Smash Comics #13

(August 1940)

Devil's Island (Table of Contents)

Espionage Starring Black X / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner [as Will Erwin]

Pencils:

Will Eisner

Inks:

Will Eisner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

Black X; Dean (death); Batu; Moran; M'sieu Rolande (death); Camille; Commandant of Devil's Island; Rene (death)

Synopsis:

thief named Moran has sole possession of the secret to a new gun. When he is captured for murder and sent to Devil's Island Black X has to go along to keep him from giving the secret to the French.

Reprinted:

• in Golden-Age Men of Mystery (AC, 1996 series) #12 (1999) [in black and white]

[Old Clutchcopper] (Table of Contents)

Wun Cloo / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gill Fox

Pencils:

Gill Fox (signed)

Inks:

Gill Fox

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; detective

Characters:

Wun Cloo; Old Clutchcopper (Intro)

[The Northern Fur Robbery] (Table of Contents)

Chic Carter / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Vernon Henkel

Pencils:

Vernon Henkel

Inks:

Vernon Henkel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Chic Carter; Gat Griffin; Trixie; Blinky

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Kidding the Kids / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arthur Beeman (signed)

Pencils:

Arthur Beeman (signed)

Inks:

Arthur Beeman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

gags

[The Golden Dragon] (Table of Contents)

Invisible Justice / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Art Pinajian

Pencils:

Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon]

Inks:

Art Pinajian

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Invisible Hood; The Golden Dragon (intro); Thomas Clark; Dan Clark; Joyce Clark

[The Golden Spike] (Table of Contents)

Archie O'Toole / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Tuska ? [as Bud Thomas]

Pencils:

George Tuska ? [as Bud Thomas]

Inks:

George Tuska ? [as Bud Thomas]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; children

Characters:

Archie O'Toole; Gil O'Teen

Cliff Melton (Table of Contents)

Sportraits / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gill Fox (signed)

Pencils:

Gill Fox (signed)

Inks:

Gill Fox (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sports

[The Rifle Robbery] (Table of Contents)

Wings Wendall / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Vernon Henkel (signed)

Pencils:

Vernon Henkel (signed)

Inks:

Vernon Henkel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

Characters:

Wings WEndall; Conrad Gunther (Intro); Judy Mallon (intro)

[Introducing the Purple Trio] (Table of Contents)

Purple Trio / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

S. M. Iger [as S. M. Regi]

Pencils:

Alex Blum

Inks:

Alex Blum

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

The Purple Trio (Tiny Todd, Rocky Hill, Warren) (intro, origin); Sandra

[The Crooks Behind the Falls] (Table of Contents)

Clip Chance at Cliffside / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Brenner

Pencils:

George Brenner

Inks:

George Brenner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sports

Characters:

Clip Chance; Spud; Chuck

An Almost Perfect Swindle (Table of Contents)

Philpot Veep / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Devlin

Pencils:

John Devlin

Inks:

John Devlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Philpot Veep; Waldo

The Episode of the Prominent Proboscis (Table of Contents)

Philpot Veep / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Devlin

Pencils:

John Devlin

Inks:

John Devlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Philpot Veep; Waldo

Indexer Notes

last appearance

[The Origin of Magno] (Table of Contents)

Magno / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Gustavson

Pencils:

Pual Gustavson

Inks:

Paul Gustavson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Intro & Origin: Magno (Tom Dalton); Mike Harvey (intro)

Kickback (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Robert M. Hyatt

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

detective

[Ahmed the Bedouin] (Table of Contents)

Abdul the Arab / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts]

Pencils:

Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts]

Inks:

Bob Powell

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Abdul; Hassan; Ahmed; Najaf (Intro); Sheik Tell Akib (intro)

Indexer Notes

Tracking the Chinatown Terror (Table of Contents)

Captain Cook of Scotland Yard / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

William A. Smith

Pencils:

William A. Smith

Inks:

William A. Smith

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Craig Cook; Kelly; The Key (intro)

[The Pneumonia Cure] (Table of Contents)

Bozo the Robot / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Brenner

Pencils:

George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]

Inks:

George Brenner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Bozo the Robot; Hugh Hazzard; Dr. E. Salor (intro); Boss Patone; Slick; Horg (Dies)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Ray / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Ray

Indexer Notes

ad for the first appearance of the Ray in the next issue. On sale July 19