Crack Comics #29

(May 1943)

Spade the Ruthless (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain Triumph / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Alfred Andriola

Inks:

Alfred Andriola

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Captain Triumph [Lance and Michael Gallant]; Kim Meredith; A. Spade (villain, introduction); Z. Spade (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

Together with Kim, Michael and Lance battle twin villains, who are illegal munition importers that rely on their resemblance to confuse the authorities.

Indexer Notes

Title taken from cover. First line, "Lance and Michael Gallant were twins...". The Spade brothers resemble Hollywood actor, Sidney Greenstreet.

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

Alias the Spider / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

Paul Gustavson

Pencils:

Joey Cavallo (signed)

Inks:

Joey Cavallo (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text:

Some men hunt ducks, pheasants...

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Chuck; Doris Tembroke (Ted's wife); Deddo; The Human Fly [John Duke] (villain, introduction, death); The Fly [Ted Tembroke] (villain)

Synopsis:

The Spider takes on the murderous Fly, former business partner to the former Human Fly.

Indexer Notes

Gustavson script credit verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

Art credits verified by the Who's Who and Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash in the Quality Companion.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script:

Jack Cole

Pencils:

Jack Cole

Inks:

Jack Cole

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text:

Hey, Pappy! War's bin declared!

Genre:

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

Charles Sultan

Inks:

Charles Sultan

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text:

Authors throughout history have written tragedy, comedy, prose and poetry...

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr. as Senator Thomas Wright]; Heywood Bryant; Dr. Foster; Wendy Foster; Ralph Drew

Synopsis:

An author is mysteriously killed and his new novel disappears.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script:

Bernard Dibble

Pencils:

Bernard Dibble

Inks:

Bernard Dibble

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text:

It seems the bigger the appetite, the barer the ice-box!

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Pop Maloney

Synopsis:

A hungry Pop tricks a bird into laying eggs for him to eat.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script:

Bernard Dibble

Pencils:

Bernard Dibble

Inks:

Bernard Dibble

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text:

You say Nifty's brother built the new fun-house in the amusement park?

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Molly Maloney; Danny Deever; Doc Dugan

Synopsis:

Danny convinces Molly to try a "tame" amusement park ride.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script:

Bernard Dibble

Pencils:

Bernard Dibble

Inks:

Bernard Dibble

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text:

Hmph! You don't have to be so conceited about it!

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Molly Maloney; Pop Maloney; Mr. Wixit

Synopsis:

Pop is hired to appear in a "United Nations exhibit."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Inkie / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

Al Stahl (signed)

Pencils:

Al Stahl (signed)

Inks:

Al Stahl

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text:

Inkie is a comic character the size of your pinky...

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Inkie; Shut Eye (villain); Officer Sullivan

Synopsis:

Inkie is a cartoon character come to life, who's not really impressed with the dangers his creator puts him in, so he resolves to finish the story himself.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Rube Goldberg's Side Show / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Rube Goldberg

Pencils:

Rube Goldberg

Inks:

Rube Goldberg

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text:

A big shot in college named Cannonball Ames...

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script:

Klaus Nordling

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling [as Klaus]

Inks:

Klaus Nordling

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text:

Pen Miller, an artist of no small fame...

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Pen Miller; Chop Chu; Red Mandrill; Mousy

Synopsis:

When the oil man comes the tank gets emptier.

Lisbon Terror (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Hack O'Hara / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Clark Williams

Inks:

Clark Williams

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text:

Furthermore, Hack O'Hara, I've a good mind to report you to the commissioner!

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Hack O'Hara

Who Done It!! (Table of Contents: 13)

Clock / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script:

George Brenner

Pencils:

Fran Matera

Inks:

Fran Matera

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Butch; Big Ed Gloyne; James Post

Synopsis:

A crusading newspaper publisher goes after a grafting politician. And gets killed for his troubles. Now it's up to the Clock and Butch to solve the murder.

Indexer Notes

not signed by Brenner, nor does it look like his art.