Smash Comics #14

(September 1940)

The Legion of Living Bombs (Table of Contents)

Espionage Starring Black X / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner [as Erwin]

Pencils:

Dan Zolnerowich [as Erwin]

Inks:

Dan Zolnerowich [as Erwin]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

Black X; Batu; Madame Doom; Mirov

Synopsis:

Black X resigns his commision due to his love for Madame Doom, but her plan to use her men as human explosives so revolts him, he changes his mind.

Reprinted:

• in The Art of Will Eisner (Kitchen Sink Press, 1982 series) #1 [1 page only]
• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #22

[The Electric Paralyzer Ray] (Table of Contents)

Magno / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inks:

Paul Gustavson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Magno; Professor Abbot

[Nurse and Spy] (Table of Contents)

Abdul the Arab / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts]

Pencils:

Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts]

Inks:

Bob Powell

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Abdul; Colonel Gerard; Hassan; Nurse Renaud; Achmed the Beduin; Lt. Picon

[Fatima the Queen] (Table of Contents)

Archie O'Toole / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Tuska [as Bud Thomas]

Pencils:

George Tuska [as Bud Thomas]

Inks:

George Tuska [as Bud Thomas]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; children

Characters:

Archie O'Toole; Fatima; Ida Clare

[The Auto Race] (Table of Contents)

Clip Chance at Cliffside / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Brenner

Pencils:

George Brenner

Inks:

George Brenner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sports; adventure

Characters:

Cliff; Spud; Red; Dutch; Monk

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Kidding the Kids / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arthur Beeman (signed)

Pencils:

Arthur Beeman (signed)

Inks:

Arthur Beeman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

gags

[The Invasion of Tronvik] (Table of Contents)

Wings Wendall / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Vernon Henkel

Pencils:

Vernon Henkel (signed)

Inks:

Vernon Henkel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

Characters:

Wings Wendall; Captain Ludz (Intro); Nazis; Lucky (a girl); Ambassador Stanton

[Origin of the Ray] (Table of Contents)

Ray / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner ?

Pencils:

Lou Fine [as E. Lectron]

Inks:

Lou Fine

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Ray (Happy Terrill)(origin); Prof. Styne; Anton Rox (villain)

Synopsis:

Happy Terrill gains incredible powers when he rides a balloon through a cosmic storm in the high stratosphere.

Rowdy Dick Bartell (Table of Contents)

Sportraits / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gill Fox

Pencils:

Gill Fox (signed)

Inks:

Gill Fox

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sports; fact

Characters:

Dick Bartell

[The Invisible Death] (Table of Contents)

Invisible Justice / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Art Pinajian

Pencils:

Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon]

Inks:

Art Pinajian

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Kent Thurston; John Wallace; Renly; Darke; Matt; Spike

[Mountain of Madness] (Table of Contents)

Chic Carter / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Vernon Henkel

Pencils:

Vernon Henkel

Inks:

Vernon Henkel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Chic Carter; Grayson (Intro, Dies)

Mystery of the Mine (Table of Contents)

Jimmy Christian / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert M. Hyatt ?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Jimmy Christian

[The Message In the Rug] (Table of Contents)

The Purple Trio / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

S. M. Iger [as S. M. Regi] (signed)

Pencils:

Alex Blum

Inks:

Alex Blum

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

The Purple Trio [Tiny Todd; Rocky Hill; Warren]

Synopsis:

One of the trio's uncles is President of a steamship company and he tells the boys that he suspects a certain criminal of being in league with spies who are trying to ruin his firm's shipping in the Dardanelles. The Trio immediately volunteers to round up the felon and turn him over to the Turkish Police.

[Knocky Knish] (Table of Contents)

Wun Cloo / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gill Fox

Pencils:

Gill Fox (signed)

Inks:

Gill Fox

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; detective

Characters:

Wun Cloo; Knocky Knish

[The Monster From the Graveyards] (Table of Contents)

Bozo the Robot / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Brenner

Pencils:

George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]

Inks:

George Brenner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Hugh Hazzard; Bozo; Brutus (a monster; Intro, Dies)

Indexer Notes

swiped from FRANKENSTEIN