Crack Comics
#26
(November 1942)
Quality Comics,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-09-16
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- John Beardsley
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4.
[no title indexed]
The Black Condor / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- With the Black Condor
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; The Clock [Brian O'Brien] (inset); Hack O'Hara (inset); Spitfire [Tex Adams] (inset); Pen Miller (inset)
- Keywords
- American flag; United States flag
East Is East
The Black Condor / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr. as Senator Thomas Wright]; Wendy Foster; Jaspar Crow (villain)
- Synopsis
- Crow discovers that Mongolia is the homeland of the Black Condor; he kidnaps Wendy and leaves a trail of clues for the Condor as to where he has taken her. The Condor is able to rescue Wendy and leaves Crow wandering the unforgiving mountains of Mongolia, never to be seen again.
[no title indexed]
Spitfire / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At a flying field in northern Australia...
- Genre
- aviation; adventure
- Characters
- Spitfire [Tex Adams]
[no title indexed]
Slap Happy Pappy / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah'm givin' yuh one more chance, hen...lay or fry!
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
Pen Miller / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When Pen Miller, well-known comic artist uncorks his India ink...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Pen Miller
[no title indexed]
Don Q / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Enter Don Q, American diplomat, wherever Axis agents strike...
- Genre
- spy; adventure
- Characters
- Don Q
Indexer Notes
last appearance
[no title indexed]
Hack O'Hara / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your Driver...Name...Hack O'Hara
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Hack O'Hara
Indexer Notes
Inker identification by Saltarella, previous indexer had Alex Koda.
[no title indexed]
The Clock / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- George Brenner (signed as George E. Brenner)
- Pencils
- George Brenner (signed as George E. Brenner)
- Inks
- George Brenner (signed as George E. Brenner)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Heh...heh...hehhh...I am 'The Head'...
- Genre
- detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Butch; un-named District Attorney (death); The Head (villain, introduction); Eightball (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Butch witnesses the killing of the District Attorney by the Head, whose visage floated in space (much like the Wizard of Oz in the movie). Whe n the Head is poised to unmark the Clock, Butch helped him out by beating the Clock so badly about the face that he couldn't be recognized!
[no title indexed]
Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, for Mike's sake!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Molly the Model [Molly Maloney]; Pop Maloney; P.T. Buxby
- Synopsis
- Banker Buxby arrives to offer Pop a job but Pop is angry at being awakened.
[no title indexed]
Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's wrong, Nifty?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Molly Maloney; Nifty
- Synopsis
- Nifty agrees to let Molly run his failing hotel for a day to see if she can improve business.
Yankee Guerilla
comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At last! The story of a mighty warrior...
- Characters
- Yankee Guerilla [Franklin Darrow] (first appearance, only appearance)
[no title indexed]
Snappy / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hurry up, Spot...
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
-
in Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #61 (April 1956)
-
Indexer Notes
Last appearance in Crack Comics. Snappy appears next in Feature Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 Series) #66.
[no title indexed]
Tor, the Magic Master / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gnihton nac truh uoy, rolias!
- Genre
- superhero; adventure; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Tor [Jim Slade]
Indexer Notes
Last Golden Age appearance. Next appears in All-Star Comics Volume 2 #1 (May, 1999).
Script and art credits from Ray Bottorff Jr.
[no title indexed]
Rube Goldberg's Side Show / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Blame it on Wilbur.
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
strip reprint
[no title indexed]
Alias the Spider / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- From man's beginning and far into eternity man has hunted and will hunt...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Arthur C. Clark (millionaire); Dr. Monk [Roger] (villain, introduction, death); John Clark (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- Millionaire Arthur Clark is attacked by one of his own employees, the hooded Dr. Monk, and was transformed into a monster.
Indexer Notes
Character in this story named Arthur C. Clark, possibly after famed science fiction author Arthur C. Clark. At this time, Clark was a minor pulp writer.
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["With the Black Condor"]
The Black Condor -
1.
East Is East
The Black Condor -
2.
["At a flying field in northern Australia..."]
Spitfire -
3.
["Ah'm givin' yuh one more chance, hen...lay or fry!"]
Slap Happy Pappy -
4.
["When Pen Miller, well-known comic artist uncorks his India ink..."]
Pen Miller -
5.
["Enter Don Q, American diplomat, wherever Axis agents strike..."]
Don Q -
6.
["Your Driver...Name...Hack O'Hara"]
Hack O'Hara -
7.
["Heh...heh...hehhh...I am 'The Head'..."]
The Clock -
8.
["Oh, for Mike's sake!"]
Molly the Model -
9.
["What's wrong, Nifty?"]
Molly the Model -
10.
Yankee Guerilla
-
11.
Terror Trail
Eric Vale -
12.
["Hurry up, Spot..."]
Snappy -
13.
["Gnihton nac truh uoy, rolias!"]
Tor, the Magic Master -
14.
["Blame it on Wilbur."]
Rube Goldberg's Side Show -
15.
["From man's beginning and far into eternity man has hunted and will hunt..."]
Alias the Spider
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- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
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