Quality Comics

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Crack Comics #1 (May, 1940), featuring the Clock, previously introduced as the first masked comic book superhero.
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Blackhawk #12 (Autumn, 1946)
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Hit Comics #1 (July, 1940), the first appearance of the Red Bee.
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Plastic Man #17 (May, 1949), cover art by Jack Cole.
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Doll Man on the cover of Feature Comics #77 (April, 1944)
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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.

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:

Talents associated with the company included:

By the mid 1950s, interest in their 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 their 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.

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.

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.

Some Quality Comics titles, including Blackhawk and Plastic Man, have been reprinted by DC, while lesser known ones have been reprinted by AC Comics.

List of titles published by Quality Comics

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See also: Quality Comics, 1939, 1950s, 1956, 1970s, AC Comics, Alias the Spider, Blackhawk (comic book)