Crack Comics
#40
(Winter 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); E. M. Arnold (general manager)
[The Will of Esau Flinter]
Captain Triumph / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Triumph [Lance Gallant]; Esau Flinter (first appearance; death); Derwood (first appearance); Lola Flinter (first appearance); Charity Parker (first appearance); Jevons (first appearance; villain); Joab Parker (first appearance; villain); Biff; Kim Meredith
- Synopsis
- Esau Flinter decides to leave all to charity, upsetting his heirs greatly and resulting in his murder before he can change the will.
Indexer Notes
Same artist as previous issue. Not Ed Dobrotka.
[The Sleepwalking Woodchopper]
Slap Happy Pappy / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)
- Pencils
- Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)
- Inks
- Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
[The State Pen Scam]
Pen Miller / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Pen Miller; Warden of the state penitentiary (first appearance; villain); Biff Leary (first appearance; villain); Joe (first appearance; villain); Chop Chu
- Synopsis
- Pen exposes conditions at the State Pen. They're too good.
[The Phony Cab]
Hack O'Hara / comic story / 6 pages
- 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; Pete Neff (first appearance; villain); Jake (first appearance; villain); Mac (first appearance; villain); Al (first appearance; villain)
[no title indexed]
Molly the Model / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What a break to go to this affair...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Molly the Model [Maloney]; Danny Deever
- Synopsis
- Molly gets dressed up to go to a high society party then learns it's a "ragamuffin party for the Red Cross."
[no title indexed]
Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Success at last...a buyer for the painting I posed for!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Molly the Model [Maloney]
- Synopsis
- A man buys a painting of a scantily-clad Molly and his wife isn't pleased.
[no title indexed]
Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Molly, I'm taking out Mrs. Fitzdippy's little boy to the park...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Molly the Model [Maloney]; Maloney; Pindorp Fitzdippy
- Synopsis
- Maloney tries to teach a boy to whistle and a passing dowager takes offense.
[The Fox's Poker Lesson]
Floogy the Fiji / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Floogy the Fiji
[no title indexed]
Rube Goldberg's Side Show / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Last appearance of Rube Goldberg's Side Show in Crack Comics. Occasional strips will be reprinted elsewhere in the future, but not as a regular feature.
[no title indexed]
Beezy / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hands up, Jap spy, mad doctor, and other assorted villains in the rear!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Beezy Bumble; Harry S. Truman; J.B.; William Wowser
- Synopsis
- Beezy's attempt to become a detective goes awry.
Indexer Notes
On page 1, in a fantasy sequence, Beezy meets President Truman and possibly J.Edgar Hoover of the F.B.I. (who is only shown from behind so his identity isn't confirmed).
Big Stage Star
Inkie / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Inkie; Vance (first appearance; villain); King Tot (first appearance; marionette); Nero (first appearance; marionette)
- Synopsis
- Inkie solves a crime- in a puppet show.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Captain Triumph untangles another thrilling murder mystery!"]
Captain Triumph -
1.
[The Will of Esau Flinter]
Captain Triumph -
2.
[The Sleepwalking Woodchopper]
Slap Happy Pappy -
3.
[The State Pen Scam]
Pen Miller -
4.
[The Phony Cab]
Hack O'Hara -
5.
["What a break to go to this affair..."]
Molly the Model -
6.
["Success at last...a buyer for the painting I posed for!"]
Molly the Model -
7.
["Molly, I'm taking out Mrs. Fitzdippy's little boy to the park..."]
Molly the Model -
8.
[The Fox's Poker Lesson]
Floogy the Fiji -
9.
[no title indexed]
Rube Goldberg's Side Show -
10.
Big Red
Eric Vale -
11.
["Hands up, Jap spy, mad doctor, and other assorted villains in the rear!"]
Beezy -
12.
Big Stage Star
Inkie
This issue was modified by, among others
- Gregory Fischer
- Bob Hughes
- Clint Maxwell
- David Wilt
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