Crack Comics
#22
(March 1942)
Quality Comics,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-01-14
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- Gill Fox [as Gilbert Fox]; Everett M. Arnold [as E. M. Arnold] (general manager)
Issue Notes
Copyright 1941 by Comic Magazines, Inc.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.
[The Storm Masters]
The Black Condor / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- ?
- 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. aka Senator Thomas Wright]; Dr. Foster; Wendy Foster; Jasper Crow (villain); Skull-Face (villain, introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain); the Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- With the entrance of America into the war, Senator Wright's duties kick into high gear, and Wendy helps her father develop a special food concentrate for Europe.
[Mission to Chalons]
Spitfire / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Al McWilliams (signed as A. McWilliams)
- Pencils
- Al McWilliams (signed as A. McWilliams)
- Inks
- Al McWilliams (signed as A. McWilliams)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- aviation; adventure
- Characters
- Spitfire [Tex Adams]; the Nazis (villains)
Indexer Notes
Signed in the second panel on the second page.
[The Henderson Murder Case]
Alias the Spider / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Arthur Henderson (villain, introduction)
Indexer Notes
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
[The Problem of Princess Pershwah]
Hack O'Hara / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Hack O'Hara; Prince Pershwah (first appearance); Shandar (first appearance); James (first appearance; death); Princess Pershwah (first appearance; villain)
[no title indexed]
Ned Brant / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ned, if you lose this conference championship fight
- Genre
- sports
Indexer Notes
strip reprints
[no title indexed]
Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yes -- this is Maloney -- you mean I get the job?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Molly The Model [Molly Maloney]; Pop Maloney [Aloysius P. Maloney]; Mrs. Ritzem; Professor McTeapot
- Synopsis
- Pop "assists" a professor by posing with a baboon during a lecture.
[no title indexed]
Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So after leaving the Foreign Legion
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Molly Maloney; Danny Deever; Mr. Ripple
- Synopsis
- Molly's pal Danny helps her get out of a date with a boring blowhard.
[no title indexed]
Rube Goldberg's Side Show / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
strip reprint
[Sure-Fire Detective Agency]
Madam Fatal / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton]; Scrappy Nelson; Tubby White; A spy ring (villains, introduction for all)
Indexer Notes
Last appearance of feature. There is a blurb at the end of the story that there will be more Madam Fatal next issue, but there wasn't.
Madame Fatal appears next in The Golden Age (DC, 1993 Series) #4 (May 1994)
[The Red Stone]
Don Q / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- spy; adventure
- Characters
- Don Q; Sir Cedric Besford (first appearance); Tebet I (first appearance; villain; death; flashback); Ajurac I (first appearance; villain; death; flashback); Ajurac (first appearance; villain); Capt. Von Hardt (first appearance; villain); Tebet (first appearance; villain; death)
[no title indexed]
Snappy / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Aw--and I was just beginning to enjoy myself!
- Genre
- humor
[U-Boat Attack]
Tor, the Magic Master / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero; adventure; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Tor [Jim Slade]; the Nazis (villains)
Return of the Mad Trapper
Eric Vale / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Larry Spain
- Pencils
- Gill Fox ? [as G. F.] (signed)
- Inks
- Gill Fox ? [as G. F.] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Eric Vale
[no title indexed]
Jane Arden / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Old Malby was robbed by an old friend
- Genre
- drama; adventure
- Keywords
- soap opera
Indexer Notes
strip reprints
[Victims of the Fagin]
The Clock / 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]; Butch; The Fagin and his gang (villains, introduction for all)
- Synopsis
- The Clock returns to the streets, but now donning a domino mask, and with Butch in tow, forbids her to use a gun in their adventure, so she uses a potato studded with razor blades on the baddies!
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Black Condor -
1.
[The Storm Masters]
The Black Condor -
2.
[Mission to Chalons]
Spitfire -
3.
[The Henderson Murder Case]
Alias the Spider -
4.
[World's Laziest Hillbilly]
Slap Happy Pappy -
5.
[The Problem of Princess Pershwah]
Hack O'Hara -
6.
["Ned, if you lose this conference championship fight"]
Ned Brant -
7.
["Yes -- this is Maloney -- you mean I get the job?"]
Molly the Model -
8.
["So after leaving the Foreign Legion"]
Molly the Model -
9.
[no title indexed]
Rube Goldberg's Side Show -
10.
[Sure-Fire Detective Agency]
Madam Fatal -
11.
[The Red Stone]
Don Q -
12.
["Aw--and I was just beginning to enjoy myself!"]
Snappy -
13.
[U-Boat Attack]
Tor, the Magic Master -
14.
Return of the Mad Trapper
Eric Vale -
15.
["Old Malby was robbed by an old friend"]
Jane Arden -
16.
[Victims of the Fagin]
The Clock
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Daniel Martinez
- Clint Maxwell
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
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