Smash Comics #21

(April 1941)

[The Empire of Captain Blue] (Table of Contents)

The Ray / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lou Fine [as E. Lectron]

Inks:

Lou Fine [as E. Lectron]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Captain Blue (intro, villain); Ray; Jackie (intro, later known as Bud); Keefer; Rogers

Synopsis:

Ray and a boy and two men are stranded on a Pacific Island after their plane is shot down by "asiatics". There he meets Captain Blue, a pirate who intends to take over the world after the Americans and the "mongols" destroy each other. The young boy, Jackie, discovers the Ray's secret identity.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie O'Toole / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

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Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor; children

[Gabby, the Talking Monkey] (Table of Contents)

Midnight / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Cole

Pencils:

Jack Cole (signed)

Inks:

Jack Cole (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; superhero

Characters:

Midnight; Gabby the talking monkey (intro); Slug McGurk; Julie the Jerk; Alice O'Day (dies)

Synopsis:

Midnight comes to the rescue of a purse snatching victim and discovers she's a scientist who can make animals talk. She dies leaving only Gabby as proof that her theories worked.

[Trouble on Sao Paulo Island] (Table of Contents)

Wings Wendall / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Vernon Henkel (signed)

Inks:

Vernon Henkel (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

Characters:

Wings Wendall; Spinner Benson; Derek; Baron; Col Harrison

Synopsis:

Wings and Spinner discover an unknown base on an American island.

[The Kidnap Ring] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

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

Pencils:

Alex Blum

Inks:

Alex Blum

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Tiny; Warren; Rocky; J. G. Throcton

Indexer Notes

Alex Blum is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and his gloomy faces are not to be mistaken. Compare sample in Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Jerry Iger is credited as writer for Quality, and his pen name was S.M. Regi (Iger backwards).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Wun Cloo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]

Pencils:

Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]

Inks:

Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; detective-mystery

[One Way Inn] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed)

Pencils:

Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed)

Inks:

Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston]; Mr. Mite (villain, introduction, spy); Black John (villain)

Indexer Notes

Art Gordon is a pen name for Pinajian, from Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the style of his signature is identical to his "Art Pinajian" signed story in Crack Comics #3. The artwork too, like the bulging noses of some villains. The villain, Mr. Mite, bears an uncanny resemblance to Captain Marvel's foe, Sivana.

[Indian Adventure] (Table of Contents)

Espionage Starring Black X / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner (as Will Erwin) (signed)

Pencils:

Witmer Williams

Inks:

Witmer Williams

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

Black X; Batu; Madame Doom; Ahkir Jubnijhak

Synopsis:

Black X goes to India to help Batu track down infiltration of the British Raj by terrorists. Madame Doom follows for her own reasons.

Indexer Notes

Williams is credited on drawing this feature. Will Eisner is credited as writer, and Will Erwin is one of his pen names. It appears as byline in many features in Smash Comics with art done by others.

[The Kidnapping of Mr. Young] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts]

Inks:

Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Abdul; Hassan; Afta Ikur; Cy Young

Indexer Notes

Originally credited to John Celardo as Powell Roberts, but this is a pen name for Bob, by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

[Seymour Blots] (Table of Contents)

Scarlet Seal / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Harry Campbell (as Duane Byrd Monroe)

Inks:

Harry Campbell (as Duane Byrd Monroe)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Scarlet Seal (Barry Moore); Seymour Blots; Captain Moore

[Murder on Park Avenue] (Table of Contents)

Magno / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inks:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Magno; Dr. Harry Wood; Van Nest

Synopsis:

Five archeologists tattoo a map to ancient mystical treasure on the backs of their hands. Now someone is murdering them and stealing those hands.

Ghost Stampede (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

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Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

[Lost in the Wilds of Tibet] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Vernon Henkel

Inks:

Vernon Henkel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Chic Carter; Gordon Bruce; Chung Musta; Hilme; the Prince of Kabat

[The Acme Insurance Racket] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed)

Inks:

George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Tom Holms; Mr.Goyle; Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Chico

Indexer Notes

Reid is a pen name for Brenner, by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.