Smash Comics #28

(November 1941)

[Zimmerman's Spy Ring] (Table of Contents)

Ray / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Reed Crandall [as E. Lectron]

Inks:

Reed Crandall

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Ray; Bud; Zimmerman and his spy ring; Chita

Synopsis:

The Ray and Bud break up a Mexican spy ring.

[The Liquifying Ray] (Table of Contents)

Midnight / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Cole (signed)

Pencils:

Jack Cole (signed)

Inks:

Jack Cole (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Cole

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; superhero

Characters:

Midnight [Dave Clark]; Gabby

Synopsis:

Midnight and Gabby face a gang of crooks with an amazing ray weapon that can melt anything in Big City.

[The Stenographer's Job] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

John Devlin

Pencils:

John Devlin

Inks:

John Devlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; children

[Tiny Gano's Insurance Racket] (Table of Contents)

Jester / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inks:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Jester [Chuck Lane]; Tiny Gano (Intro)

Indexer Notes

Gustavson is only credited on drawing this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

[The Invisible Raider] (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; Nazis; Roy Mason

Synopsis:

An invisible airplane based in a dirigible is used to kidnap the new Defense Chief, Roy Mason.

Indexer Notes

Art Gordon is a pen name for Pinajian, from Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

[The Diamonds In the Dummy] (Table of Contents)

Purple Trio / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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

Pencils:

Alex Blum

Inks:

Alex Blum

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Warren; Tiny; Rocky; Madame Zagonga

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).

[The Rescue of Madame Doom] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner [as Erwin] (signed)

Pencils:

Witmer Williams

Inks:

Witmer Williams

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

Black X; Batu; Col. Atwater; Madame Doom; Capt. Vidman (Intro)

Synopsis:

Black X tracks down stolen navy charts as two gangs of spies vie for their possession.

Indexer Notes

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

[Wun Cloo's Day Off] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns] (signed)

Inks:

Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Cole

Content Information

Genre:

humor; detective-mystery

Characters:

Wun Cloo (detective)

Indexer Notes

Cole is credited on drawing this feature, and Ralph Johns is his pen name, from Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

[The Modern Train Robbers] (Table of Contents)

Wildfire / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Turner (signed)

Pencils:

Jim Mooney (signed)

Inks:

Jim Mooney

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Wildfire; Mutt Morgan and his gang; Mr and Mrs Martin

Synopsis:

Wildire takes on a gang of train robbers, after a gold shipment that's riding on the same train as she and her parents.

[John Smith, Assassin] (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; Kurt (Intro, Dies); Nita; Dr. Goth; Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Synopsis:

A parachutist tries to assasinate the President.

Indexer Notes

Henkel is credited on drawing and writing this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

The City of Death (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

[The Squid Strikes] (Table of Contents)

Rookie Rankin / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Arthur Peddy (signed)

Inks:

Arthur Peddy (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Rookie Rankin; Ma Rankin; Sgt. Burns; The Squid (Intro; not the Spirit villain)

[Trap For a Robot] (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:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Slip Talone (Intro)

Indexer Notes

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