Crack Comics
#29
(May 1943)
Quality Comics,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-03-26
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- John Beardsley
Issue Notes
Published at 8 Lord ST, Buffalo, NY. Editorial office 415 Lexington Ave, NY, NY
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.
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.
Captain Triumph Meets Spade the Ruthless!
Captain Triumph / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ruben Moreira (signed as Rubemor)
- Inks
- Ruben Moreira (signed as Rubemor)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Triumph [Lance Gallant]
Captain Triumph Meets Spade the Ruthless!
Captain Triumph / comic story / 13 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Lance and Michael Gallant were twins...
- 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, illegal munition importers that rely on their resemblance to confuse the authorities.
Indexer Notes
Title taken from cover.
The Spade brothers resemble Hollywood actor Sidney Greenstreet.
[no title indexed]
Alias the Spider / comic story / 8 pages
- 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 from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
[no title indexed]
Slap Happy Pappy / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Pappy! War's bin declared!
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
The Black Condor / comic story / 9 pages
- 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]
Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page
- 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]
Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page
- 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]
Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page
- 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]
Inkie / comic story / 7 pages
- 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]
Rube Goldberg's Side Show / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A big shot in college named Cannonball Ames...
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
strip reprints
[no title indexed]
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
- ?
- 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.
[no title indexed]
Hack O'Hara / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Furthermore, Hack O'Hara, I've a good mind to report you to the commissioner!
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Hack O'Hara
Who Done It!!
The Clock [superhero] / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery; superhero
- 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.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Captain Triumph Meets Spade the Ruthless!
Captain Triumph -
1.
Captain Triumph Meets Spade the Ruthless!
Captain Triumph -
2.
["Some men hunt ducks, pheasants..."]
Alias the Spider -
3.
["Hey, Pappy! War's bin declared!"]
Slap Happy Pappy -
4.
["Authors throughout history have written tragedy, comedy, prose and poetry..."]
The Black Condor -
5.
["It seems the bigger the appetite, the barer the ice-box!"]
Molly the Model -
6.
["You say Nifty's brother built the new fun-house in the amusement park?"]
Molly the Model -
7.
["Hmph! You don't have to be so conceited about it!"]
Molly the Model -
8.
["Inkie is a comic character the size of your pinky..."]
Inkie -
9.
["A big shot in college named Cannonball Ames..."]
Rube Goldberg's Side Show -
10.
["Pen Miller, an artist of no small fame..."]
Pen Miller -
11.
Lisbon Terror
Eric Vale -
12.
["Furthermore, Hack O'Hara, I've a good mind to report you to the commissioner!"]
Hack O'Hara -
13.
Who Done It!!
The Clock [superhero]
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