Crack Comics
#28
(March 1943)
Quality Comics,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bimonthly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-01-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines, Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Printer
- Printed in U. S. A.
- Editing
- John Beardsley (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2.
[no title indexed]
Captain Triumph / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Captain Triumph part mortal part spirit!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Triumph
[no title indexed]
Captain Triumph / comic story / 13 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ohhh! Happenings on Earth are so sad today!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Triumph; The Fates; Kim; Dr. Eaton; Cairo; Crackers; Big Jim Corley; Turk; O'Malley
- Synopsis
- Lance tells Kim he's Captain Triumph.
[no title indexed]
Inkie / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Thay folkth!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Inkie (first appearance); Al Stahl
- Synopsis
- Al Stahl has to create a character and several pages of story before morning.
Little Butch
Rube Goldberg's Side Show / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Rube Goldberg (signed as Goldberg)
- Pencils
- Rube Goldberg (signed as Goldberg)
- Inks
- Rube Goldberg (signed as Goldberg)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bradshaw Sneed; Mr. Sneed
- Synopsis
- Brad convinces dad to buy him a canoe.
- Reprints
- from Sideshow (Register and Tribune Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx
Indexer Notes
Strip reprint.
[no title indexed]
Hack O'Hara / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's one thing about Hack O'Hara... he doesn't have to look for trouble... trouble finds him!
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Hack O'Hara; G. G.
- Synopsis
- A man leaves a baby carriage with a dead body in it.
[no title indexed]
Slap Happy Pappy / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)
- Pencils
- Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)
- Inks
- Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Who be thet feller there what's a shiverin' in July, Pappy?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Slap-Happy Pappy; Zeb; Snore Smith
- Synopsis
- Snore Smith hears slow.
[no title indexed]
Molly the Model / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nice of you to gimme this job wheelin' ya, Judge!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Molly Maloney; Daniel Deever; Tattoo Tim; Mr. Van Uppity; Mrs. Van Uppity
- Synopsis
- A man wheels a judge around in a wheelchair; Molly tries to fix up Daniel's appearance for a fancy party.
Indexer Notes
Two separate one-page stories.
Suicide Club!!
Alias the Spider / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spider; Mr. Death (villain, introduction, death); James Wentworth; Chuck; Gordon; Ferres
- Synopsis
- Mr. Death runs a game where the loser kills himself.
Indexer Notes
Gustavson script credit from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
Art credits suggested by the Who's Who and agreed to by Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash in the Quality Companion.
The Spider's secret identity in this story is called Tom Halladay, not Hallaway.
The Axis Bonnet
Pen Miller / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Klaus Nordling (signed as Klaus)
- Pencils
- Klaus Nordling (signed as Klaus)
- Inks
- Klaus Nordling (signed as Klaus)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Hirohito; Adolf Hitler; Pen Miller; Benito Mussolini; Chop; Jack; Bill
- Synopsis
- German agents capture Pen because his cartoons are selling too many war stamps.
Black Dragon
The Black Condor / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr. / Thomas Wright]; Draku (villain, introduction, death); Black Dragon Society (villains, introduction for all); Dr. Foster; Wendy Foster; Simms
- Synopsis
- Draku of the Black Dragon Society tries to steal Dr. Foster's formula for neutralizing poison gas.
The Winged One
Eric Valt / text story / 1.75 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Eric Valt; Red Starke; Lefty Joseph; Jason
- Synopsis
- Eric is part of an expedition to the Valley of the Walking Dead.
Indexer Notes
To be continued.
The Kiss of Death!
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
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Dagga Valenz (villain, introduction, death); Butch; Pedro; Mr. Giles; Mr. Gilt; Mr. Janes; Orchid
- Synopsis
- The Clock investigates a woman who kills men with a kiss.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Captain Triumph part mortal part spirit!"]
Captain Triumph -
1.
["Here it is!"]
-
2.
["Ohhh! Happenings on Earth are so sad today!"]
Captain Triumph -
3.
["Thay folkth!"]
Inkie -
4.
Little Butch
Rube Goldberg's Side Show -
5.
["There's one thing about Hack O'Hara... he doesn't have to look for trouble... trouble finds him!"]
Hack O'Hara -
6.
["Who be thet feller there what's a shiverin' in July, Pappy?"]
Slap Happy Pappy -
7.
["Nice of you to gimme this job wheelin' ya, Judge!"]
Molly the Model -
8.
Suicide Club!!
Alias the Spider -
9.
The Axis Bonnet
Pen Miller -
10.
Black Dragon
The Black Condor -
11.
The Winged One
Eric Valt -
12.
["Kid Eternity and his comic companion"]
-
13.
The Kiss of Death!
The Clock [superhero] -
14.
["Quality comic group"]
-
15.
["Energy to do tough jobs!"]
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