Smash Comics #54

(August 1944)

Honor Among Thieves (Table of Contents)

Midnight / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inks:

Paul Gustavson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; adventure

Characters:

Midnight; Hammer-Head Horgan; Smear-Face Schmalz; Doc Wackey; Gabby; Hotdog; Sniffer Snoop

Synopsis:

Two crooks decide to bury the hatchet when they find out they have the same birthday. Only they decide to bury the hatchet in Midnight.

[The Framing of Rookie Rankin] (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; Big Shott; Breezy; Velvet; Al

Synopsis:

Big Shott and his gang try to put the frame on Rankin.

Another Tale of Fate-Flouting Secret Service! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Rico (signed)

Inks:

Don Rico

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

Black X; Batu; Dr. Yong

["Sabotage in the Subway"] (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; Count diChange

Synopsis:

Nazis try to sabotage the subway system

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bernard Dibble

Inks:

Bernard Dibble

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; kid

[The Poison Dart Peril] (Table of Contents)

Marksman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

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Inks:

?

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Marksman; Major Inuki; Quito; Anna; Ian Gorsky

Swamp Revenge (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Indexer Notes

text story

The Case of the Tainted Limburger (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]

Inks:

Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; detective

[Van Astor's Bodyguard] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Pete Riss ?

Inks:

Pete Riss ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Jester; Van Astor; McGinty; Marie Van Astor

["The Love of Louis Lafitte"] (Table of Contents)

Daffy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Milton Stein (signed)

Inks:

Milton Stein (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; wrestling

Characters:

Daffy; Louis Lafitte; Deke; Fanny Farrel

Indexer Notes

Stein's signature confirmed by Matthew Torrance in a report to the GCD errors list on August 9, 2008.

Captain Tootsie and the Haunted House (Table of Contents)

Tootsie Rolls; Captain Tootsie / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Rod Reed (signed)

Pencils:

C. C. Beck (signed)

Inks:

C. C. Beck (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Captain Tootsie; Rollo