Quality Comics went out of business in 1957 after having sold the rights to most of their characters to DC Comics, including Blackhawk, Doll Man, Uncle Sam, the Human Bomb, the Black Condor, Phantom Lady, the Ray, Miss America, the Manhunter, the Red Bee, Firebrand, Max Mercury (the Golden Age Quicksilver), Plastic Man and the Spirit. These characters continued to be published and updated by DC Comics.
Other characters from Quality Comics such as Midnight, 711, Neon the Unknown, the Red Torpedo and the Invisible Hood were also acquired by DC Comics. After a period of only a few appearances, these characters lapsed into limbo or into the public domain.
Some of the original characters published by Quality Comics are:
711 (DC unpublished)
Ace of Space
Alias the Spider (DC)
Black Condor (DC)
Blackhawks (DC)
Blue Tracer (DC unpublished)
Bozo the Iron Man (The Robot)
Captain Triumph (DC)
The Clock (Centaur, DC, Dynamite)
Cyclone Space Pioneer
Destiny (DC)
Destroying Demon
Doll Man (DC)
Doll Girl (DC)
The Dragon
Espionage ( Black X) (DC unpublished)
Firebrand (DC)
G-2
Ghost of Flanders
Her Highness
Just 'N Right
Human Bomb (DC)
Invisible Hood (DC)
Jester (DC)
Joe Hercules
Kid Eternity (DC)
Kid Patrol
Lady Luck (IDW, DC)
Madame Fatal (DC)
Magno (DC)
Manhunter (DC)
Margo the Magician
Marmaduke the Mouse
Marksman (DC)
Merlin the Magician (DC unpublished)
Midnight (DC)
Miss America (DC)
Mr. Keeper (DC)
Monsieur X
Molly the Model
Mouthpiece (DC unpublished)
Neon the Unknown (DC)
Peg Leg Friel (DC unpublished)
Phantom Lady (DC)
Plastic Man (DC)
Quicksilver (DC)
Raven (DC unpublished)
The Ray (DC)
Red Bee ( DC)
Red, White, Blue
Red Torpedo (DC)
Rusty Ryan (DC)
Scarlet Seal
Silk (DC)
The Sniper
Spider Widow (DC)
Stormy Foster
Torchy (creator owned)
The Unknown (DC)
Uncle Sam (DC)
USA
The Voice
The Whistler
Wildfire (DC)
Wonder Boy (DC unpublished)
Yankee Eagle
The Spirit (DC)
Commissioner Dolan (DC)
Dr, Cobra (DC)
The Octopus (DC)
Hazel P. Macbeth (DC)
Mister Carrion (DC)
P'Gell (DC)
Sand Saref (DC)
Silken Floss (DC)
Darling O' Shea (DC)
Lorelie Rox (DC)
Silk Satin (DC)
DC published an Elseworlds title called JLA Destiny where many of the Quality heroes founded the JLA and were funded by Thomas Wayne. The original members were The Clock, Manhunter, Midnight, and Destiny. The Unknown, Spider Widow, Wildfire, and Destiny were characters that were based on their 1940's counter-parts. The Spirit was originally in newspapers that would later appear in Police Comics. 711, Blue Tracer, Black X, Merlin the Magician, and Raven have not made any appearances in DC canon. Bozo the Robot, Madame Fatal, Mouthpiece, and Wonder Boy have only been refered to and Lady Luck is published by IDW publishing.Lady Luck will make her DC appearance in Phantom Stranger 6. Stormy Foster and Torchy were the only characters that remained creator owned.
Some of these characters have separate pages while others do not. There was a character named Mouthpiece in the 1999 Doctor Midnight mini series; it is unknown if he is related to the Quality character of the same name. Image Comics reimagned the Golden Age characters and published Crack Comics #63 as an anthology one shot around 2008. Most of the characters are owned by DC may have lapsed into the Public Domain. The characters story arcs that continued were The Mouthpiece, Molly the Model, Alias the Spider, Wildfire, and Captain Triumph.
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