National Comics #5 (Quality, 1940) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $7,200.00
Sold: Jun 29, 2025
National Comics #5 Values
Publisher: Quality Comics, 1940
About National Comics #5
First appearance of Quicksilver. Origin of Uncle Sam. Uncle Sam bondage, skull cover by Lou Fine. Will Eisner and Klaus Nordling stories and art. George Tuska, John Celardo, and Dan Zolnerowich art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Pencils: Lou Fine
Inks: Lou Fine
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Uncle Sam (origin); Buddy Smith; The Black Legion (villain, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Uncle Sam takes on the villainous Black Legion, while training Buddy on certain skills such as tracking.
Pages: 9.000
Script: Will Eisner
Pencils: Lou Fine
Inks: Lou Fine
Notes: The story takes place before the story in National Comics #1. Art revision from Dan Zolnerovich to Fine by Craig Delich 2014-1-4. Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash verify the art in this story is by Fine.
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
| Grade | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | Total |
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Universal |
0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
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