Smash Comics
#83
(June 1949)
Quality Comics,
1939 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E. M. Arnold
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- Nancy Smith
[The Quizmaster]
Midnight / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Midnight [Dave Clark]; Gabby (a monkey); Sniffer Snoop; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Hot-Foot (a polar bear); Duke Frob; Count Bomp; Mr. Kavity; Professor Lorr
- Synopsis
- Two crooks try to win the jackpot on Dave's quiz program.
They Laugh Who Win
The Jester / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jester [Chuck Lane]; Detective McGinty; Grudge; Pottsy; Kift
- Synopsis
- The Jester has won the medal for upholding the law and the town's bigwigs want to make a public presentation.
Indexer Notes
Originally credited "Dan Zolnerowich ?", but the out-stretched leg movement and especially some V-shaped faces with eyes far apart must be Riss, and the inking is not far from his signed story in My Romantic Adventure #56.
[The Clip Joint Caper]
Lady Luck / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Klaus Nordling (signed)
- Pencils
- Klaus Nordling (signed)
- Inks
- Klaus Nordling (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Count Raoul DiChange; Natural (villain); Tiger (villain); Snake-Eyes (villain)
- Synopsis
- Brenda and Count DiChange visit a crooked gambling den which is raided by the Police. Fortunately, Lady Luck is able to salvage some of the Count's winnings for him to keep.
- Reprints
-
from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/15/1945 (April 15th, 1945)
-
Too Fat Rajah
Doc Wackey / text story / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Doc Mortimer Wackey; Maharaja of Laphtjab
- Synopsis
- Doc has just completed two formulas: one which will reduce overweight people to normal size and the second which will build underweight persons to normal weight.
[no title indexed]
Espionage Starring Black X / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When a government official and his beautiful daughter vanish mysteriously, it is Black X who links the city's arch-criminal to their disappearance!
- Genre
- spy; adventure; war
- Characters
- Black X; Batu; Beef Burton; Carol Styles; Parker Styles; Highcard Hannigan
- Synopsis
- Black X has to rescue a US Mint engraver who has been kidnapped.
Indexer Notes
The closeup heads in 3/4 rearview are identical to Winter's signed Kangaroo Man story in Choice Comics (Great Comics, 1941 series) #3.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Truth or Crimesequences Quiz Show Starring Midnight as Quizmaster
Midnight -
1.
[The Quizmaster]
Midnight -
2.
They Laugh Who Win
The Jester -
3.
[The Clip Joint Caper]
Lady Luck -
4.
Too Fat Rajah
Doc Wackey -
5.
["When a government official and his beautiful daughter vanish mysteriously, it is Black X who links the city's arch-criminal to their disappearance!"]
Espionage Starring Black X -
6.
["Your bark is worse than your bite!"]
Daffy
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Craig Delich
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Madrid
- Clint Maxwell
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Adam Spector
- Jim Van Dore
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