Quality Comics · 1939–1950
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#21
Jun 1939
1st appearance of Queen Bea Hyve
#22
Jul 1939
1st appearance of Rance Keane
#23
Aug 1939
1st appearance of Charlie Chan
#24
Sep 1939
1st appearance of Jim Towne
#25
Oct 1939
1st appearance of Captain Fortune
#26
Nov 1939 · 2 editions
#27
Dec 1939
1st appearance of Professor Roberts
#28
Jan 1940
1st appearance of Mrs. Nolen
#29
Feb 1940
1st appearance of Spin Shaw
#30
Mar 1940
1st appearance of Captain "Poison" Atkins
#31
Apr 1940
#32
May 1940
1st appearance of Caleb
#33
Jun 1940
1st appearance of Molly Shean
#34
Jul 1940
1st appearance of Tod Gunther
#35
Aug 1940
1st appearance of A skeletal fiddler
#36
Sep 1940
1st appearance of Anne Antos
#37
Oct 1940
1st appearance of Shiela
#38
Nov 1940
1st appearance of Harvey Topping
#39
Dec 1940
1st appearance of Gen. Yin
#40
Jan 1941
1st appearance of Jean
#41
Feb 1941
1st appearance of The Triolettes
#42
Mar 1941
1st appearance of Jane
#43
Apr 1941
1st appearance of Princess Butavanah
#44
May 1941
1st appearance of old man's son
#45
Jun 1941
1st appearance of Donna Isabella
#46
Jul 1941
1st appearance of June Gaylord
#47
Aug 1941
1st appearance of Mr. Woods
#48
Sep 1941
1st appearance of The Wambu chief
#49
Oct 1941
1st appearance of Bob's wife
#50
Nov 1941
1st appearance of Ted Benton
#51
Dec 1941
#52
Jan 1942
#53
Feb 1942
#54
Mar 1942
#55
Apr 1942
#56
May 1942
#57
Jun 1942
1st appearance of Julie
#58
Jul 1942
#59
Aug 1942
1st appearance of Jim
#60
Sep 1942
1st appearance of Mademoiselle de Mortire
#61
Oct 1942
1st appearance of Dr. Kwikmind
#62
Nov 1942
#63
Dec 1942
1st appearance of Mischa
#64
Jan 1943
1st appearance of "Once More" Charlie
#65
Feb 1943
1st appearance of Amos Trentwell
#66
Mar 1943
1st appearance of Lois Ugar
#67
Apr 1943
1st appearance of Mary Blake
#68
Jun 1943
#69
Jul 1943
#70
Aug 1943
1st appearance of Number One Man
#71
Sep 1943
1st appearance of Sykes
#72
Oct 1943
1st appearance of Prof. Whittlesey
#73
Nov 1943
1st appearance of Prof. Noodle, Morguen
#74
Jan 1944
#75
Feb 1944
1st appearance of Prof. Zomby
#76
Mar 1944
1st appearance of Alvarez
#77
Apr 1944
#78
May 1944
1st appearance of Max
#79
Jul 1944
#80
Aug 1944
#81
Sep 1944
#82
Oct 1944
#83
Nov 1944
#84
Jan 1945
#85
Feb 1945
1st appearance of Prof. Wiphill
#86
Mar 1945
#87
Apr 1945
1st appearance of Merry Hart
#88
May 1945
#89
Jul 1945
1st appearance of Chief Medicine Man
#90
Aug 1945
#91
Sep 1945
1st appearance of The Sand Man and Miss Sweet Dreams
#92
Oct 1945
1st appearance of Alice Kirk
#93
Nov 1945
1st appearance of D. A. Lewis
#94
Jan 1946
1st appearance of Father Time
#95
Feb 1946
1st appearance of Mickey
#96
Mar 1946
1st appearance of Black Jack
#97
Apr 1946
#98
May 1946
1st appearance of Frank
#99
Jun 1946
#100
Jul 1946
1st appearance of Dr. Maybelle
First appearances, origins and turning points, led by the debuts of the characters who appear most across the catalog.
#64
Jan 1943
1st appearance of "Once More" Charlie
#87
Apr 1945
1st appearance of Merry Hart
#112
Jul 1947
1st appearance of Prof. Tinker
#128
Nov 1948
1st appearance of Carl De Jong
#117
Dec 1947
1st appearance of Mike
#38
Nov 1940
1st appearance of Harvey Topping
#72
Oct 1943
1st appearance of Prof. Whittlesey
#59
Aug 1942
1st appearance of Jim
#115
Oct 1947
1st appearance of Blue Bolt
#98
May 1946
1st appearance of Frank
#33
Jun 1940
1st appearance of Molly Shean
#46
Jul 1941
1st appearance of June Gaylord
Who made the most issues of this run, with the issues they span.
Who appears most often in this run, by issues they appear in.
Characters who debut here, led by those who appear most across the catalog. 371 in all.
First 20 issues Feature Funnies; #21-144 titled Feature Comics.
Thanks to Pat Iacovone, Al Dellinges, Mike Tiefenbacher, Bob Klein, Hames Ware, and Jim Vadeboncoeur. Original index for this series was created from the indexing work of Henry Steele.
From the Grand Comics Database.