National Comics
#5
National Comics #5
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Key facts
- 1st appearance of Quicksilver
Market value
- Graded copies for sale
- $315 - $11,590
- 20 graded copies for sale, Updated 29 Sep 2026
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CGC Census
Uncle Sam takes on the villainous Black Legion.
Cover date
November 1, 1940
On sale date
September 6, 1940
Pages
68
Cover price
$0.10
Editor
Will Eisner
Credits
Penciller
Characters
Quicksilver (1st appearance); A gang of crooks (first appearance; Babe; Barry Gilmore; Captain Prop Powers; Cheatum (first appearance; Danny \"Kid\" Dixon; Dr. Morbidd (villain, introduction, death); Elaine (introduction); Franklin D. Roosevelt; Jock Kellog; Merlin the Magician; Nazis (villains); Nipper Eldeen and his gang (first appearance; Officer Pat Malone; Paul Bunyan; Pen Miller; Porky; Sally O'Neil; Slugger Mike (first appearance); Sunshine Jones; Teddy; The Black Legion (villains, introduction for all); Uncle Sam; villain); villains); von Lohfer (villain, introduction); William Shakespeare (first appearance, a lunatic); Windy Breeze; Wonder Boy