Smash!
#19
(11 June 1966)
IPC,
1966 Series
- Price
- 7d [0-0-7 GBP]
- Pages
- 28
- Indicia Frequency
- Every Tuesday
- On-sale Date
- 1966-06-07
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Odhams Press Ltd
- Editing
- Alf Wallace (credited as Alf) (editor); Albert Cosser (credited as Cos) (editor)
The TV Set with a Difference
Charlie's Choice / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Charlie; The Men From U.N.C.L.E. [Napoleon Solo; Illya Kuryakin]; Troy Tempest
- Synopsis
- "The TV Set with a Difference" - Charlie owns a TV where the characters come to life and offer him advice
- Keywords
- Stingray
[no title indexed]
Danger Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Heh Heh! You Are Going To Help Me Get A Fish, Little Mouse
- Genre
- humour
The Ringmaster!
The Hulk / comic story / 5.5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hulk [Bruce Banner]; The Ringmaster; Rick Jones
- Synopsis
- Rick takes a break from his Hulk-sitting duties and goes to the circus. Unfortunately, he picks one run by a hypnotic criminal who mesmerizes his audience and then robs them. When the Hulk arrives to bail out his buddy, he is captured and made part of the act thanks to the fact that Rick is in thrall and cannot give him any commands. Rick returns with the FBI and the Hulk finds himself free to kick some circus tail.
- Reprints
-
from The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series) #3 (September 1962) [Pages & panels altered to fit 10 pages into 5.5 UK pages.]
-
Indexer Notes
Black and white United Kingdom edited reprint.
Due to the different larger UK page sizes, pages & panels have been re-arranged so the original 10 page story now fits into 5.5 pages. This has meant a few panels have been dropped & other alterations have occurred.
[no title indexed]
Bad Penny / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Grr! Rotten Old Mum!
- Genre
- humour; children
- Synopsis
- Comic exploits of a mischievous girl
[no title indexed]
The Tellybugs / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Huh! Look At All Those Slim People!
- Genre
- humour
Look Out For the Fantastic Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
[no title indexed]
Percy's Pets / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey! There's No Cheese Left!
- Genre
- humour; children
[no title indexed]
The Legend Testers / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm On Some Sort Of Torture Rack!
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Rollo Stones; Danny Charters
- Synopsis
- Time travellers from the 40th century test the legend of the were-wolf.
Indexer Notes
Ongoing weekly strip
[no title indexed]
Meet Mister Knowall / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Activity and quiz page hosted by Mr. Knowall
- Keywords
- quiz
[no title indexed]
Ronnie Rich / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Me And My Men Are The Scourge Of The Seven Seas
- Genre
- humour; children
Indexer Notes
Ongoing weekly strip
[no title indexed]
It's The Rubber Man / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look Out, Professor!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jim Hollis; Jonas Sleech; Professor Bird
Indexer Notes
Ongoing weekly strip
[no title indexed]
The Ghost Patrol / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You Fool Erhart, Don't Touch The Time Machine
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction; war
- Synopsis
- The Ghost Patrol are hurtled back in time by a time machine and find themselves confronted by a fierce Roman army.
- Reprints
- Reprinted from Odhams' earlier title Swift, where the strip was called 'The Phantom Patrol'.
Indexer Notes
Ongoing weekly strip
[no title indexed]
The Nervs / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Whoops! I've Lost My Glasses!
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Comic exploits of 'Fatty' and his Nervs - little creatures inside his body.
Indexer Notes
Ongoing weekly strip
The Rottenest Crook in the World
Grimly Feendish / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
Indexer Notes
Ongoing weekly strip. Color back cover. Grimly's physical appearance is loosely based on Uncle Fester from The Addams Family.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Fantastic Batman Is On His Way! See Inside!
Charlie's Choice -
1.
The TV Set with a Difference
Charlie's Choice -
2.
["Heh Heh! You Are Going To Help Me Get A Fish, Little Mouse"]
Danger Mouse -
3.
The Ringmaster!
The Hulk -
4.
The Monster and the Machine!
The Hulk -
5.
Be A Smasher - Write To Smash!
-
6.
["Grr! Rotten Old Mum!"]
Bad Penny -
7.
["Huh! Look At All Those Slim People!"]
The Tellybugs -
8.
Look Out For the Fantastic Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
9.
["Hey! There's No Cheese Left!"]
Percy's Pets -
10.
["I'm On Some Sort Of Torture Rack!"]
The Legend Testers -
11.
[no title indexed]
Meet Mister Knowall -
12.
["Me And My Men Are The Scourge Of The Seven Seas"]
Ronnie Rich -
13.
["Look Out, Professor!"]
It's The Rubber Man -
14.
["You Fool Erhart, Don't Touch The Time Machine"]
The Ghost Patrol -
15.
["Whoops! I've Lost My Glasses!"]
The Nervs -
16.
The Rottenest Crook in the World
Grimly Feendish
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