Crack Comics #39

(Autumn 1945)

Crime Over the City (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain Triumph / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Quackenbush ?

Inks

Bill Quackenbush ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Triumph [Lance Gallant]; Boss Marz (first appearance; villain); Whippy (first appearance; villain); Gooley (first appearance; villain); Biff; Kim Meredith

Indexer Notes

title from cover

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Beezy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Bernard Dibble (credited as Dib)

Pencils

Bernard Dibble (credited as Dib)

Inks

Bernard Dibble (credited as Dib)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Now let's see--what witty way could I start up a conversation?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Beezy Bumble; Junior

Synopsis

Trying to impress a cute girl on the beach, Beezy offers to entertain her annoying "little brother." The boy and Beezy get into considerable trouble. Beezy discovers the girl doesn't even know the boy.

[The Rocky Henders Case] (Table of Contents: 3)

Pen Miller / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Klaus Nordling (credited) (signed as Klaus)

Pencils

Klaus Nordling (credited) (signed as Klaus)

Inks

Klaus Nordling (credited) (signed as Klaus)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Pen Miller; Rocky Henders (first appearance; villain); Dr. Brigger (first appearance; villain); Ace Stalon (first appearance; villain; death); Chop Chu

[Good Boy / Bad Boy] (Table of Contents: 4)

Floogy the Fiji / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Floogy the Fiji

[Sheriff Jones Does His Duty] (Table of Contents: 5)

Slap Happy Pappy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Cole (credited as Ralph Johns)

Pencils

Jack Cole (credited as Ralph Johns)

Inks

Jack Cole (credited as Ralph Johns)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

[The Hunchback] (Table of Contents: 6)

Hack O'Hara / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Vern Henkel (signed as Vernon Henkel)

Pencils

Vern Henkel (signed as Vernon Henkel)

Inks

Vern Henkel (signed as Vernon Henkel)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; detective-mystery

Characters

Hack O'Hara; Bink and his gang (first appearance; villains)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bernard Dibble

Pencils

Bernard Dibble

Inks

Bernard Dibble

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

No! ... I'll be darned if I will!

Genre

humor

Characters

Maloney

Synopsis

Maloney resists the temptation to verify if a "Wet Paint" sign is accurate, but stumbles into wet cement instead.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bernard Dibble

Pencils

Bernard Dibble

Inks

Bernard Dibble

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yes, indeed! Dad is now associated with the Museum of Natural History!

Genre

humor

Characters

Molly the Model; Maloney

Synopsis

Maloney gets a job as a museum guard.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bernard Dibble

Pencils

Bernard Dibble

Inks

Bernard Dibble

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Who's the new kid in the show?

Genre

humor

Characters

Molly the Model [Molly Maloney]; Billy McLoonby

Synopsis

Molly gets a job dancing in a nightclub floor show and tries to impress producer McLoonby.

The Sheik Got Stung (Table of Contents: 10)

Eric Vale / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Larry Spain ?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Eric Vale

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Kiki Kelly / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bernard Dibble

Pencils

Bernard Dibble

Inks

Bernard Dibble

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gone! Oh this is terrible!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Kiki Kelly (first appearance); Mr. Henry Kelly (first appearance); Mrs. Henry Kelly (first appearance)

[The Cigar Smugglers] (Table of Contents: 12)

Inkie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Al Stahl (signed)

Pencils

Al Stahl (signed)

Inks

Al Stahl (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Inkie; Al Stahl; The Boss (first appearance; villain); Jerky Joe (first appearance; villain);

And the Hand Grenade (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)