Smash Comics #48

(November 1943)

Sinister Menace From Mars-- Or Someplace (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; Gabby; Doc Wackey; Prof Drizzpan

Synopsis:

Something from space lands of Prof Drizzpan's property and all he can think about is the interruption of his work.

Murder Has a Bargain Day (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Witmer Williams ?

Inks:

Witmer Williams ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Rookie Rankin

["a hotel lobby in Istanbul"] (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

Synopsis:

Black X sneaks into Japan looking for the antidote to a new poison gas.

[no title indexed] (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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Daffy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bart Tumey

Pencils:

Bart Tumey

Inks:

Bart Tumey

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; wrestling

Characters:

Deke Parsons; Daffy Dill; Eph

Synopsis:

Deke tries to make money by staging a wrestling contest. The prize? Daffy.

["I understand human nature"] (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; Big Bernie

Reprinted:

• from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #?

Indexer Notes

Narrated by a goldfish

The Camera Is the Judge (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Wun Cloo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Cole

Pencils:

Jack Cole

Inks:

Jack Cole

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; detective

Frauline Halunke (Table of Contents)

Marksman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fred Guardineer

Pencils:

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Inks:

Fred Guardineer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war; adventure

Characters:

Marksman; Frauline Halunke; Vorka; Schlagen

Ribbing Racketeers (Table of Contents)

The Jester / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Jester; J. J. Pilbeam; Gibb Greiner; McGinty