Smash Comics #57

(February 1945)

[The Tree Across the Road] (Table of Contents)

Volto; Grape-Nuts Flakes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Frank Robbins

Inks:

Frank Robbins

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

[Dummies of All Kinds] (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; Sam Yentz; Iggy the Pig; Oyk; Sniffer Snoop; Hot Dog; Killer Kride

Synopsis:

See there's this dead body and this dummy, and the other dummies just keep getting the two mixed up.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Paul Gustavson

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson

Inks:

Paul Gustavson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; detective

Poor House (Table of Contents)

Daffy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Milt Stein (signed)

Pencils:

Milt Stein (signed)

Inks:

Milt Stein (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; wrestling

Characters:

Daffy; Deke; Hard-Heel Maisie

Synopsis:

Deke finds a lost wallet and tells Daffy he returned it to the owner.

["Cowards Die Many Times Before Their Deaths"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Quackenbush (signed)

Inks:

Bill Quackenbush

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

Black X; Batu; Osharu

[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

[Pure Poison to Crime] (Table of Contents)

Jester / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sam Citron ?

Inks:

Sam Citron ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Jester; McGinty; Bruiser Billson; Dr. Synapse

[Making Movies] (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; Alan Moonglow; Von Smorgas; Peecolo; Carruthers

The Nameless Hero (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Indexer Notes

Information on this sequence from Jonathan E. Ingersoll, Jr., 6/19/2007.

["The Fatal Release Cord"] (Table of Contents)

Marksman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Quackenbush ?

Inks:

Bill Quackenbush ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war; adventure

Characters:

Marksman; Major Sinushi; Anna

Rookie Rankin Gets the Last Laugh (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; Slim; Squeak; Horse; Laughie