Crack Comics #6

(October 1940)

[The Kite-Men] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Black Condor / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed)

Pencils

Lou Fine

Inks

Lou Fine

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; The Kite-Men (villains, introduction, most die), the Master (villain, introduction); Karlo Klug (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

The Condor must battle the strange Karlo Klug, who, at the direction of his midget master, launches an army of "human kites".

Reprints

• in The Lou Fine Comics Treasury (Pure Imagination, 1991 series) (1991)
• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #51

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Molly the Model / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

John Devlin

Pencils

John Devlin

Inks

John Devlin

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Pop- get up- it's eight o'clock-You've had 12 hours sleep

Genre

humor

[The Green Men of Hemades] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Vernon Henkel

Pencils

Vernon Henkel

Inks

Vernon Henkel

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Space Legion; Rock Braddon; Green Men of Hemades (villains, Intro, Die); Valjar (intro)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Snappy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Arthur Beeman (signed)

Pencils

Arthur Beeman (signed)

Inks

Arthur Beeman

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Twenty seven- thirty six, fifty-

Genre

humor; children

[The Attack of the U7] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Henry Kiefer ? [as Drew Allen] (signed)

Pencils

Henry Kiefer [as Drew Allen] (signed)

Inks

Henry Kiefer [as Drew Allen] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Red Torpedo [Jim Lockhart]; The Black Shark (villain); the Nazis (villains)

Synopsis

Lockart follows the Black Shark into uncharted depths and ends up battling a giant sea creature while each side allies themselves with different underseas peoples.

Keywords

U-7

Indexer Notes

The Who's Who suggests, as do Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash in the Quality Companion, that Kiefer, not only created this feature, but did the art for it through the strip's entire run. Kiefer is also usually considered to have written it.

The Black Shark was originally called the Lone Shark in the previous issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Bob Zuppke

Pencils

B. W. DePew

Inks

B. W. DePew

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Imagine finding a guy like that in this Indian village, Bud!

Genre

sports

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[Adventure of the Blind Soldier] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Bob Powell [as Terrence Macauley]

Pencils

Bob Powell

Inks

Bob Powell

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Lee Preston

[The Phony Haunted House] (Table of Contents: 8)

Alias the Spider / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Pencils

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inks

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Paul Gustavson

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spider [Tom Halloway]; Weasel Nolan (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Jane Arden / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Monte Barrett

Pencils

Russell Ross [as Russell E. Ross]

Inks

Russell Ross [as Russell E. Ross]

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Now- Can I go?

Genre

drama

Reprints

• from Jane Arden Sundays (Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Lena Pry / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Monte Barret

Pencils

Russell Ross [as Russell E. Ross]

Inks

Russell Ross [as Russell E. Ross]

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gee - ain't the moon lovely tonight, Dan'l?

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Lena Pry Sundays (Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

bottom half of Jane Arden pages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

Rube Goldberg

Pencils

Rube Goldberg

Inks

Rube Goldberg

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What not to do in polite society

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

strip reprint

Dead Man's Prints (Table of Contents: 12)

Wizard Wells / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Francis Campbell

Pencils

Harry Francis Campbell

Inks

Harry Francis Campbell

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Wizard Wells; Tug; Watkins (Intro, villain)

Crime On Ice (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

Larry Spain

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Eric Vale

[The Second Madam Fatal] (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script

Art Pinajian (signed)

Pencils

Art Pinajian (signed)

Inks

Art Pinajian

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Off the Record / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ed Reed

Pencils

Ed Reed

Inks

Ed Reed

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hurry Spike, the cops get sore if ya park too long!

Genre

humor

[The Rainmaker] (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script

Gill Fox

Pencils

Gill Fox

Inks

Gill Fox

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

[The Paralyzer Gun] (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Script

George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)

Pencils

George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)

Inks

George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery; superhero

Characters

The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Pat "Pug" Brady; The Skull Gang (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

The Clock and Pug come face to face with a weird, masked gang who call themselves the Skull Gang.