Smash Comics #66

(August 1946)

This Little Pig Went to Market (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]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Sniffer Snoop; Doc Gage; Circe; Kirkey

Synopsis:

Dr. Gage has discovered a sure fire formula for detecting tricinosis in pigs.

[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); Jake

Synopsis:

The king is ready to interview the girls applying for the secretary job.

["The Dastardly Dexill"] (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]; Detective Hustace McGinty; Dexill (villain)

Synopsis:

Mr. Dexill accuses the police to disgrace their office, and promises to shame them out of it.

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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson

Inks:

Paul Gustavson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; detective-mystery

Characters:

Wun Cloo (detective); Axel Swanson (insurance agent)

Synopsis:

Somebody's stealing farmer Jone's chicken and it's costing agent Swanson a pile of money.

Indexer Notes

Originally credited "Jack Cole?", but the black eyes with a tiny reflection are by Gustavson.

["The Riverboat Caper"] (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; Clatterheads Jeeters (wrestler); Colonel

Synopsis:

The Colonel bets five thosand dollars that his man can make mincemeat of Daffy.

Keywords:

wrestling

["The Thugee Trap'] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Klaus Nordling

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling

Inks:

Klaus Nordling

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Bombay Jim; Hadja Jodhpur

The Riddle of Argon's Alley (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; Police Chief; Officer Flynn

Synopsis:

A police officer is killed in a back alley.

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.

Bob Hughes agrees on the Riss pencil credit.

The Forest of Silence (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Jimmy Christian (reporter); Pierre Grandeau

Synopsis:

An expedition to the Forest of Silence in Belgian Congo.

["The Success Story"] (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:

teen

Characters:

Spunky; Curly; Marge; Pug

Synopsis:

Curly is so independent that he doesn't waste his time like most boys.

A Great Treasure is a Great Terror (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Alex Kotzky

Inks:

Alex Kotzky ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

Black X; Batu; Mr. Garman

Synopsis:

Mr. Garman wishes to leave a valuable Indian jewel in the custody of Black X, but is killed on his doorstep.

Indexer Notes

The eyes of several characters are similar to Kotzky's signed stories in earlier issues. Uncertain inking.