Crack Comics #9

(January 1941)

[Monks Gallagher] (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.]; Dr. Patche (introduction); Jackie (introduction, crime victim); Jackie's wife (introduction); Jackie's son (introduction); Monks Gallagher (villain, introduction); Slugs (villain)

Synopsis:

The Condor comes upon a man named Jackie who has been stabbed in the chest and attempts to get medical help for him, and he then notifies the man's wife and lame child of what has happened and that he'll be all right. But the Condor wants to track down the attempted murderer, a man named Gallagher, who has stolen this victim's rights to citizenship and who has threatened to expose him.

Reprints:

• in The Quality Companion (TwoMorrows, 2011 series) (November, 2011)

Indexer Notes

The reprint titles this story "Jackie Boy". Art credits revised from Charles Sultan art to Lou Fine pencils, inks ? by Craig Delich 2012-1-5, revised again by Craig Delich to Lou Fine inks, verified by Jim Amash in The Quality Companion (TwoMorrows, 2011 series) #1 (November, 2011), page 93.

[no title indexed] (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 the Model

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Rube Goldberg

Pencils:

Rube Goldberg

Inks:

Rube Goldberg

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Indexer Notes

strip reprint

[Blaster Meers and the Pirates of Ceres] (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; Blaster Meers (first appearance; villain; death)

[The Tiger Woman] (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; Tiger Woman (first appearance; villain; death)

[Smashing the Schrecklichkeit] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Henry Kiefer?

Pencils:

Henry Kiefer

Inks:

Henry Kiefer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Red Torpedo [Jim Lockhart]; Dr. Freiheit (first appearance); Adolf Hitler (villain); Nazis (villains)

[no title indexed] (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

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[The Spider: Framed] (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:

The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Bill French (first appearance; villain); Baldy Riker (first appearance; villain); Nick (first appearance; villain); Trigger (first appearance; villain)

War Declared (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jack Cole

Pencils:

Jack Cole (Ralph Johns)

Inks:

Jack Cole

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Gags

[no title indexed] (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

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[The Hijacked Plane Peril] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Nick Cardy

Inks:

Nick Cardy

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Lee Preston

Indexer Notes

V: Nazi spies (I, D); last appearance

Quoth the Raven (Table of Contents)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Larry Spain

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc. (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Everett M. Arnold

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

[Cover story notes are the same as the issue notes (see Issue Notes above). This may mean that one or both set of notes need editing as a result of our recent migration to having separate issue and cover notes.]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Snappy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arthur Beeman

Pencils:

Arthur Beeman

Inks:

Arthur Beeman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Gags

T.N.T. Trousers Trap (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; Natas (first appearance; villain)

[The Screw Gang] (Table of Contents)

Clock / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Brenner

Pencils:

George Brenner

Inks:

George Brenner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Clock [Brian O'Brien]; The Screw ([David Gratten] (first appearance; villain); the Screw Gang (first appearance; villains)