Smash Comics #32

(March 1942)

["Ancient Greece speaks"] (Table of Contents)

Ray / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lou Fine [as E. Lectron]

Inks:

Lou Fine [as E. Lectron]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Ray; Buddy; Sue Saunders; Baron Hoff

Synopsis:

Nazis, Greek gods, rival reporters, a lost prophetic scroll. Sounds like a movie.

["Across the Great Arizona Desert"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Witmer Williams [as Erwin]

Inks:

Witmer Williams [as Erwin]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

Black X; Batu; Col Atwater

Synopsis:

Nazis in Arizona are plaguing an air base with clouds of man-made smoke.

[Bus Stop- No Parking] (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

[The Murderous Frog of the Mardi Gras] (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]; Meredith (Army post commander, death); The Frog (villain, death)

Synopsis:

Froggy Miller was booted out of the U.S. Army for cowardice and for theft, and now seeks revenge as The Frog on those who made fun of him.

Reprinted:

• in The Quality Companion (TwoMorrows, 2011 series) (November, 2011)

Indexer Notes

Title revised to one given in the reprint.

["Fifth Victim Disappears into Night"] (Table of Contents)

Jester / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Gustavson

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inks:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Jester; McGinty; Doc Reinhart; Sarcoris

Synopsis:

The Jester chases a body snatcher.

[The Botanical Gardens] (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:

Tiny; Warren; Rocky

War Over Iceland! (Table of Contents)

Midnight / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Cole

Pencils:

Jack Cole (signed)

Inks:

Jack Cole (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; adventure

Characters:

Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doctor Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Hienrich (villain); von Kamp (villain); Hans (villain); other Nazis (all die)

Synopsis:

Doc has been granted a patent on his Atom Reviser machine and vows to turn it over to the government for national defense purposes. However, the Nazis try to use the machine to take over Iceland, so Midnight steps in to turn the tables on the Nazis.

Reprinted:

• in The Quality Companion (TwoMorrows, 2011 series) (November, 2011)

Indexer Notes

Revised synopsis by Craig Delich 2012-1-5.

[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 [as Ralph Johns]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; detective

["Another explosion in a defense plant"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]

Pencils:

George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]

Inks:

George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Bozo; Hugh Hazzard

[Red Menace Is Alive!] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Vernon Henkel

Pencils:

Vernon Henkel

Inks:

Vernon Henkel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

Characters:

Wings Wendall; Red Menace

Synopsis:

Red Menace (Japanese, despite the name) is building a tunnel under the Pacific Ocean in order to invade America.

Flight To the Unknown (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

[Waxman] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon]

Pencils:

Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon]

Inks:

Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Kent Thurston; Waxman; Rox

Synopsis:

Kent battles sabotage inside a defense plant.

Indexer Notes

Last episode. Next appearance in All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #32.

["Tis an ill and cold wind"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Arthur Peddy (signed)

Inks:

Arthur Peddy (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Rookie Rankin; Sgt. Burns; Pat

Synopsis:

Rookie and the night watchman drink doped coffee and almost fall victim to a burglary scheme.