Crack Comics
#6
(October 1940)
Quality Comics,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-08-30
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines, Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- Edward Cronin
Issue Notes
On sale date given in Crack Comics #5. The on-sale date from Crack Comics #5 matches the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.
[no title indexed]
The Black Condor / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; The Clock [Brian O'Brien] (inset); Jane Arden (inset); The Spider [Tom Hallaway] (inset); Ned Brant (inset)
- Keywords
- The Black Ray
[The Kite-Men]
The Black Condor / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- ? [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed)
- Pencils
- Lou Fine (signed as Kenneth Lewis)
- Inks
- Lou Fine (signed as Kenneth Lewis)
- 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 [no title indexed]
Molly the Model / comic story / 2 pages
- 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]
Space Legion / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Space Legion; Rock Braddon; Green Men of Hemades (villains, Intro, Die); Valjar (intro)
[no title indexed]
Snappy / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Arthur Beeman (signed)
- Pencils
- Arthur Beeman (signed)
- Inks
- Arthur Beeman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Twenty seven- thirty six, fifty-
- Genre
- humor; children
[The Attack of the U7]
The Red Torpedo / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Henry Kiefer ? (signed as Drew Allen)
- Pencils
- Henry Kiefer (signed as Drew Allen)
- Inks
- Henry Kiefer (signed as Drew Allen)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero; adventure
- 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]
Ned Brant / comic story / 4 pages
- 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]
Lee Preston of the Red Cross / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Bob Powell (credited as Terrence Macauley)
- Pencils
- Bob Powell
- Inks
- Bob Powell
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Lee Preston
[The Phony Haunted House]
Alias the Spider / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Paul Gustavson (signed)
- Pencils
- Paul Gustavson (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Gustavson (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Paul Gustavson (signed)
- 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]
Jane Arden / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now- Can I go?
- Genre
- drama; adventure
- Reprints
- from Jane Arden Sundays (Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
Indexer Notes
strip reprints
[no title indexed]
Lena Pry / comic story / 2 pages
- 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]
Rube Goldberg's Side Show / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What not to do in polite society
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
strip reprint
Dead Man's Prints
Wizard Wells / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Wizard Wells; Tug; Watkins (Intro, villain)
[The Second Madam Fatal]
Madam Fatal / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Art Pinajian (signed)
- Pencils
- Art Pinajian (signed)
- Inks
- Art Pinajian (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton]
[no title indexed]
Off the Record / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hurry Spike, the cops get sore if ya park too long!
- Genre
- humor
[The Paralyzer Gun]
The Clock [superhero] / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- George Brenner (signed as George E. Brenner)
- Pencils
- George Brenner (signed as George E. Brenner)
- Inks
- George Brenner (signed as George E. Brenner)
- 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.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Black Condor -
1.
[The Kite-Men]
The Black Condor -
2.
["Pop- get up- it's eight o'clock-You've had 12 hours sleep"]
Molly the Model -
3.
[The Green Men of Hemades]
Space Legion -
4.
["Twenty seven- thirty six, fifty-"]
Snappy -
5.
[The Attack of the U7]
The Red Torpedo -
6.
["Imagine finding a guy like that in this Indian village, Bud!"]
Ned Brant -
7.
[Adventure of the Blind Soldier]
Lee Preston of the Red Cross -
8.
[The Phony Haunted House]
Alias the Spider -
9.
["Now- Can I go?"]
Jane Arden -
10.
["Gee - ain't the moon lovely tonight, Dan'l?"]
Lena Pry -
11.
["What not to do in polite society"]
Rube Goldberg's Side Show -
12.
Dead Man's Prints
Wizard Wells -
13.
Crime On Ice
Eric Vale -
14.
[The Second Madam Fatal]
Madam Fatal -
15.
["Hurry Spike, the cops get sore if ya park too long!"]
Off the Record -
16.
[The Rainmaker]
Slap Happy Pappy -
17.
[The Paralyzer Gun]
The Clock [superhero]
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