Crack Comics #5

(September 1940)

[The Eagle Battalion] (Table of Contents)

The Black Condor / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lou Fine [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed)

Inks:

Lou Fine [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; The Sapphire King (villain, introduction)

none (Table of Contents)

Molly the Model / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Devlin

Pencils:

Joe Devlin

Inks:

Joe Devlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Molly

none (Table of Contents)

Rube Goldberg's Side Show / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Rube Goldberg

Pencils:

Rube Goldberg

Inks:

Rube Goldberg

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Indexer Notes

Strip reprint.

[The Lone Shark] (Table of Contents)

The Red Torpedo / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Henry C. Kiefer (signed as H. C. Kiefer)

Inks:

Henry C. Kiefer (signed as H. C. Kiefer)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Red Torpedo [Roy Larkin]; The Lone Shark (first appearance; villain).

Synopsis:

The Torpedo must battle a crafty sea marauder that uses a powerful vacuum cup device to attach his craft to another, then board and rob of valuables aboard.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #78 ([March] 2009)

Indexer Notes

Writer revision from Henry Kiefer? to ?, as The Who's Who only lists Kiefer as an artist. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-17-09.

[Madam Fatal Goes To the Circus] (Table of Contents)

Madam Fatal / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Art Pinajian

Pencils:

Art Pinajian

Inks:

Art Pinajian

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Madam Fatal; I: Cyclops, the General, Patsy, Miss Roberts, Surat; V: Mr. Black, Slug (I for both).

Revolt! (Table of Contents)

Space Legion / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Vernon Henkel

Pencils:

Vernon Henkel

Inks:

Vernon Henkel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Space Legion; V: Gulla (I, D); I: Gulla's niece.

none (Table of Contents)

Ned Brant / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Zuppke

Pencils:

E. W. DePew

Inks:

E. W. DePew

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sports

Characters:

Ned Brant

Indexer Notes

Strip reprints.

[The Experiment of Dr. Corsica] (Table of Contents)

Alias the Spider / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Gustavson

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson

Inks:

Paul Gustavson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Alias The Spider; V: Dr. Corsica, Grego (I for both).

none (Table of Contents)

Jane Arden / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Monte Barrett

Pencils:

Russell E. Ross

Inks:

Russell E. Ross

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

soap opera

Characters:

Jane Arden

Indexer Notes

Strip reprints.

[The Ogre] (Table of Contents)

Slap Happy Pappy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gill Fox

Pencils:

Gill Fox

Inks:

Gill Fox

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gill Fox?

Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Characters:

Slap Happy Pappy; V: An ogre (I, D; more like a vampire, actually).

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 4-17-09.

[Saving the General] (Table of Contents)

Lee Preston of the Red Cross / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Powell?

Pencils:

Bob Powell?

Inks:

Bob Powell?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Lee Preston; General Miller (first appearance).

The Door of Death (Table of Contents)

Eric Vale / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Larry Spain (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

mystery

Characters:

Eric Vale

The Talking Light (Table of Contents)

Wizard Wells / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Campbell

Pencils:

Harry Campbell

Inks:

Harry Campbell

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Wizard Wells; V: Rags Rollin (I), Cal Kearney (I, D).

none (Table of Contents)

Snappy / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arthur Beeman

Pencils:

Arthur Beeman

Inks:

Arthur Beeman

Colors:

?

Letters:

Arthur Beeman?

Content Information

Genre:

gags

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 4-17-09.

[The Jay Bird] (Table of Contents)

The Clock / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Brenner

Pencils:

George Brenner

Inks:

George Brenner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Pug; The Jay Bird (first appearance; villain).

Synopsis:

Jay Bird appears to be able to fly, but the Clock solves how he does it and resolves the case in an aerial dogfight plane-to-plane.