Smash Comics #45

(August 1943)

["Murder Isn't Any Joke"] (Table of Contents)

Midnight / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Gustavson

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson

Inks:

Paul Gustavson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; adventure

Characters:

Midnight; Doc Wackey; Gabby; Sniffer Snoop; Hot Dog; J. T. Horgan; Bill Thompson; Fenley; John Henry

Synopsis:

Midnight solves a real murder at a murder mystery party.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Wun Cloo / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Cole

Pencils:

Jack Cole

Inks:

Jack Cole

Content Information

Genre:

humor; detective

[The Great Swamp] (Table of Contents)

Marksman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fred Guardineer

Pencils:

Fred Guardineer

Inks:

Fred Guardineer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war; adventure

Characters:

Marksman; Stephanie Winowski

Traitor's Doom (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bernard Sachs

Inks:

Bernard Sachs

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

Black X; Batu; Archibald Haw

[Tony Nitro] (Table of Contents)

Lady Luck / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Klaus Nordling

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling (signed)

Inks:

Klaus Nordling

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Lady Luck; Peecolo; Tony Nitro; The Lady Luck Patrol; Nitro

humor filler (Table of Contents)

Archie O'Toole / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bernard Dibble

Pencils:

Bernard Dibble

Inks:

Bernard Dibble

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; kid

Daffy Meets Jack the Ripper (Table of Contents)

Daffy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gill Fox

Pencils:

Gill Fox (signed)

Inks:

Gill Fox

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; wrestling

Characters:

Daffy Dill; Director Starr; Mr. De Chill; Jack the Ripper

Synopsis:

Daffy's Grandfather wills her a clock that's actually a time machine.

[The Mouldering Page] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Vernon Henkel

Pencils:

Vernon Henkel (signed)

Inks:

Vernon Henkel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Yankee Eagle

Mystery Mine (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

The Hit-and-Run Killers (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; Joe Stentor; Rose; James Sleezy

The Jester is a Heel Drip Bum Sap Goon and a No Good Kid Chaser (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:

Hustace McGinty; Thomas

Synopsis:

McGinty has to baby sit for his nephew, who promptly steals his gun.