Crack Comics #22

(March 1942)

[The Storm Masters] (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]; Dr. Foster; Wendy Foster; Jasper Crow (villain); Skull-Face (villain, introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain); the Nazis (villains)

Synopsis:

With the entrance of America into the war, Senator Wright's duties kick into high gear, and Wendy helps her father develop a special food concentrate for Europe.

[Mission To Chalons] (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:

The Nazis (villains)

[The Henderson Murder Case] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Paul Gustavson

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson

Inks:

Paul Gustavson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Arthur Henderson (first appearance; villain)

[World's Laziest Hillbilly] (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 Problem of Princess Pershwah] (Table of Contents)

Hack O'Hara / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lou Fine

Inks:

Lou Fine

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Hack O'Hara; Prince Pershwah (first appearance); Shandar (first appearance); James (first appearance; death); Princess Pershwah (first appearance; villain)

["Ned, if you lose this conference championship fight"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bob Zuppke

Pencils:

E. W. DePew

Inks:

E. W. DePew

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sports

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

["Yes-this is Maloney"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Devlin

Inks:

John Devlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Molly The Model

Indexer Notes

Writer credit revised from Joe Devlin to ? by Craig Delich 2013-4-6. Devlin did not write this strip according to the Who's Who. Artist correction from Joe (who did not exist) to John Devlin also made by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (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

[Sure-Fire Detective Agency] (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 (last appearance); Scrappy Nelson; Tubby White; A spy ring (first appearance; villain)

[The Red Stone] (Table of Contents)

Don Q / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Vernon Henkel

Pencils:

Vernon Henkel

Inks:

Vernon Henkel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

Don Q; Sir Cedric Besford (first appearance); Tebet I (first appearance; villain; death; flashback); Ajurac I (first appearance; villain; death; flashback); Ajurac (first appearance; villain); Capt. Von Hardt (first appearance; villain); Tebet (first appearance; villain; death)

["Aw--and I was just beginning to enjoy myself!"] (Table of Contents)

Snappy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arthur Beeman

Pencils:

Arthur Beeman

Inks:

Arthur Beeman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

[U-Boat Attack] (Table of Contents)

Tor / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fred Guardineer

Pencils:

Fred Guardineer

Inks:

Fred Guardineer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Tor; Nazis (villains)

Return of the Mad Trapper (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Larry Spain

Pencils:

Gill Fox ? [as G.F.] (signed)

Inks:

Gill Fox ? [as G.F.] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Eric Vale

["Old Malby was robbed by an old friend"] (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

Keywords:

soap opera

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[Victims of the Fagin] (Table of Contents)

The 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:

The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Butch; The Fagin and his gang (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis:

The Clock returns to the streets, but now donning a domino mask, and with Butch in tow, forbids her to use a gun in their adventure, so she uses a potato studded with razor blades on the baddies!