Crack Comics #2

(June 1940)

[The Orchid] (Table of Contents)

Clock / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Brenner

Pencils:

George Brenner

Inks:

George Brenner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

The Orchid (introduction); Harvey Gibbs (villain, introduction); Nick (villain, introduction); other gangsters (villains, introduction)

[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

[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

strip reprints

[The Blastproof Battleship] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Henry Kiefer?

Pencils:

Henry Kiefer (Roy Larken)

Inks:

Henry Kiefer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Adolf Hitler (villain); Hermann Goering (villain); Josef Goebbels (villain); Nazis (villains)

[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

strip reprints

[Mission To Chenfu] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bob Powell

Pencils:

Bob Powell (Terence McCauley)

Inks:

Bob Powell

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Ken Davis (introduction); Chinese renegades (villains)

[The Villain From Venus] (Table of Contents)

Space Legion / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Vernon Henkel

Pencils:

Vernon Henkel

Inks:

Vernon Henkel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Jafek (villain, introduction, death); Prof. Wadsworth (introduction); Elaine Wadsworth (introduction)

He's a Hill-Billy Ball of Fire! (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

[Patterson's Plot] (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:

Patterson (villain, introduction, death)

[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

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

Professor Discovers New Destructive Chemical (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Art Pinajian

Pencils:

Art Pinajian

Inks:

Art Pinajian

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Prof. Lane (introduction); Sgt. O'Malley (introduction); A spy (villain, introduction)

Doom Syndicate (Table of Contents)

Eric Vale / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Larry Spain

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Eric Vale (first appearance)

The House of Fear (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:

Black Morda (villain)

[The Adventure of Ali Kan] (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.]; Andrea Kent (introduction); Denny Kent (introduction); Ada (introduction); Ali Kan (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

The Condor defends a British brother and sister from the clutches of Ali Kan while brandishing a new weapon: a paralyzing black ray gun.

Reprints:

• in Continuum (JMF, 2007 series) #5 (No Date [circa June 2008])
• in Continuum (JMF, 2007 series) #6bis ([circa October 2008])

Indexer Notes

Richard Grey Jr. eventually assumes the identity of Senator Thomas Wright.