Smash Comics
#72
(August 1947)
Quality Comics,
1939 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1947-06-04
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E. M. Arnold
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Nancy Smith (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946-1947 Periodicals, page 352.
[no title indexed]
Midnight / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Midnight chases Angela, the beautiful bovine!
- Genre
- superhero; adventure
- Characters
- Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Sniffer Snoop; Hot-Foot (a polar bear)
[no title indexed]
Midnight / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Jack Cole (signed as J. Cole)
- Pencils
- Jack Cole (signed as J. Cole)
- Inks
- Jack Cole (signed as J. Cole)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All that fuss over an animated milk wagon!
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Sniffer Snoop; Hot-Foot (a polar bear); Angela (cow); Percy Sharker (villain); Oscar Bowen; Les Soames; Geraldine (cow)
- Synopsis
- Percy, who stole a valuable sapphire, gets away from Midnight at the Slocum County Fair. Shortly afterwards the prize cow Angela is stolen before the cattle judging competition. While Midnight is searching for the cow, a beautiful dancing girl leads him into Percy's ambush. At the end, Midnight figures out that the sapphire had been stuck in Angela's cowbell. Percy couldn't get the sapphire out, nor remove the cowbell, so had to take Angela with him.
Indexer Notes
This adventure echoes one of Cole's other creations: The Barker.
[The Apache Dancer]
Daffy / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No, no, Gaston! Not that hold!
- Genre
- humor; sports
- Characters
- Daffy; Barney; Deke Parsons; Gaston; Yvette; Jean; Marcel
- Synopsis
- Deke gets Daffy a gig as an apache dancer.
- Keywords
- wrestling
[The Dope Smugglers]
Espionage Starring Black X / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The police, sahib... Inspector Burton calling you!
- Genre
- spy; adventure; war
- Characters
- Black X [Richard Spencer]; Batu; Beef Burton (inspector); Mona
- Synopsis
- Two of the force's best men have been killed trying to find the headquarters of the dope runners, and now Inspector Burton summons Black X for help.
Indexer Notes
Art identical to Zolne's credited Swing Sisson story in Feature Comics #111 and #119. Faces, way of standing with a bend in the hips and knees. Also the shuffling walking or running are special. The art has some resemblance to Alex Blum, but leg movement is quite different.
[no title indexed]
Lady Luck / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Klaus Nordling (signed)
- Pencils
- Klaus Nordling (signed)
- Inks
- Klaus Nordling (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The life of a cigar is brief and unimportant...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lady Luck; Peecolo; Rat-Ears; Mr. Rample
- Synopsis
- A parcel of counterfeit money is picked up at the railway station.
[no title indexed]
Batch Bachelor / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hmmmm!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Batch Bachelor; Bunny Bananas; Junior; Mr. Shyster
- Synopsis
- Batch rents a car to take Bunny out.
This Is the Bird
Jimmy Christian / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Jimmy Christian (reporter); Senor Lopez (miner); Jose; Chaka
- Synopsis
- In the Andes the giant bird out of a legend comes down on the mountain winds and scares off gold-seeking guides and carriers.
Indexer Notes
Text story.
[The Club Presidency]
Spunky / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- See you fellows at the next club meeting!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Spunky; Curly; Marge; Pug; Spunky's mother; government scientist
- Synopsis
- The boys have an explosive club meeting after Mom's hen drinks some nitroglycerine.
[no title indexed]
The Jester / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The police department is visited by the daughter of the bluest-blooded society family in the city...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Jester [Chuck Lane]; McGinty; Miss Van Gander; Rocky; Migg; Rafferty; Potlach
- Synopsis
- A society dame sends a false kidnapping note to attact Chuck's attention
Indexer Notes
The art is identical to Zolnerowich's credited Swing Sisson stories in Feature Comics (Quality, 1939 series) #111 and #119.
How Joe's Body Brought Him Fame Instead of Shame
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / comics-form advertising / 1 page
Outwitting the Kidnappers
"U. S." Royal [U. S. Royal; adventure comic ad] / comics-form advertising / 1 page
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Midnight chases Angela, the beautiful bovine!"]
Midnight -
1.
["These titles are tops!"]
-
2.
["All that fuss over an animated milk wagon!"]
Midnight -
3.
[The Apache Dancer]
Daffy -
4.
[The Dope Smugglers]
Espionage Starring Black X -
5.
["The life of a cigar is brief and unimportant..."]
Lady Luck -
6.
["Hmmmm!"]
Batch Bachelor -
7.
This Is the Bird
Jimmy Christian -
8.
[The Club Presidency]
Spunky -
9.
["The police department is visited by the daughter of the bluest-blooded society family in the city..."]
The Jester -
10.
["Gosh dad, you mean Bendix brakes are on all three!"]
Bendix Coaster Brake -
11.
How Joe's Body Brought Him Fame Instead of Shame
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System -
12.
Outwitting the Kidnappers
"U. S." Royal [U. S. Royal; adventure comic ad]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Pat Conolly
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Katy Hayhurst
- Bob Hughes
- Clint Maxwell
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Adam Spector
- Jim Van Dore
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