Crack Comics
#30
(August 1943)
Quality Comics,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- John Beardsley (editor); Busy Arnold (general manager)
Issue Notes
Copyright 1943 by Comic Magazines.
Captain Triumph Introduces His New Assistant Biff
Captain Triumph / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Alex Kotzky (signed)
- Inks
- Alex Kotzky (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Triumph [Lance Gallant]; Biff
The Men Who Knew Too Much
Captain Triumph / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Triumph [Lance and Michael Gallant]; Kim Meredith; Biff (his assistant, introduction); Ambassador von Mark; Peggy von Mark; Eric Peters; Zero (villain, introduction, Death); Pinch (villain, introduction, death); Eric (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- While on vacation at Winter Wonderland, Lance and Kim take pity on a circus clown, Biff, and used super-powers to spice up his act. Captain Triumph and his new assistant Biff rescue Peggy from Zero, a killer who's searching for His Majesty.
[no title indexed]
Slap Happy Pappy / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ho hum, sho' hez bin a hard day!
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
The Clock / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- George Brenner (signed)
- Pencils
- George Brenner (signed)
- Inks
- George Brenner (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tick...tock...tick...the moments fly...
- Genre
- detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Butch; Joe Miles; Larry Logan
- Synopsis
- Joe Miles confesses to crimes he doesn't remember committing.
Black Ink Shortage Threatens Artists!
Inkie / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Inkie; Al Stahl; Arthritis; Wildman
- Synopsis
- Inkie meets his creator. Then Arthritis offers to end the ink shortage. But his new ink allows all the characters to jump off the page.
- Reprints
in [no title indexed]
Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come on, Molly! How about a swim?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Molly The Model [Molly Maloney]; Danny Deever
- Synopsis
- Molly's boyfriend Danny isn't afraid of rough surf.
[no title indexed]
Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Phew! Am I tired--and now I gotta do housework!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Molly Maloney; Pop Maloney; Fifi
- Synopsis
- Molly thinks her father is going to start pulling his weight around the house, but his idea of helping is to hire a sexy French maid.
[no title indexed]
Hack O'Hara / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yuh know, Hack--I got a feeling we aren't alone!
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Hack O'Hara
[no title indexed]
Rube Goldberg's Side Show / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's the luggage, with cases and racks and containers.
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
strip reprint
[no title indexed]
Pen Miller / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now, let's see...I just did one on the fuel-oil black market...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Pen Miller; Chop Chu; Ting Ling; Too Lung; Jocko
- Synopsis
- Pen goes to China town to do a story on Chinese relief. But the Chinese relief is actually being diverted to the Japanese.
[no title indexed]
The Black Condor / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Belfi (signed)
- Inks
- John Belfi (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In Washington...a rustle of wings in the night...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr. as Senator Thomas Wright]; Wendy Foster; Dr. Foster; Senator Dan Bird (villain, introduction); Fury (villain, an eagle); Dirk
- Synopsis
- Senator Bird takes Jaspar Crow's place as Wright's nemesis in Congress, wanting to create a national park for the protection of Bald Eagles, but Thomas was a key figure in shelving the bill. So Bird responds by ordering his pet eagle, Fury, to pick off the committee members one by one.
Insane Asylum
Alias the Spider / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Paul Gustavson
- Pencils
- Joey Cavallo (signed)
- Inks
- Joey Cavallo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Joe; Rocks Dolson (villain); Lanky (villain); Sniffer (villain); Bugs (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Spider needs the help of an insane man to capture Rocks Dolson and his gang.
Indexer Notes
Last Golden Age appearance of the Alias the Spider feature.
Next appearance of the Spider in All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 Series) #50 (October 1985).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Captain Triumph Introduces His New Assistant Biff
Captain Triumph -
1.
The Men Who Knew Too Much
Captain Triumph -
2.
["Ho hum, sho' hez bin a hard day!"]
Slap Happy Pappy -
3.
["Tick...tock...tick...the moments fly..."]
The Clock -
4.
Black Ink Shortage Threatens Artists!
Inkie -
5.
["Come on, Molly! How about a swim?"]
Molly the Model -
6.
["Phew! Am I tired--and now I gotta do housework!"]
Molly the Model -
7.
["Yuh know, Hack--I got a feeling we aren't alone!"]
Hack O'Hara -
8.
["Here's the luggage, with cases and racks and containers."]
Rube Goldberg's Side Show -
9.
["Now, let's see...I just did one on the fuel-oil black market..."]
Pen Miller -
10.
The March of the Walking Dead
Eric Vale -
11.
["In Washington...a rustle of wings in the night..."]
The Black Condor -
12.
Insane Asylum
Alias the Spider -
13.
Battles Monster Man!
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Daniel Martinez
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- John Pannozzi
- David Wilt
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