the Comitajis against Herr Baboon"
Appearing in The Unknown: "With the Comitajis against Herr Baboon"
Featured Characters:
- The Unknown (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Herr Baboon
Other Characters:
- Comitajis
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for Quicksilver: "Five Defense Plants"
Appearing in Quicksilver: "Five Defense Plants"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Nazi Party
- Adolf Hitler (Mentioned only)
- Hendricks
- Kaufman
- Kurtz
Other Characters:
- Miss Anderson
- Abraham Lincoln (Mentioned only)
Locations:
Synopsis for Kid Patrol: "School's Out"
Appearing in Kid Patrol: "School's Out"
Featured Characters:
- Kid Patrol
- Teddy
- George Washington Abraham Lincoln "Sunshine " Jones
- Porky
- Suzy
Other Characters:
- Teddy's Mom
- Mrs. Scudder
- regular caretaker
- caretaker's idiot brother
Locations:
- Lower East Side, New York City
- Mrs. Scudder's haunted house
Synopsis for Merlin the Magician: "Ghostly Bodies of Ancient Pirates"
Appearing in Merlin the Magician: "Ghostly Bodies of Ancient Pirates"
Featured Characters:
Other Characters:
- Sergeant Mulligan, U.S.M.C.
- his Marines
- unkillable long-dead pirate captain
- unkillable long-dead pirate crew
Antagonists:
- Japanese Military
- battleship crew (some killed, some captured)
- troop ship infantry (thousands die)
Locations:
- Pacific Ocean
- small island
Items:
- Merlin's Magic Cloak
Vehicles:
- Japanese heavy battleship (captured)
- two Japanese troop ships (one destroyed)
- other Japanese warships (damaged)
Synopsis for Wonder Boy: "Bridge Bomb Planters"
Appearing in Wonder Boy: "Bridge Bomb Planters"
Featured Characters
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Sally
- Shipyard Company President
Locations:
- big city
- big suspension bridge
- shipyard
Vehicles:
- almost-finished ship (not destroyed)
Notes
- "Merlin! We've read all about you in National Comics! -one young Marine
- Uncle Sam: "Cadaver and Koba"
- Detroit, Michigan is bombed by wave after wave of fake-Canadian bombers. Afterward, this is never mentioned again.
- First issue for The Unknown.
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