Smash Comics #38

(December 1942)

Cave-Man Menace (Table of Contents)

Midnight / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Cole

Pencils:

Jack Cole

Inks:

Jack Cole

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; adventure

Characters:

Midnight; Gabby; Zor, the Caveman; Sir Squinchworth; Doc Wackey; Lady Squinchworth

Synopsis:

Sir Squinchworth brings back his latest discovery from Siberia, a living caveman.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie O'Toole / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bernard Dibble

Pencils:

Bernard Dibble

Inks:

Bernard Dibble

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; kid

[The Prophecy] (Table of Contents)

Marksman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Powell?

Pencils:

Alex Koda

Inks:

Alex Koda

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war; adventure

Characters:

Marksman; Madame Wipasky; Black Wilhelm; Vorka

Synopsis:

Wilhelm gets his fortune told, and doesn't like the results.

The Cornfield-McJug Feud (Table of Contents)

Bozo the Robot / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Brenner

Pencils:

George Brenner (signed)

Inks:

George Brenner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Bozo the Robot; Hugh Hazzard; Lem Cornfield; Cy McJug

The Kleptomaniac (Table of Contents)

Jester / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Gustavson

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson

Inks:

Paul Gustavson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Jester; McGinty; Terwilliger J. Thump

Synopsis:

McGinty can't capture the Kleptomaniac because the Commissioner's his uncle.

[The Ivory Buddha] (Table of Contents)

Espionage Starring Black X / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Alez Kotzky (signed)

Inks:

Ruben Moreira?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

Black X; Batu; Tonga Bey; Von Pap; Black Ogre

The Man of a Hundred Heads (Table of Contents)

Ray / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Rudy Palais

Inks:

Rudy Palais

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Ray; The Headsman; Sue Saunders

[The Warehouser's Beat] (Table of Contents)

Rookie Rankin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Rudy Palais ?

Inks:

Rudy Palais ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Rookie Rankin; The Warehousers; Warden Jones; Commissioner

Indexer Notes

art id by Bob Hughes 9/07

Christmas Mystery (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

The Third Degree (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

Men Marked For Death (Table of Contents)

Yankee Eagle / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Gabriele

Inks:

Al Gabriele

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Jerry Noble [Yankee Eagle] (introduction)

Indexer Notes

not the same strip as in MILITARY COMICS