Crack Comics #23

(May 1942)

[The Unsung Hero] (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]; Jed Hawks (death); the Japanese (villains, some die); the Nazis (villains)

Synopsis:

A former fifth columnist named Hawks had tried to warn Senator Wright of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, but he'd been out of commission and arrived after December 7th. However, Hawks also carried word of a second attack, this time on the Panama Canal. While that attack indeed takes place, Hawks takes to the skies and makes a suicide dive into a Japanese ship while the Condor disables a Nazi ship, forcing the Germans to surrender.

[At Eagle Squadron's field...] (Table of Contents)

Spitfire / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al McWilliams (signed)

Inks:

Al McWilliams (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

Characters:

Spitfire [Tex Adams]

[President Orders Expulsion of 1200 Germans] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Vernon Henkel (signed)

Inks:

Vernon Henkel (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

Don Q

"Halt Furriner! Y'ore on private sod!" (Table of Contents)

Slap Happy Pappy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]

Inks:

Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Gags

["Pen and his Chinese houseboy Chop Chu..."] (Table of Contents)

Pen Miller / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling [as Klaus]

Inks:

Klaus Nordling

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Pen Miller; Chop Chu

Synopsis:

Cartoonist Pen Miller goes searching for Japanese submarines.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bob Zuppke (signed)

Pencils:

B. W. Depew (signed)

Inks:

B. W. Depew

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sports

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Molly The Model / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Devlin

Inks:

John Devlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Molly The Model

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Molly The Model / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Devlin

Inks:

John Devlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Molly The Model

Little Butch (Table of Contents)

Rube Goldberg's Side Show / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Rube Goldberg

Pencils:

Rube Goldberg

Inks:

Rube Goldberg

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Indexer Notes

strip reprint

Brad and Dad (Table of Contents)

Rube Goldberg's Side Show / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Rube Goldberg

Pencils:

Rube Goldberg

Inks:

Rube Goldberg

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Indexer Notes

strip reprint

Weekly Invention (Table of Contents)

Rube Goldberg's Side Show / comic story / 0.34 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Rube Goldberg

Pencils:

Rube Goldberg

Inks:

Rube Goldberg

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Indexer Notes

strip reprint

["In the hospital..."] (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

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in The Lou Fine Comics Treasury (Pure Imagination, 1991 series) #[nn] (1991)

[Japanese Saboteurs] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inks:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Chuck; Yellow Scorpion (villain)

Synopsis:

The Spider breaks up a Japanese spy-ring

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Snappy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Arthur Beeman (signed)

Inks:

Arthur Beeman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Gags

[From the blackness of a shadowy street...] (Table of Contents)

Tor the Magic Master / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Inks:

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Tor [Jim Slade]; Officer Noonan

The Flame Syndicate (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Larry Spain

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Eric Vale

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jane Arden / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Monte Barrett

Pencils:

Russell Ross

Inks:

Russell Ross

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

soap opera

[License of a Murderer] (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

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Butch; Captain Kane; Gong Gong Klanes; Runt Mullay

Synopsis:

The Clock searches for the murderer of the District Attorney.

Indexer Notes

Clock gets a domino mask instead of the full-face mask of previous issues.