Crack Comics #1

(May 1940)

[The Story of Pug Brady] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

George Brenner

Pencils:

George Brenner

Inks:

George Brenner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Pug Brady (first appearance); The Big Shot [Mayor Kozer] (first appearance; villain)

Indexer Notes

cont'd from FEATURE COMICS #31

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jane Arden / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Monte Barrett

Pencils:

Russell E. Ross

Inks:

Russell E. Ross

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

soap opera

Indexer Notes

cont'd from FEATURE COMICS #31; strip reprints

Introducing Rock Braddon (Table of Contents)

Space Legion / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Vernon Henkel

Pencils:

Vernon Henkel

Inks:

Vernon Henkel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Space Legion (first appearance); Rock Braddon (first appearance); Captain Graves (first appearance); Harg (first appearance; villain; death)

[The Sign of the Cricket] (Table of Contents)

Alias the Spider / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Gustavson

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson

Inks:

Paul Gustavson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Spider [Tom Hallaway] (first appearance); The Cricket (first appearance; villain; death); the Crickets (first appearance; villains)

Too Hot To Hold (Table of Contents)

Wizard Wells / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Campbell

Pencils:

Harry Campbell

Inks:

Harry Campbell

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Wizard Wells (first appearance); Tug (first appearance); Black Morda (first appearance; villain)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Molly the Model / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Devlin

Pencils:

Joe Devlin

Inks:

Joe Devlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Molly the Model (first appearance)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Ned Brant / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Zuppke

Pencils:

E. W. DePew

Inks:

E. W. DePew

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sports

Indexer Notes

cont'd from FEATURE COMICS #31; strip reprints

[Lee Gets Her Wings] (Table of Contents)

Lee Prestonof the Red Cross / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Powell

Pencils:

Bob Powell [Terence McAully]

Inks:

Bob Powell

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Lee Preston (first appearance; origin; Red Cross nurse and pilot); Mr. Preston (first appearance); Rick Royce (first appearance)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Rube Goldberg's Side Show / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Rube Goldberg

Pencils:

Rube Goldberg

Inks:

Rube Goldberg

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Indexer Notes

cont'd from FEATURE COMICS #31; strip reprint

[Origin of the Red Torpedo] (Table of Contents)

Red Torpedo / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Kiefer?

Pencils:

Henry Kiefer [Drew Allen]

Inks:

Henry Kiefer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Red Torpedo [Jim Lockhart] (first appearance; origin); Meg. Captain Wells (first appearance); The Nazis (villains)

Corning's Mistake (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Larry Spain

Letters:

typeset

[Origin of Madam Fatal] (Table of Contents)

Madam Fatal / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Art Pinajian ?

Pencils:

Art Pinajian (signed)

Inks:

Art Pinajian (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton] (introduction, origin, first cross-dressing super-hero); Hamlet (Madam Fatal's parrot); Sarah; Mr. Porter (postman); Johnny; Reeves (Carver's driver); John Carver (villain, introduction, death); Lou (villain); Mike (villain)

Synopsis:

Former actor John Stanton, posing as an old woman, does everything he can to track down a man he has been searching for for years, John Carver. Stanton had married the woman Carver loved, but Carver became jealous and, two years later, kidnapped Stanton's only daughter. Now the two come face to face, and all Stanton cares about now is if his daughter is still alive.

Reprints:

• in The Quality Companion (TwoMorrows, 2011 series) (November, 2011)

Invasions Stopped Free of Charge! (Table of Contents)

Slap Happy Pappy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gill Fox

Pencils:

Gill Fox

Inks:

Gill Fox

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Characters:

Slap Happy Pappy (first appearance); Flip (first appearance); The Nazis (villains)

[The Man Who Can Fly Like a Bird] (Table of Contents)

The Black Condor / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

Pencils:

Lou Fine [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed)

Inks:

Lou Fine [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.] (introduction, origin); Mr. Richard Grey (introduction, death); Mrs. Richard Grey (introduction, death); Father Pierre (introduction, death); Yakki Raiders (villains, introduction); Gali Kan (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis:

Saved by his mother from a group of raiders who had murder his father, infant Grey is raised by condors with whom he seems to connect, and, as he grows, he studies the mechanics of flight, which he eventually succeeds in emulating. Taken in by a kindly Monk, Grey takes revenge on Gali Khan for killing the Monk and swears a life-long effort to bring evil doers to justice.

Reprints:

• in Continuum (JMF, 2007 series) #4 (No Date [circa 2008 Mars])

Indexer Notes

Richard Grey Jr. eventually assumed the identity of Senator Thomas Wright. Oddity: in this story only, his costume is colored red.