Smash Comics #60

(August 1945)

[The Swooner and the Thrush] (Table of Contents)

Midnight / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson?

Inks:

Paul Gustavson?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; adventure

Characters:

Midnight; Doc Wackey; Gabby; Swooner; Thrush; Sniffer Snoop; Hotfoot; Marvin Maxwell

Synopsis:

Radio singers The Swooner and the Thrush are in love, but will their marriage be good for ratings? How about their murders, will that help?

["We must cut the palace budget to the bone!"] (Table of Contents)

Archie O'Toole / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bernard Dibble?

Inks:

Bernard Dibble?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; kid

[Daffy the Matador] (Table of Contents)

Daffy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Janice Valleau [as Ginger]

Inks:

Janice Valleau [as Ginger]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; wrestling

Characters:

Daffy Dill; Deke Parsons; El Toro

Synopsis:

Deke accidentally signs Daffy up for a bull fight, thinking it's a wrestling match.

[Murder of a Chemist] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sam Citron?

Inks:

Sam Citron?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Rookie Rankin; Gardenia Gus; Lil

Synopsis:

Gramley's niece says Gus killed him for his secret formula, but Gus doesn't know anything about it.

[Earnest Eagers, Editorial Cartoonist] (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; Busy Armonk; Ernest Eagers

Synopsis:

Busy Armonk threatens editorial cartoonist Ernest Eagers.

Reprinted:

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Wun Cloo / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Cole?

Inks:

Jack Cole?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; detective

["There is a Man in the Moon!"] (Table of Contents)

Spunky / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sid Lazarus?

Inks:

Sid Lazarus?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Curly; Spunky; Marge

Thanks to Mars (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Indexer Notes

text story

["What Dangers lurk on the Home Front?"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Quackenbush (signed)

Inks:

Bill Quackenbush (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

Black X; Batu; Baron De Zair (the Foremost); Mrs. Radleigh

Synopsis:

Black X finds intrigue at a society party.

["The Blunder of Bart Beauchamp"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sam Citron?

Inks:

Sam Citron?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Jester; McGinty; Quinopolis; Bart Beauchamp; Miss Gopher; Lofty

Synopsis:

Society playwrite's contempt for the police gets him in trouble with real gangsters.