Smash Comics #24

(July 1941)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Ray / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Reed Crandall (signed as E. Lectron)

Inks

Reed Crandall (signed as E. Lectron)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Who killed the Great Ivan, master of trapeze art at Farnum's Circus...or was it an accident?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Bud; Vera; Wonder Horse; The Great Ivan; Pietro

Synopsis

The Ray and Bud temporarily join the circus after saving some aerialists from attack. In the process, they discovered an FBI agent is also there to take down Vera, the equestrienne.

Reprints

• in Special Edition Series (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #2 (1974) [black and white]

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

Archie O'Toole / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Genre

humor; children

Characters

Archie O'Toole

The Circus Mystery (Table of Contents: 3)

Midnight / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Cole (signed)

Pencils

Jack Cole (signed)

Inks

Jack Cole (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; superhero

Characters

Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Alice Taylor (Dave's girl); Alonzo Schtunk (villain)

Synopsis

A circus performer uses monkeys as pickpockets, which draws Dave away as Midnight from his date for the evening. He is in the process of busting up the racket when Doc and Gabby come on the scene, intent on using the doctor's new mind-reading invention on the gang.

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

Script

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Pencils

Alex Blum (signed as S. M. Regi)

Inks

Alex Blum (signed as S. M. Regi)

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When crime takes the theatre as a refuge, the Purple Trio, Rocky the Strongman, Warren the ventriloquist and Tiny the midget, become a three-man crusade...

Genre

adventure

Characters

The Purple Trio [Warren; Tiny Todd; Rocky Hill]; Garry Bore

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Wings Wendall / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Vern Henkel (signed)

Pencils

Vern Henkel (signed)

Inks

Vern Henkel (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

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Army headquarters are thrown into utter confusion.

Genre

aviation

Characters

Wings Wendall; Spinner Benson; The Bullet-Plane; Lorner

Synopsis

Wings dons the costume worn by the enemy spies to sneak into their Invisible Sky-Base.

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Wun Cloo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)

Inks

Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)

Colors

?

Letters

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Today is Killer Diller's birthday!

Genre

humor; detective-mystery

Characters

Wun Cloo; Killer Diller

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The Jester / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Gustavson

Pencils

Paul Gustavson

Inks

Paul Gustavson

Colors

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Letters

Paul Gustavson

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Frisco Finley, alias Slippery Sam, Fingers Finn, petty larceny...pickpocket...and forgery!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Jester [Chuck Lane]; Mulligan; Frisco Finley; Nick Perselle (villain)

Synopsis

Nick Perselle tries to frame Mulligan for murder.

Indexer Notes

Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

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Espionage Starring Black X / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dick French (signed as Will Erwin)

Pencils

Witmer Williams

Inks

Witmer Williams

Colors

?

Letters

?

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The new order in Asia reaches its treacherous tentacles toward American interests, only to meet failure when the famed espionage agent, Black X, interferes with the daring scheme.

Genre

spy; adventure; war

Characters

Espionage [Black X]; Batu; Alex Durham; Osaki; Kali; Madam Doom (villain)

Indexer Notes

Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.

The Face (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Art Pinajian (signed as Art Gordon)

Pencils

Art Pinajian (signed as Art Gordon)

Inks

Art Pinajian (signed as Art Gordon)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Kent Thurston; Chac Mool; B-7; Chima

Synopsis

Thurston battles spies intending to sabotage the Panama Canal.

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The Scarlet Seal / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Campbell (signed)

Pencils

Harry Campbell (signed)

Inks

Harry Campbell (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

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John Culver, special agent, is fighting the protection racket...

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

The Scarlet Seal [Barry Moore]; John Culver; Henry Wilson; Judy Wilson; Kuber (villain)

Synopsis

Barry meets his heart throb, Judy Wilson, while protecting her brother from mobsters.

Indexer Notes

Final appearance.

The Hunted Castle [sic] (Table of Contents: 11)

Jimmy Christian / text story / 1.25 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Characters

Jimmy Christian

Indexer Notes

Story across two pages, with 1/4 of a page of ads on the first page and 1/2 of a page of an ad on the second.

Page count and note from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

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

Script

Bob Powell (signed as Powell Roberts)

Pencils

Bob Powell (signed as Powell Roberts)

Inks

Bob Powell (signed as Powell Roberts)

Colors

?

Letters

?

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Huzzah! Huzzah! The Prophet of the Sands!

Genre

adventure

Characters

Abdul; Hassan; the queen

Synopsis

Abdul is shipwrecked on a mysterious island and sentenced to be sacrificed to the fire god

Indexer Notes

Final appearance.

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

Script

Vern Henkel

Pencils

Vern Henkel

Inks

Vern Henkel

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The silence of a peaceful night is suddenly shattered by pistol shots from the apartment of Bull Hennessy, gang czar of all New York!

Feature Logo

Chic Carter: The Sword

Genre

detective-mystery; superhero

Characters

Chic Carter as The Sword (intro); Bull Hennessey; Sgt Monahan; One Thumb Hogan; Egghead

Synopsis

Framed for murder, Chic Carter dons a mask to evade the police.

Indexer Notes

Next appearance in Police Comics #1

Credits suggested by the Who's Who.

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

Script

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Pencils

George Brenner (signed as Wayne Reid)

Inks

George Brenner (signed as Wayne Reid)

Colors

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Letters

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Dusk -- and the weary body of a small man enters a door beneath a deserted pier --

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Gus; Gyp; Commissioner Hunt; Devlin; The Headless Men (villains)

Synopsis

Hazzard and Bozo face a group of weird mobsters who wear special suits to make themselves look headless in order to scare their victims to death.