Smash Comics #25

(August 1941)

[Mitch Mouldin] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Reed Crandall [as Electron] (signed)

Inks:

Reed Crandall [as Electron] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Bud; Mitch Mouldin

Indexer Notes

Art credits revised from Lou Fine to Reed Crandall by Craig Delich 2011-27-11 per article/interview with Gill Fox in Alter-Ego #12 (January, 2002). The splash page for this story was reprinted in B/W.

[The Budget is Balanced] (Table of Contents)

Archie O'Toole / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Devlin

Pencils:

John Devlin

Inks:

John Devlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; kid

Characters:

Archie O'Toole

Liver-Lip McGaw (Table of Contents)

Midnight / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Cole (signed)

Pencils:

Jack Cole (signed)

Inks:

Jack Cole (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Cole

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; adventure

Characters:

Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Wackey; Gabby

[Captain Krawl] (Table of Contents)

Wings Wendall / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Vernon Henkel (signed)

Pencils:

Vernon Henkel (signed)

Inks:

Vernon Henkel (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

Characters:

Wings Wendall; Spinner Benson; Captain Krawl

Indexer Notes

Wears costume in this story

["A Hazy Terror of the Glens"] (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:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Kent Thurston; Phineas Barr; John Thorp; Joan Thorp; Tom Slade

[Sabotage at the Navy Yard] (Table of Contents)

The Jester / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Gustavson ?

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inks:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Jester [Charles Lane]; Mulligan

Indexer Notes

People often assume Gustavson wrote all of his material, and this is not so according to Jerry Bails and the Who's Who. Paul often wrote his filler strips, rarely, if ever, anything else, thus I have added a ? behind his writer credit (added by Craig Delich 2010-9-11).

[Basil's Gang] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Witmer Williams [as Will Erwin] (signed)

Inks:

Witmer Williams [as Will Erwin] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

Black X; Batu; Colonel Atwater

[First Night] (Table of Contents)

Rookie Rankin / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Arthur F. Peddy [as Kenneth Julian] (signed)

Inks:

Arthur F. Peddy [as Kenneth Julian] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Rookie Rankin (introduction); Ma Rankin; Sgt. Burns; Nightstick Kane; Jimmy

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Wun Cloo / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Cole

Pencils:

Jack Cole

Inks:

Jack Cole

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Cole

Content Information

Genre:

humor; detective

Characters:

Wun Choo

Introducing Wildfire (Table of Contents)

Wildfire / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Turner (signed)

Pencils:

Jim Mooney (signed)

Inks:

Jim Mooney (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Wildfire (Carol Vance Martin); Frank Vance (Carol's father, death); Marie (Carol's maid); Lord of Fire; Mr. John Martin; Mrs. Martin; Senator Raymond; Heinrich (villain); Dolph (villain); Green Masked Bund (villains)

Synopsis:

Young Carol Martin is given wondrous powers by the Lord of Fire, which she uses to combat the un-American activities of a group which has kidnapped a famed U.S. Senator, trying to get him to admit to the newspapers that America will not come to the aid of other democracies.

Reprinted:

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #82 (2010) [reprinted in B/W in this format]

The Pall of Terror (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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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:

Purple Trio [Warren; Rocky; Tiny]

[The Clown] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed)

Pencils:

George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed)

Inks:

George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Bozo the Robot [Hugh Hazzard]; Clive Dow; The Clown (villain)