Crack Comics #1 (May, 1940), featuring the Clock, previously introduced as the first masked comic book superhero.

Blackhawk #12 (Autumn, 1946)

Hit Comics #1 (July, 1940), the first appearance of the Red Bee.

Plastic Man #17 (May, 1949), cover art by Jack Cole.

Doll Man on the cover of Feature Comics #77 (April, 1944)

The Spirit #10 (Fall, 1947), cover art by Reed Crandall.

There have been two comic book publishing companies by the name Quality Comics. The earliest was a US-based company that operated from 1939 to 1956 and was an influential creative force in the Golden Age of comic books. Image File history File links Crack Comics #1 (May, 1940), Quality Comics. ... Image File history File links Crack Comics #1 (May, 1940), Quality Comics. ... Funny Picture Stories #1 (November, 1936), Centaur Publications. ... Image File history File links Blackhawk #12 (Autumn, 1946), Quality Comics. ... Image File history File links Blackhawk #12 (Autumn, 1946), Quality Comics. ... Blackhawk #12 (Autumn, 1946), Quality Comics. ... Image File history File links The Red Bee on the cover of Hit Comics #1 (July, 1940), Quality Comics. ... Image File history File links The Red Bee on the cover of Hit Comics #1 (July, 1940), Quality Comics. ... Hit Comics #1 (July, 1940) The Red Bee is a superhero from the Golden Age of Comics who first appeared in Hit Comics #1, published in July of 1940 by Quality Comics. ... Image File history File links Plastic Man #17 (May, 1949), Quality Comics. ... Image File history File links Plastic Man #17 (May, 1949), Quality Comics. ... Plastic Man is a fictional superhero originally published by Quality Comics during the Golden Age of Comic Books, and later acquired by DC Comics. ... Image File history File links Doll Man on the cover of Feature Comics #77 (April, 1944), Quality Comics. ... Image File history File links Doll Man on the cover of Feature Comics #77 (April, 1944), Quality Comics. ... Feature Comics #77 (April, 1944), Quality Comics Doll Man (Darrel Dane) is a fictional superhero from the Golden Age of Comics, originally published by Quality Comics and currently part of the DC Comics universe of characters. ... Image File history File links The Spirit #10 (Fall, 1947), Quality Comics. ... Image File history File links The Spirit #10 (Fall, 1947), Quality Comics. ... -1... Reed Crandall (February 22, 1917 - September 13, 1982) was an American illustrator and penciller of comic books and magazines. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Superman, the catalyst of the Golden Age, from Superman #14, January-February 1942. ...

The US company was started by Everett M. "Busy" Arnold, a printer who saw the rapidly rising popularity of the comic book medium and decided to join the industry. He began by buying out the title, Feature Funnies, and added new titles which became the basis of the company.

Characters published by the company included:

• Plastic Man
• Blackhawk
• Doll Man
• Kid Eternity
• Phantom Lady
• Uncle Sam
• Black Condor
• Torchy
• Alias the Spider
• Miss America
• The Human Bomb

Talents associated with the company included: Plastic Man is a fictional superhero originally published by Quality Comics during the Golden Age of Comic Books, and later acquired by DC Comics. ... Blackhawk is a long-running comic book series published first by Quality and later by National Periodical Publications (which became DC Comics). ... Feature Comics #77 (April, 1944), Quality Comics Doll Man (Darrel Dane) is a fictional superhero from the Golden Age of Comics, originally published by Quality Comics and currently part of the DC Comics universe of characters. ... Kid Eternity (Christopher Kit Freeman) is a comic book superhero originally owned by Quality Comics and later acquired by DC Comics. ... Phantom Lady #17 (April, 1948), Fox Features Syndicate. ... In the Golden Age of Comic Books of the 1940s, Will Eisner created a superhero version of Uncle Sam for Quality Comics. ... A DC Comics hero who may have been killed in the Infinite Crisis event External Links Black Condor Comics treadmill Categories: DC Comics superheroes | DC Comics stubs ... Alias The Spider was a fairly obscure comic book feature from the Golden Age that appeared in Crack Comics for nearly three years (starting with issue #1 in 1940). ... Miss America is a DC Comics superhero. ... The Human Bomb (center) on the cover of Freedom Fighters #1 (April, 1976) The Human Bomb is a fictional superhero from the Golden Age of Comic Books. ...

• Jack Cole
• Will Eisner
• Lou Fine
• Gill Fox
• Paul Gustavson
• Wally Wood

By the mid 1950s, interest in its stable of characters had declined considerably. After a foray into other genres such as war, humor and horror, the company ceased operations in December, 1956. Many of its properties were sold to National Periodical Publications (now DC Comics) which chose to keep only a few titles running, such as Blackhawk and GI Combat. Jack Cole (December 14, 1918 - August 15, 1958) was an American comic book artist, and illustrator best-known for his creation of the superhero; Plastic Man and for setting the style for cartoons in Playboy. ... Will Eisner (March 3, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an acclaimed American comics writer and artist who is considered one of the most important contributors to the development of the medium. ... Gilbert T. Gill Fox (November 29, 1919-May 15, 2004) was an American political cartoonist, comic book artist and editor, and animator. ... Paul Gustavson (nee Gustafson), 1916-1977, is an American comic-book writer and artist whose most notable creation was the Golden Age of Comics hero, The Angel who appeared Marvel Comics #1, the first publication of Marvel Comics predecessor Timely Comics]], and made more than 100 appearances. ... Wallace Wally Wood (June 17, 1927–November 2, 1981), best known for his work in EC Comics and Mad magazine, was an imaginative writer-illustrator who freelanced to a wide variety of markets. ... // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the baby-boom from returning... The current DC Comics logo, adopted in May 2005. ...

Over the decades, other Quality characters were revived, including Plastic Man and a group of other characters in the short-lived 1970s series Freedom Fighters. Plastic Man is a fictional superhero originally published by Quality Comics during the Golden Age of Comic Books, and later acquired by DC Comics. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... Freedom Fighters #1 (April, 1976) Freedom Fighters is the name of a minor DC Comics comic book superhero team made up of characters acquired from the defunct company, Quality Comics, and the short-lived comic book series of the same name featuring those characters. ...

Today, other than Plastic Man (who has been a member of the Justice League and has his own ongoing series), most of the characters are at most occasionally-used supporting characters in the DC Universe. Plastic Man is a fictional superhero originally published by Quality Comics during the Golden Age of Comic Books, and later acquired by DC Comics. ... The Justice League of America, featuring the Flash, Superman, Aquaman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Martian Manhunter, and Green Lantern. ... The DC Universe (DCU) is the fictional shared setting where most of the comic stories published by DC Comics take place. ...

Some Quality Comics titles, including Blackhawk and Plastic Man, have been reprinted by DC, while lesser known ones have been reprinted by AC Comics. AC Comics evolved out of Paragon Publications, and was known as Americomics in its first year of existence. ...

List of titles published by Quality Comics

• All Humor Comics #1-17 (1946-1949)
• The Barker #1-15 (1946-1949)
• Blackhawk #9-157 (1944-1956; formerly Uncle Sam Quarterly #1-8; Blackhawk #158-273 subsequently published by DC Comics, 1957-1983)
• Bride's Romance #1-23 (1953-1956)
• Broadway Romances #1-3 (1950)
• Buccaneers #19-27 (1950-1951; formerly Kid Eternity #1-18)
• Buster Bear #1-10 (1953-1955)
• Campus Loves #1-5 (1949-1950)
• Candy #1-64 (1947-1956)
• Crack Comics #1-62 (1940-1949; Crack Western #63 onward)
• Crack Western #63-84 (1949-1953; formerly Crack Comics #1-62; Jonesy #85 onward)
• Diary Loves #2-31 (1949-1953; formerly Love Diary #1; G.I. Sweethearts #32 onward)
• Doll Man #1-47 (1941-1953)
• Exotic Romances #22-38 (1955-1956; formerly True War Romances #1-21)
• Exploits of Daniel Boone #1-6 (1955-?)
• Feature Comics #21-144 (1939-1950; formerly Feature Funnies #1-20, published by Harry A. Chesler Comics, 1937-1939)
• Flaming Love #1-6 (1949-1950)
• Forbidden Love #1-4 (1950)
• Gabby #11; issue numbering restarts, 2-9 (1953-1954; formerly Ken Shannon)
• G.I. Combat #1-43 (1952-1956; #44-281 subsequently published by DC Comics, 1957-1987)
• G.I. Sweethearts #32-45 (1953-1955; formerly Diary Loves #2-31; #46 onward Girls in Love)
• Girls in Love #46-57 (1955-1956; formerly G.I. Sweethearts #32-45)
• Heart Throbs #1-46 (1949; #47-146 subsequently published by DC Comics, 1957-1972; retitled Love Stories, #147-152, 1972-1973)
• Hit Comics #1-65 (1940-1950)
• Hollywood Diary #1-5 (1949-1950)
• Hollywood Secrets #1-6 (1949-1950)
• Jonesy #85; issue numbering restarts, 2-8 (1953-1954; formerly Crack Western #1-84)
• Ken Shannon #1-10 (1951-1953; Gabby #11 onward)
• Kid Eternity #1-18 (1946-1949; Buccaneers #19 onward)
• Lady Luck #86-90 (1949-1950; formerly Smash Comics #1-85)
• Love Confessions #1-54 (1949-1956)
• Love Diary #1 (1949; Diary Loves #2 onward)
• Love Letters #1-51 (1949-1956)
• Love Scandals #1-5 (1950)
• Love Secrets #32-56 (1953-1956)
• Marmaduke Mouse #1-65 (1946-1956)
• Military Comics #1-43 (1941-1945; Modern Comics #44 onward)
• Modern Comics #44-102 (1945-1950; previously Military Comics #1-43)
• National Comics #1-75 (1940-1949)
• Plastic Man #1-64 (1943-1956)
• Police Comics #1-127 (1941-1953)
• Range Romances #1-5 (1949-1950)
• Robin Hood Tales #1-6 (1956; #7-14 subsequently published by DC Comics, 1957-1958)
• Secret Loves #1-6 (1949-1950)
• Smash Comics #1-85 (1939-1949; Lady Luck #86 onward)
• The Spirit #1-22 (1944-1950)
• T-Man #1-38 (1951-1956)
• Torchy 1-6 (1949-1950)
• True War Romances #1-21 (1952-1955; Exotic Romances #22 onward)
• Uncle Sam Quarterly #1-8 (1941-1943; Blackhawk #9 onward)
• Untamed Love #1-5 (1950)
• Web of Evil #1-21 (1952-1954)
• Wedding Bells #1-19 (1954-1956)
• Yanks in Battle #1-4 (1956)

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• AC Comics