Smash Comics #65

(June 1946)

[Cyanide Cindy] (Table of Contents)

Midnight / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inks:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; superhero

Characters:

Midnight [Dave Clark]; Gabby (a monkey); Doc Mortimer Wackey; Sniffer Snoop; Hot Dog; Cyanide Cindy (villain)

Synopsis:

Midnight is broadcasting a beauty contest at Center Park.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie O'Toole / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bernard Dibble

Inks:

Bernard Dibble

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; children

Characters:

Archie O'Toole (king)

Synopsis:

The people will get rid of the king.

["The Etiquette Business"] (Table of Contents)

Spunky / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sid Lazarus (signed)

Inks:

Sid Lazarus (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; teen

Characters:

Spunky; Curly; Marge; Pug

Synopsis:

Marge likes to be treated as a weak and defenceless girl.

["Danger on Duke Street"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Pete Riss

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Rookie Rankin; Mrs. Van Garb; McGinty (police chief); Police Commissioner

Synopsis:

Rookie Rankin is assigned a beat in the worst neighborhood in the city.

Indexer Notes

Similar art to the credited pencil work on Manhunter stories in Police Comics #37-#59 by Peter Riss. He is only credited on inking this feature, but that can be a typing error for pencils in Jerry Bails' Who's Who. The inking does not match his signed story in My Romantic Adventures #56. Notice hovering figure getting a punch on the jaw, similar to at least 12 Manhunter stories.

Bob Hughes agrees on Riss pencils.

[The Kidnapped Babies] (Table of Contents)

Lady Luck / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Klaus Nordling (signed)

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling (signed)

Inks:

Klaus Nordling (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Chunky; Doc (villain, gang boss)

Synopsis:

Lady Luck must track down six babies that have been kidnapped from the Metropolitan Hospital.

Keywords:

Metropolitan Hospital

["The Case of Glory Connatt"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

Black X; Batu; Glory Connatt; Ken Riston

Synopsis:

Miss Connitt gets anonymous notes and a bomb, seemingly from her fiancee.

A Head For Murder (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Jimmy Christian (reporter); Professor Hugo Krantz; Bert Standish

Synopsis:

Standish is killed by his partner when they discover a gold cave, and later his head is cut off and shrunk by tribesmen when they find his body.

Indexer Notes

text story

"Ah! Hijackers out for a good snatch..." (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Cole?

Inks:

Jack Cole?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; detective-mystery

Characters:

Wun Cloo (detective)

Synopsis:

Wun Cloo lock hijackers in a box car.

["The Rajah of Termidore"] (Table of Contents)

Daffy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bart Tumey (signed)

Inks:

Bart Tumey (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; sports

Characters:

Daffy; Deke Parsons; Rajah of Termidore

Synopsis:

The Rajah of Termidore wants to make Daffy his favorite wife.

Keywords:

wrestling

["The Stradivarius Steal"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sam Citron

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Police Chief Hustace McGinty; Quinopolis; Jascha Diesler (musician); Heinie Appleface (villain)

Synopsis:

Chuck Lane is assigned as Police escort for a musician with a priceless Stradivarius violin. However, when he mistakenly escorts the wrong violinist, he allows a thief to make off with a Stradivarius.....which promptly gets him assigned to school traffic cop duty.....that is, until he recovers the rare violin.

Keywords:

Stradivarius

Indexer Notes

This is similar art to the many Manhunter stories in Police Comics credited to Peter Riss on pencils. Notice the flying man getting a punch on the jaw, which can also be found in at least 12 Manhunter stories.

Pencil credit revised from Pete Riss ? to Citron by Craig Delich 2013-5-9, per Bob Hughes.