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711 (DC unpublished)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 (Quality, DC)
Amorpho
Archer
Atmos Fear
Beauty
Bela Jet
Big Shot (Quality version)
Black Bat (Quality version)
Black Condor (Quality, DC)
Black Death
Blackhawks (Quality, DC)
Blackout (Quality version) (Villain)
Black Shark
Blaze Barton
Blue Tracer (DC unpublished)
Bozo the Iron Man (The Robot)
Brain Master
Brick Bat
Burp the Twerp
Cadava
Captain Triumph (Quality, DC)
Cobra (Quality version)
Cobra Woman
Commissioner Dolan (Quality, DC, Dynamite)
Corpse
Corsair Queen
Crimesmith (Quality version)
Crossbow (Quality version)
Crystal Queen
Cyanide Cindy
Cyclone Space Pioneer
Darling O' Shea (Quality, DC, Dynamite)
Death Patrol
Destiny (Quality, DC) (Quality version)
Destroying Demon
Doctor Claw
Doctor Cobra (Quality, DC, Dynamite)
Doll Man (Quality, DC)
Doll Girl (Quality, DC)
Dr. Thirteen (Quality version)
Dragon
Espionage (Black X) (DC unpublished) (created by Will Eisner)
Figure
Firebrand (Quality, DC)
G-2
General Tala (Quality, Dell, Gold Key, Dynamite)
Ghost of Flanders
Granite Lady
Grasshopper
Great Defender
Green Lizard
Hand of Horror
Hazel P. Macbeth (Quality, DC. Dynamite)
Her Highness (Quality, DC)
Human Bomb (Quality, DC)
Huntress (Quality version)
Invisible Hood (Quality, DC)
Iron Emperor (Quality version)
Jane Arden (precursor to Lois Lane)
Jester (Quality, DC) (Hero)
Jester (Villain)
Jets
Joe Hercules (Quality, DC)
Just'n'Right
Kid Eternity (Quality, DC)
Kid Patrol
King Killer
Lady Luck (Quality, IDW, DC)
Laughing Puppeteer
Leopard Man (Quality version)
Lightning Man
Lorelie Rox (Quality, DC, Dynamite)
Madame Doom
Madame Fatal (Quality, DC)
Madame Serpina
Magno (Quality, DC)
Manhunter (Quality, DC)
Margo the Magician
Marmaduke the Mouse
Marksman (Quality, DC)
Master Man (Quality version)
Merlin the Magician (Quality, DC)
Midnight (Quality, DC)
Miss America (Quality, DC)
Miss Fear
Mister Carrion (Quality, DC, Dynamite)
Molly the Model
Monsieur X
Mouthpiece (DC unpublished)
Mr. Aqua
Mr. Green
Mr. Keeper (Quality, DC)
Mr. Pointer
Neon the Unknown (Quality, DC)
Peg Leg Friel (DC unpublished)
P'Gell (Quality, DC, Dynamite)
Phantom Lady (Fox, Quality, DC)
Plastic Man (Quality, DC)
Porcupine (Quality version)
Purple Shirts
Quicksilver (Quality, DC) (Quality version)
Raven (DC unpublished) (Quality version)
The Ray (Quality, DC)
Red Bee (Quality, DC)
Red, White, and Blue
Red Torpedo (Quality, DC)
Riverman
Rusty Ryan (Quality, DC)
Sadly-Sadly
Samar
Sand Saref (Quality, DC, Dynamite)
Scarlet Seal (Quality, DC)
Silk (Quality, DC)
Silk Satin (Quality, DC, Dynamite)
Silken Floss (Quality, DC, Dynamite)
Spider Widow (Quality, DC)
Steel Hand (Quality version)
Steele Karrigan
Strange Turns
Stretcho (Quality version)
Stormy Foster (Quality, DC)
Supermo
Suratai
Sword (Quality version)
The Barker (Quality, DC)
The Clock (Centaur, Quality, DC, Dynamite)
The Octopus (Quality, DC, Dynamite)
The Sniper
The Spider (Quality version)
The Spirit (Quality, Fiction House, Harvey, Dark Horse, DC, Dynamite)
The Unknown (Quality, DC) (Quality version)
The Voice, Invisible Detective (Quality, Dell)
The War Wheel (Quality, DC) (Quality version)
The Whistler
The Whip (Quality version)
Thrilla
Tiger Woman
Tom Thumb (Quality version)
Tor (Quality version)
Torchy (creator owned)
Uncle Sam (Quality, DC)
USA, the Spirit of Old Glory
Velvet
Wasp (Quality version)
Wildfire (Quality, DC) (Quality version)
Wings Wendall
Witch Quenn
Wonder Boy (DC unpublished) (Quality version)
Xaxol
X of the Underground
X-5 Secret Agent (changed to G-5 by DC)
Yankee Eagle
Zero: Ghost Detective (Quality, Moonstone)
Zorro (Quality, Dell, Gold Key, Dynamite)
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. Joe Hercules and Stormy Foster appeared in Golden Age a DC Elseworlds title. Stormy would later make his New 52 debut in Earth 2. 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 referred 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. Madame Fatale appeared in The Shade Mini series which was one of the few mini series published after The New 52.
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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