Smash Comics #50

(February 1944)

[Hiram the Hermit] (Table of Contents)

Midnight / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Gustavson

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inks:

Paul Gustavson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; adventure

Characters:

Midnight; Doc Wackey; Gabby; Sniffer Snoop; Hotdog; Hiram the Hermit; Oscar the Coyote; the Grover Mob; the Nolan Mob; Dirty John Boonton

Synopsis:

Hiram the Hermit has the biggest diamond in the world and a pet coyote and he's going to appear on Dave Clark's radio show.

Old Jim (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; Old Jim

The Garrison of Ghouls (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; Kitsune

[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

[Rubber Harvest Time In Brazil] (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; Anna

[The Jollity Theater Affair] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Klaus Nordling (signed)

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling (signed)

Inks:

Klaus Nordling

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Lady Luck; Peecolo

Synopsis:

Balloon dancers at the Jollity Theatre are passing secrets to the enemy.

Reprinted:

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

Drip Van Winkle (Table of Contents)

text story / 1.8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

War

Characters:

Dewey Van Winkle; Capt. Angus MacCloud

Statement of Ownership Management Circulation (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.2 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

["I'll master this new model or die!"] (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

Characters:

Archie O'Toole

Synopsis:

Archie, the king, designs a new paper airplane.

[Losing Weight] (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:

Daffy; Deke; Hoodoo Hoops; Rose Ann Rowley

Synopsis:

Daffy drinks a magic tonic that makes her lose weight. All of it.

[The Miles Kidnapping] (Table of Contents)

Jester / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Jester; Mr. Miles; Louise Miles; Shrimp Twist; Miggins; McGinty