Crack Comics
#38
(Summer 1945)
Quality Comics,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- George Brenner (editor); Busy Arnold (general manager)
The Castle of Shadows
Captain Triumph / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Triumph [Lance and Michael Gallant]; Biff; Kim Meredith; Lona Mills (first appearance); Krogar (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- Lona Mills inherits a haunted house, although most of the ghosts were the crooked kind. Lance was tied and unable to deal with the situation as Captain Triumph until Michael coaxed a rat into chewing the ropes free so that Lance could touch his special birthmark.
- Reprints
in [The Mastermind of the Rotley Gang]
Pen Miller / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Klaus Nordling (signed as Klaus)
- Pencils
- Klaus Nordling (signed as Klaus)
- Inks
- Klaus Nordling (signed as Klaus)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Pen Miller; The Rotley Gang and their Chief (first appearance; villains); Chop Chu; Kansas; Benny the Mouse
- Synopsis
- Pen Miller is turning up the heat on the Rotley Gang, so they want to rub him out before he discovers their leader.
[The Kidnapping of Nora Hayes]
Hack O'Hara / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Hack O'Hara; Nora Hayes (first appearance); Henry Hayes and his accomplices (first appearance; villains)
[no title indexed]
Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What on earth -- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Molly the Model; Maloney; Mrs. Pennypickle
- Synopsis
- Maloney's cheap eyeglasses get him in hot water.
[no title indexed]
Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The boys at the club bet me a buck apiece I couldn't date a real model!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Maloney
- Synopsis
- To win a bet, Maloney convinces an ad agency to let him date a model. It turns out to be a pig named Miss McPuffy.
[no title indexed]
Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What is that smell?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Molly the Model; Maloney; Widow Bagabux
- Synopsis
- Hoping to get rich, Maloney invents a perfume, with disastrous results.
[Floogy's Fishing Spot]
Floogy the Fiji / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Floogy the Fiji
[Professor Stealum]
Inkie / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Inkie; Prof. Stealum (first appearance; villain)
[no title indexed]
Beezy / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Love can be a tragic thing when the fathers of the two people involved...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Beezy Bumble; Betty Bumble; Mr. Geezy; Pa Bumble; Judge Puffybuddy; Ma Bumble
- Synopsis
- Beezy attempts to get his father and the father of Betty's boyfriend to make amends, but the result is a wild street brawl. Betty then tells Beezy she has a new boyfriend now, anyway.
Battles Monster Man!
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This Monster Man is very dangerous, so remember--
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Tootsie; Rollo; Monster Man
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Captain Triumph Visits the Castle of Shadows!
Captain Triumph -
1.
The Castle of Shadows
Captain Triumph -
2.
[Hand Shadows]
Slap Happy Pappy -
3.
[The Mastermind of the Rotley Gang]
Pen Miller -
4.
[The Kidnapping of Nora Hayes]
Hack O'Hara -
5.
["What on earth -- ?"]
Molly the Model -
6.
["The boys at the club bet me a buck apiece I couldn't date a real model!"]
Molly the Model -
7.
["What is that smell?"]
Molly the Model -
8.
[Floogy's Fishing Spot]
Floogy the Fiji -
9.
[no title indexed]
Rube Goldberg's Side Show -
10.
The Pontine Marshes
-
11.
[Professor Stealum]
Inkie -
12.
["Love can be a tragic thing when the fathers of the two people involved..."]
Beezy -
13.
Battles Monster Man!
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Bob Hughes
- Clint Maxwell
- John Pannozzi
- David Wilt
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