Smash Comics #31

(February 1942)

Who Is Monsieur Le Rat? (Table of Contents)

Ray / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lou Fine

Inks:

Lou Fine

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Monsieur Le Rat; Ray; Bud; Sue Saunders

Synopsis:

Searching for spies in Syria, while competing with Sue Saunders of the New York Star.

Indexer Notes

Bud now knows the Ray's secret identity.

[Burly Monahan] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Arthur Peddy (signed)

Inks:

Arthur Peddy

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Rookie Rankin; Ma Rankin; Burly Monahan; Sgt. Burns; Riley

Synopsis:

Burly Monahan is out on parole and gunning for Rookie.

[no title indexed] (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

[Caraso's Gambling Joint] (Table of Contents)

Jester / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Gustavson

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inks:

Paul Gustavson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Jester; Caraso; McGinty

Synopsis:

The Jester shuts down an illegal gambling joint masquerading as a charity.

[Snow Valley] (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; Mickey Keene

Synopsis:

Criminals try to kidnap young movie star Micky Keene in Snow Valley.

Reprinted:

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #29
• in Golden Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #2

[Professor Watson's Secret] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Art Pinajian

Pencils:

Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon]

Inks:

Art Pinajian

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Kent Thurston; Rogar; Jane Watson; Yar

Synopsis:

Rogar wants to know where Prof Watson's lab is so he kidnaps Jane in order to blackmail the Prof.

[The Transmutation Machine] (Table of Contents)

Midnight / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Cole

Pencils:

Jack Cole (signed)

Inks:

Jack Cole

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; adventure

Characters:

Midnight; Doc Wackey; Gabby; Spade; Weasel

Synopsis:

Doc's latest invention can transmute matter from one element to another. Just the thing Spade and Weasel are looking for.

[The Mysterious Radio Station] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Witmer Williams [as Will Erwin]

Inks:

Witmer Williams [as Will Erwin]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

Black X; Col. Atwater; Batu; Madame Doom; Herr Klotz

Synopsis:

Klotz and his spies occupy a secret floor in the Cronin building.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Wun Cloo / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Cole

Pencils:

Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]

Inks:

Jack Cole

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; detective

[Bull Karten] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

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

Pencils:

Alex Blum

Inks:

Alex Blum

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Rocky; Warren; Tiny; Bull Karten

The Monster (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

[The Deadly Atomic Bomb] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Vernon Henkel

Pencils:

Vernon Henkel (signed)

Inks:

Vernon Henkel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

Characters:

The Red Menace; Wings Wendall; Diane Westcott

Synopsis:

The Red Menace has a deadly atomic bomb with which he plans to conquer the world.

[The Noiseless Explosive] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

George Brenner

Pencils:

George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]

Inks:

George Brenner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Kurt; Eric; Alan Hall

Synopsis:

Hugh and Bozo track down two spies who shot a security guard in a defense plant. They kidnap an american scientist and force him to make a new explosive.