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* '''[[Slap Happy Pappy]]''': Created by Quality editor [[Gill Fox]], most of the hillbilly character's humorous one-page strips were done by [[Jack Cole (artist)|Jack Cole]], and were a regular feature from issues #1–49 (July 1947).
* '''[[Madame Fatal]]''': [[Art Pinajian]]'s [[cross-dressing]] detective debuted in issue #1, continuing as a feature until issue #22 (Mar. 1942), when it was replaced by '''[[Pen Miller]]''', who came over from ''[[National Comics (series)|National Comics]]''.<ref>Markestein, Don. [http://www.toonopedia.com/penmillr.htm "Pen Miller,"] Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Accessed Nov. 15, 2011.</ref> [[Klaus Nordling]]'s cartoonist/detective and his "Chinese houseboy Chop Chu" solved crimes and helped the war effort, lasting as a regular feature from issue #23 (May 1942) until issue #60 (May 1949).
* '''[[Red Torpedo]]''': [[Submarine]]r Jim Lockhart, created by [[Henry C. Kiefer]], first appeared in ''Crack Comics'' #1 and was a regular feature until issue #20 (Jan. 1942), when he was replaced by '''[[Hack O'Hara]]'''. O'Hara was a tough New York taxi driver who used his muscles to take down criminals. Hack's stories, illustrated by [[Witmer Williams]], were featured from #21 (Feb. 1942) through issue #62.
* '''[[Space Legion (comics)|Space Legion]]''': [[Vernon Henkel]]'s science fiction adventures starring Rock Braddon and Commander Crosby were a regular feature from issues #1–18 (Nov. 1941), replaced by Henkel's own '''[[Don Q (comics)|Don Q]]''': Don was a crime-fighter whose secret identity was a [[diplomatic courier]] for the American government. His adventures appeared in issues #19 (Dec. 1941)–26 (Nov. 1942).
* '''[[Wizard Wells]]''': [[Harry Campbell (artist)|Harry Campbell]]'s Wells was a former [[All-American]] athlete and a talented inventor who used science to outwit crooks. Wells' sidekicks included Tug, a punch-drunk jack-of-all-trades and Wells' would-be girlfriend Mary Perry. Wells was featured in issues #1–14 (July 1941), when he was replaced by [[Al McWilliams]]' '''[[Spitfire (Quality Comics)|Spitfire]]'''. The adventures of heroic fighter pilot Tex Adams lasted from issue #15 (Aug. 1941) until issue #27 (Jan. 1943). Spitfire was in turn replaced by [[Al Stahl]]'s '''[[Inkie (comics)|Inkie]]''', who lasted as a feature from #28 (Mar. 1943) until issue #60 (May 1949).
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