Crack Comics #24

(July 1942)

The Secret of the Hills (Table of Contents: 1)

The Black Condor / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lou Fine [as Louis K. Fine] (signed)

Inks:

Lou Fine [as Louis K. Fine] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr. as Senator Thomas Wright]

Indexer Notes

Jim Amash states in The Quality Companion (TwoMorrows, 2011 series) #1 (November, 2011), page 93, that Fine only drew the first 24 stories of the Black Condor, this issue being the last.

[Having been granted a transfer...] (Table of Contents: 2)

Spitfire / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al McWilliams

Inks:

Al McWilliams

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

aviation

Characters:

Spitfire [Tex Adams]

The Island of Dread (Table of Contents: 3)

Don Q / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Vernon Henkel

Inks:

Vernon Henkel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

spy

Characters:

Don Q

["Hey Pappy! Wake up-It's past yore bed time!!"] (Table of Contents: 4)

Slap Happy Pappy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]

Pencils:

Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]

Inks:

Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

[...by sharp-witted extortionists...] (Table of Contents: 5)

Pen Miller / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling

Inks:

Klaus Nordling

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Pen Miller

["You back Miss..Did you forget something??"] (Table of Contents: 6)

Jane Arden / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script:

Monte Barrett

Pencils:

Russell Ross

Inks:

Russell Ross

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

drama

Reprints:

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

Keywords:

soap opera

["Tra-la la-la"] (Table of Contents: 7)

Lena Pry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Monte Barrett

Pencils:

Russell Ross

Inks:

Russell Ross

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

Reprints:

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

["Ah nothing like the first breath of spring to bring out the baseball bats!"] (Table of Contents: 8)

Molly The Model / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Devlin

Inks:

John Devlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Molly The Model

["Well if you're so sure about it-why don't you bet-huh?"] (Table of Contents: 9)

Molly The Model / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Devlin

Inks:

John Devlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Molly The Model

["Gaga the Powder Puff Dancer- For Adults Only"] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

[In the grip of the Butcher...] (Table of Contents: 11)

Hack O'Hara / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Fujitani ?

Inks:

Bob Fujitani ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Hack O'Hara

[The Yellow Scorpion] (Table of Contents: 12)

Alias The Spider / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Paul Gustavson

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson

Inks:

Paul Gustavson

Colors:

?

Letters:

Paul Gustavson

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Spider [Tom Hallaway]

Indexer Notes

All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

["Hey kiddo- stop what you're doing and come here a minute!"] (Table of Contents: 13)

Snappy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Arthur Beeman

Inks:

Arthur Beeman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

[In the jungles of Panama...] (Table of Contents: 14)

Tor, the Magic Master / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Pencils:

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Inks:

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Tor [Jim Slade]

Code of Dishonor (Table of Contents: 15)

Eric Vale / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Larry Spain

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Eric Vale

["Big day for all of us, eh, Ned?"] (Table of Contents: 16)

Ned Brant / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Bob Zuppke

Pencils:

B. W. Depew

Inks:

B. W. Depew

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

sports

[The Knife Throwing Gang] (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]; Butch; The Knife-Throwing Gang (villains)

Synopsis:

Butches use of rat traps to fight crime and fear of real guns comes into play when she faces the evil Knife-Throwing Gang.