Crack Comics
#19
(December 1941)
Quality Comics,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-10-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines, Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- Ed Cronin
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 4.
[no title indexed]
The Clock [superhero] / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Alias the Spider [Tom Hallaway] (inset); Molly the Model (inset); Spitfire [Tex Adams] (inset); the Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.] (inset)
- Reprints
The President's Been Kidnapped
The Black Condor / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Harry Stein
- Pencils
- Lou Fine (signed as Louis K. Fine)
- Inks
- Lou Fine (signed as Louis K. Fine)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.; Senator Thomas Wright]; Dr. Foster; Wendy Foster; President Franklin D. Roosevelt; The Hand (villain); Dutch (villain, death)
- Synopsis
- After the President issues a strange order, Senator Wright, as the Condor, investigates and discovers the President has been kidnapped and vows to rescue him, as well as Wendy.
- Reprints
-
in The Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told (DC, 1990 series) ([March] 1990)
-
[Landing in England...]
Spitfire [Quality] / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- aviation; adventure
- Characters
- Spitfire [Tex Adams]
[no title indexed]
Tor, the Magic Master / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jim Slade, the roving press photographer...
- Genre
- superhero; adventure; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Tor [Jim Slade]
[no title indexed]
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
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A familiar figure, the Clock...
- Genre
- detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- Clock [Brian O'Brien]
[no title indexed]
Jane Arden / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm framed.
- Genre
- drama; adventure
- Characters
- Jane Arden
- Reprints
- from Jane Arden Sundays (Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
- Keywords
- soap opera
[no title indexed]
Lena Pry / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll have to give Dan'l and Melissy a wedding present...
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Lena Pry Sundays (Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But I'm telling ya, Nifty...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Molly The Model
[no title indexed]
Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And did ya tell him...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Molly The Model
[no title indexed]
Slap Happy Pappy / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)
- Inks
- Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yessir, this is what we city folks call a mirror!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Slap Happy Pappy
The Red Torpedo vs. the Black Shark
The Red Torpedo / comic story / 6 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)
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.
[no title indexed]
Snappy / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Arf!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Snappy
Indexer Notes
Writer credit added by Craig Delich 6-28-09.
[no title indexed]
Madam Fatal / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The old saying, 'You can't tell a book by its cover'...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Madam Fatal
[no title indexed]
Ned Brant / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's the men from the newspaper, Jake...
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Ned Brant
Little Butch
Rube Goldberg's Side Show / comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Strip reprint.
Brad and Dad
Rube Goldberg's Side Show / comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Strip reprint.
Weekly Invention
Rube Goldberg's Side Show / comic story / 0.34 page
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Strip reprint.
[no title indexed]
Alias the Spider / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Even the most cunning criminal fails...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spider [Tom Hallaway]
Indexer Notes
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Clock [superhero] -
1.
The President's Been Kidnapped
The Black Condor -
2.
[Landing in England...]
Spitfire [Quality] -
3.
["Jim Slade, the roving press photographer..."]
Tor, the Magic Master -
4.
["A familiar figure, the Clock..."]
The Clock [superhero] -
5.
["I'm framed."]
Jane Arden -
6.
["I'll have to give Dan'l and Melissy a wedding present..."]
Lena Pry -
7.
["But I'm telling ya, Nifty..."]
Molly the Model -
8.
["And did ya tell him..."]
Molly the Model -
9.
Introducing the Amazing Don Q
Don Q -
10.
["Yessir, this is what we city folks call a mirror!"]
Slap Happy Pappy -
11.
The Red Torpedo vs. the Black Shark
The Red Torpedo -
12.
["Arf!"]
Snappy -
13.
["The old saying, 'You can't tell a book by its cover'..."]
Madam Fatal -
14.
Aviation Sabotage
Eric Vale -
15.
["It's the men from the newspaper, Jake..."]
Ned Brant -
16.
Little Butch
Rube Goldberg's Side Show -
17.
Brad and Dad
Rube Goldberg's Side Show -
18.
Weekly Invention
Rube Goldberg's Side Show -
19.
["Even the most cunning criminal fails..."]
Alias the Spider
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