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.

["Pop- get up- it's eight o'clock-You've had 12 hours sleep"] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script:

John Devlin

Pencils:

John Devlin

Inks:

John Devlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

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)

["Twenty seven- thirty six, fifty-"] (Table of Contents: 4)

Snappy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Arthur Beeman (signed)

Pencils:

Arthur Beeman (signed)

Inks:

Arthur Beeman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

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 verifies, 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. However, the Who's Who does not specify a writer for the strip (although Kiefer is usually considered to have written it) so a ? has been placed after his name as writer.

Drew Allen is Kiefer's pen-name used on the strip.

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

["Imagine finding a guy like that in this Indian village, Bud!"] (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:

?

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.

["Now- Can I go?"] (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:

?

Genre:

drama

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

["Gee - ain't the moon lovely tonight, Dan'l?"] (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:

?

Genre:

humor

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

bottom half of Jane Arden pages.

["What not to do in polite society"] (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:

?

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]

["Hurry Spike, the cops get sore if ya park too long!"] (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script:

Ed Reed

Pencils:

Ed Reed

Inks:

Ed Reed

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

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.