Smash Comics #30

(January 1942)

[The Von Ribboncounter Affair] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lou Fine (signed as E. Lectron)

Inks:

Lou Fine (signed as E. Lectron)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Ray; Bud; Von Ribboncounter [villain]; Adolf (not Hitler)[villain].

Synopsis:

Von Ribboncounter tries to sabotage the Army's test of a new dive bomber.

["One of the city's finest, Rookie Rankin's special claim to fame is..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Arthur F. Peddy (signed)

Inks:

Arthur F. Peddy (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Rookie Rankin; Sgt. Burns; Liguori Gang [villains]; Strega Liguori.

Synopsis:

Rookie runs into the Liguori mob while trying to sell tickets to a benefit Police/Firefighters ballgame.

[The Yes Woman] (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

Characters:

Archie O'Toole

[Speed Malone's Daughter] (Table of Contents)

The Jester / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inks:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Jester [Chuck Lane]; McGinty; Miss Malone; Tony; Laporta; Lefty [villain].

Synopsis:

Gangster Speed Malone left an old house to his daughter, but his lawyer won't tell her where it is.

Indexer Notes

Writer revision from Paul Gustavson to ?, as the Who's Who lists Paul as writing only the humor fillers he did.

[Big Tom's Oil Saboteurs] (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]; Big Tom [villain]; Old Ben [D].

Synopsis:

Wildfire, while visiting oil fields in the southwest, stumbles upon a murder, but the man behind the killing, Big Tom, thinks his liquid air gun will stop Wildfire.

Reprinted:

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #78 (2009)

Indexer Notes

Modified synopsis and some info added by Craig Delich 4-13-09.

[The Invisible Raiders] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Art Pinajian (signed as Art Gordon)

Pencils:

Art Pinajian (signed as Art Gordon)

Inks:

Art Pinajian (signed as Art Gordon)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Kent Thurston; The White Wizard [villain].

Synopsis:

Kent Thurston discovers his invisible hood has been stolen by the White Wizard, a scientist who cracks its secret and makes enough for a whole gang of criminals.

The Case of the Yehudi Murder (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:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; adventure

Characters:

Midnight; Doc Wackey; Gabby; Mr. Hobbs; Sherrif Stanbaugh; Mayor Smith; Professor Craft [villain]; Police Chief O'Connor; District Attorney Kane.

Synopsis:

Professor Craft uses plastic surgery to create doubles of public officials and then kills the real ones.

The Legions of the Red Menace (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; Red Menace [villain].

["Lock your windows, close your doors..."] (Table of Contents)

Wun Cloo / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Cole?

Pencils:

Jack Cole?

Inks:

Jack Cole?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; detective

Characters:

Wun Cloo

["A bus tears down a palm-fringed Florida highway..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

S. M. Iger [signed as S. M. Regi]

Pencils:

Alex Blum

Inks:

Alex Blum

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

The Purple Trio: Rocky; Tiny; Warren.

Synopsis:

The boys take jobs in a Florida hotel and expose a counterfeit racket.

King of the Zombies (Table of Contents)

Jimmy Christian / text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert M. Hyatt (signed)

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Jimmy Christian

none (Table of Contents)

Statement of Ownership / text article / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Everett M. Arnold

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Indexer Notes

Edward Cronin, editor
Publisher Everett M. Arnold (no corporation)
322 Main St., Stamford, CT.

["The fearless secret agent, Black X, with his trusty Hindu servant..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Witmer Williams [signed as Erwin]

Inks:

Witmer Williams [signed as Erwin]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

Black X; Batu; Col. Atwater; Mito; Pepe.

Synopsis:

Black X battles U-boats off the coast of California.

[The Defense Plant Hold-Up] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

George Brenner (signed as Wayne Reid)

Pencils:

George Brenner (signed as Wayne Reid)

Inks:

George Brenner (signed as Wayne Reid)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot.

Synopsis:

Hugh tries to stop a defense plant hold-up but ends up buried alive in a cave.