List of Quawity Comics characters

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Quawity Comics was a comic book company from de Gowden Age of Comic Books dat sowd many andowogy comic books dat starred superheroes, many of which were adopted by DC Comics when dey purchased Quawity Comics, and oders were not, entering de pubwic domain.


#711 was created by George Brenner and pubwished by Quawity Comics. #711 first appeared in Powice Comics #1 (August 1941) and wasted untiw #15 (January 1943), when he was kiwwed.

Daniew Dyce was a District Attorney who was awmost an exact twin of his friend, Jacob Horn, uh-hah-hah-hah. Jacob was in prison, but wanted to see his wife give birf, so Daniew agreed to become a prisoner whiwe Jacob was wif his wife. However, Jacob is kiwwed in a car crash on de way to de hospitaw, so Daniew was stuck in jaiw. Daniew was abwe to tunnew himsewf free, but instead of escaping, he decided to return to his ceww. Each night he uses his tunnew to go outside and fight crime, den returns before de morning. Dyce adopts de name #711, a reference to his prisoner number. After two years of adventures Daniew Dyce was kiwwed by de mobster Oscar Jones. The hero Destiny sees dis take pwace, and starts his crime fighting career when #711 died, repwacing his feature in Powice Comics.

Like many earwy comic book heroes, #711 did not wear a traditionaw costume but rader was modewed after de traditionaw puwp magazine heroes. He wore a green cape, a brown business suit, and a wide-brimmed fedora which cast his eyes in shadow. #711's trademark was a cawwing card made of a mirror wif bars painted over it; when an unwucky criminaw wouwd wook at de card, dey wouwd see demsewves behind bars.

Fowwowing de Gowden Age, many of de Quawity Comics characters were purchased by DC Comics, whiwe oders wapsed into de pubwic domain. DC has used #711 onwy once in deir pubwications, a Miwwennium Edition reprint of his first appearance.

Bwack Condor[edit]


Bwack Star[edit]

She was an unnamed femawe criminaw who first appeared in Modern Comics #101 (September 1950) and was an adversary of de Bwackhawks.

Bwack X[edit]

Bwack X or Bwack Ace (Richard Spenser) is an espionage spy dat first appeared in Feature Funnies #13. He water starred in Smash Comics.

Bwue Tracer[edit]

Bwue Tracer first appeared in Miwitary Comics #1 (August 1941). It is awso de name of his super-vehicwe, which can become a tank, airpwane, or submarine.

Bwue Tracer first appeared in issues 1 drough 16 of Miwitary Comics. The character was acqwired by DC, awong wif de rest of Quawity Comics' properties in de 1950s. However, de character had wapsed into pubwic domain before dat. The Bwue Tracer has not been used by any company since his originaw pubwication, nor have his originaw adventures been reprinted, oder dan a Miwwennium Edition of his first appearance.

Bwue Tracer's origin story is towd in his first appearance, in Miwitary Comics #1.[1] Wiwwiam "Wiwd Biww" Dunn is an American engineer working wif de army in a secwuded section of Ediopia. Whiwe working, his team is attacked by a group of supernaturaw beings named de M'bujies. The M'bujies wound Dunn and kiww his teammates. Dunn is rescued by "Boomerang" Jones, an Austrawian sowdier who had been given up for deaf and is now fighting his own private war against de Nazis. After Dunn regains his strengf, de two men create a super-vehicwe out of captured Nazi eqwipment dat dey name de Bwue Tracer. It can become a tank, airpwane, or submarine. They den use it to destroy de M'bujies and escape de jungwe.

The two travew de worwd and fight de Axis forces during de rest of de war, wif Dunn at de head and Jones as his sidekick. The wast appearance of de Bwue Tracer was in Miwitary Comics #16, according to de Grand Comics Database [2]

Neider Dunn nor Jones have any superpowers, but Dunn is a good fighter and skiwwed engineer. The Bwue Tracer awwows Dunn and Jones to travew on wand, under de sea, and in de air. It has many weapons, and can defwect smaww arms fire easiwy.

Bozo de Iron Man[edit]

Captain Triumph[edit]


Doww Girw[edit]

Doww Man[edit]


Human Bomb[edit]

Invisibwe Hood[edit]


Kid Eternity[edit]

Lady Luck[edit]

Madame Fataw[edit]



Marmaduke Mouse[edit]

Marmaduke Mouse, art by Ernie Hart.

Marmaduke was a funny animaw character created by Ernie Hart in 1944 and was Quawity Comics' dird wongest-running titwe behind Bwackhawk and Pwastic Man. He first appeared in Hit Comics #35 where he was a minor character for severaw issues, eventuawwy receiving his own series in 1946 which ran for 65 issues, untiw December 1956.[3] According to de Encycwopedia of Comic Books and Graphic Novews, de series "was, in de beginning, were sowidwy drawn and reasonabwy funny, but wacked a convincing sense of action and character."[4]

Merwin de Magician[edit]


Miss America[edit]


Moudpiece first appeared in Powice Comics #1 (August 1941), awong wif de heroes Pwastic Man, Firebrand, and de Human Bomb, and wasted untiw #13. He was created by Fred Guardineer. Awdough, wike aww Quawity characters, he is ostensibwy owned by DC Comics after it acqwired Quawity's assets, he wapsed into pubwic domain prior to de said acqwisition, uh-hah-hah-hah.

Biww Perkins was a District Attorney who dought dat de waw was not strong enough. He decided to don a costume to apprehend criminaws dat escaped justice. He became de Moudpiece. He was rudwess, and was prepared to kiww criminaws when he needed to. Once, he even drew a harpoon into de back of a fweeing opponent (he'd run out of buwwets), rader dan wet him get away.

He was a skiwwed brawwer and marksman, an above-average detective and an expert in criminaw waw.

Neon de Unknown[edit]

Pwastic Man[edit]

Phantom Lady[edit]



Red Bee[edit]

Red Torpedo[edit]

Spider Widow[edit]

Spider Widow was created by Frank Borf and debuted in Feature Comics #57, which bore a cover date of June, 1942. Borf continued to write and draw de Spider Widow feature untiw de end of its run in Feature Comics #72 (June, 1943).

Spider Widow is de secret identity of Dianne Grayton, a bored and weawdy adwete who decides to fight crime and foreign saboteurs after discovering she has de abiwity to controw deadwy bwack widow spiders. She disguises hersewf in a costume very simiwar to a stereotypicaw Hawwowe'en witch, wearing a green-faced owd crone mask, a fwoppy bwack hat, and a wong bwack dress.

In Feature Comics #60, Nazi agents set a trap for Spider Widow by posting an advertisement in de newspaper dat reqwests her assistance, and den knock her out when she shows up. She is rescued from a boat bound for Germany by de bird-costumed Raven on his first heroic outing, and de two reveaw a hidden U-boat to de U.S. Navy. She becomes romanticawwy invowved wif de Raven (who is water reveawed to be Tony Grey); however, neider initiawwy knows what de oder wooks wike widout deir mask on because dey shared deir first kiss in de dark. The two water team up wif Phantom Lady in a muwti-part crossover dat spanned between Feature Comics #69-71 and Powice Comics #20-22. Though Spider Widow initiawwy worries dat Phantom Lady is a potentiaw rivaw for de Raven's affections, dey neverdewess became awwies.

Spider Widow has de abiwity to psychicawwy controw bwack widow spiders. The reason for her gaining dis power is never expwained. She is awso a trained adwete.

The Spirit[edit]

Now popuwarwy known as Wiww Eisner's The Spirit aka: Denny Cowt, was A Gowden Age of Comic Books super-hero. He first appeared in Iowa's Register and Tribune Syndicate periodicaw as a comic insert in June 2nd of 1940. Awmost 2 years water in September of 1942, He makes his First actuaw comic book appearance in Powice Comics #11 (it reprints his 1940 origin-strip #1). The Spirit in water issues of Powice comics goes on to team-up wif Jack Cowe's Pwastic Man. The Spirit's Quawity Comics appearances end in issue #102 (November 1950).

Uncwe Sam[edit]


Wonder Boy[edit]


  1. ^ Miwitary Comics 1, Bwue Tracer feature
  2. ^ "GCD search for Bwue Tracer". Retrieved 2007-07-21.
  3. ^ Markstein, Donawd D. "Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Marmaduke Mouse". Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  4. ^ Booker, M. Keif (2010-05-11). Encycwopedia of Comic Books and Graphic Novews [2 vowumes]: [Two Vowumes]. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313357473.