Crack Comics #16

(September 1941)

[The Ghost-Gun Killer] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lou Fine [as Louis K. Fine] (signed)

Inks:

Lou Fine [as Louis K. Fine] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr. as Senator Thomas Wright]; Jasper Crow (villain); the Ghost-Gun Killer (villain, introduction)

"Aw Nifty-I'm tired" (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

John Devlin

Pencils:

John Devlin

Inks:

John Devlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Molly the Model

The Black Shark (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Henry Kiefer ? [as Drew Allen]

Pencils:

Henry Kiefer

Inks:

Henry Kiefer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Red Torpedo [Jim Lockhart]; Black Shark (villain)

[The Sabotaged Submarine] (Table of Contents)

Tor / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Pencils:

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Inks:

Fred Guardineer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Tor [Jim Slade]

[The Tobacco Juice Spitter] (Table of Contents)

Slap Happy Pappy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Cole

Pencils:

Jack Cole

Inks:

Jack Cole

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

The Outlaws of Jupiter (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Vernon Henkel

Pencils:

Vernon Henkel [as Vern]

Inks:

Vernon Henkel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Space Legion; Rock Braddon; Blackbeard (first appearance; villain); One-Arm Ganz (first appearance; villain); Patch-Eye Tork (first appearance; villain); Half-Face McGurk (first appearance; villain); a girl (first appearance; villain)

["To signal a passing Coast Guard cutter, Jane and Jim Porter set fire to a mattress"] (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:

drama

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[Death At Rustling Willow] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inks:

Paul Gustavson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Jean Horton (first appearance); Sutton (first appearance; villain); Pierre (first appearance; villain; death)

["We really should be practicing thoses new song hits, Bud"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bob Zuppke

Pencils:

B. W. DePew

Inks:

B. W. DePew

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sports

[The Phony Radio Beam] (Table of Contents)

Spitfire / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Al McWilliams

Pencils:

Al McWilliams

Inks:

Al McWilliams

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

Characters:

Chuck Bolton (first appearance); Captain Schloss (first appearance; villain; death)

Lake of Missing Men (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Larry Spain

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Eric Vale

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Off the Record / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Reed

Pencils:

Ed Reed

Inks:

Ed Reed

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

[The Five Bloodstones of Mu] (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 [Richard Stanton]; Basil (first appearance; villain; death)

["Hey Freddie wait a minute!"] (Table of Contents)

Snappy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arthur Beeman (signed)

Pencils:

Arthur Beeman (signed)

Inks:

Arthur Beeman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

"A popular debbie named Sarah Van Beezon was engaged to Jay Thorndyke, the catch of the season" (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:

humor

Indexer Notes

strip reprint

[The Revenge of Bat Nillon] (Table of Contents)

Clock / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George E. Brenner (signed)

Pencils:

George E. Brenner (signed)

Inks:

George E. Brenner (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Bat Nillon (first appearance; villain)