Smash! #139
(28 September 1968)

IPC, 1966 Series
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Price
7d [0-0-7 GBP]
Pages
24
Indicia Frequency
Every Monday
On-sale Date
1968-09-23
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Odhams Press Ltd
Brand
A Power Comic
Editing
Alf Wallace [as Alf]; Albert Cosser [as Cos]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Swots and Blots / cover / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Lacey
Inks
Mike Lacey
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
There isn't much I can't do with a Yo-Yo!
Genre
humour
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The Mystery of the Lake [Part 4] (Table of Contents: 1)

Brian's Brain / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Barrie Mitchell
Inks
Barrie Mitchell
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; science fiction
Characters
Brian Kingsley; Duffy Rolls; The Brain; Sue Merrow; Julius Pilt
Synopsis
Julius Pilt controls a prehistoric creature which dwells in Lake Drednor.

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

News from the Floor of 64 / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 0.5 page (report information)

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?
Letters
typeset

Watch Your Heart Beat! (Table of Contents: 3)

Meet...Mister Knowall / activity / 0.25 page (report information)

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?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Howzat! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Discbat Cricket / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

Stilt-Man Strikes Again! [Part 3] (Table of Contents: 5)

Daredevil / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Frank Giacoia; Dick Ayers
Letters
Artie Simek
Genre
superhero
Characters
Daredevil [Mike Murdock]; Foggy Nelson; Karen Page; Stilt-Man; Masked Marauder [Frank Farnum]; Leap-Frog
Reprints

The Finest Armoured Fighting Force! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Airfix / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Bad Penny / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's a one-armed bandit...
Genre
humour

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

Smash Pow-Wow! / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Alf Wallace [as Alf]; Albert Cosser [as Cos]
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from, David Hall; Jane Emery; Linda Keen; L. Knott

Scott of the Antarctic (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Wayfinders Shoes / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Cloak Meets Deathshead [Part 3] (Table of Contents: 10)

The Cloak / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Higgs
Pencils
Mike Higgs
Inks
Mike Higgs
Letters
?
Genre
humour; spy

Dinner Time on Deimos! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Pencils
Larry Lieber
Inks
Larry Lieber
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
In the future everyone must work on a farm one day a week. Millionaire, Laird Benedict refuses to work like a common peasant and leaves an overpopulated Earth for a life of luxury. But his new home on Deimos is worse than Earth. He must work every day to combat the hostile plants and earn a meagre meal of beans.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Grimly Feendish / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
P.C. Twitt - the smallest cop in the force!
Genre
humour

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

The Nervs / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Reid
Inks
Ken Reid
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm goin' to die in me prime!
Genre
humour

[Superman's Missing Powers [Part 1]] (Table of Contents: 14)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Whitney Ellsworth
Pencils
Al Plastino
Inks
Al Plastino
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Professor Zinkk

The Thrill of the Hunt [Part 3] (Table of Contents: 15)

Spider-Man / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Ditko (plot); Stan Lee (script)
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Letters
Sam Rosen
Genre
superhero
Characters
Kraven; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Betty Brant; Aunt May Parker; Anna Watson; Gwen Stacy; Harry Osborn; Jonah Jameson; Frederick Foswell
Reprints

[Demon Druid's Diary] (Table of Contents: 16)

Wiz War / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humour
Characters
Demon Druid; Wizard Prang; Arnold

Indexer Notes

Back cover colour strip.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["There isn't much I can't do with a Yo-Yo!"]
    The Swots and Blots
  2. 1. The Mystery of the Lake [Part 4]
    Brian's Brain
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    News from the Floor of 64
  4. 3. Watch Your Heart Beat!
    Meet...Mister Knowall
  5. 4. Howzat!
    Discbat Cricket
  6. 5. Stilt-Man Strikes Again! [Part 3]
    Daredevil
  7. 6. The Finest Armoured Fighting Force!
    Airfix
  8. 7. ["It's a one-armed bandit..."]
    Bad Penny
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Smash Pow-Wow!
  10. 9. Scott of the Antarctic
    Wayfinders Shoes
  11. 10. The Cloak Meets Deathshead [Part 3]
    The Cloak
  12. 11. Dinner Time on Deimos!
  13. 12. ["P.C. Twitt - the smallest cop in the force!"]
    Grimly Feendish
  14. 13. ["I'm goin' to die in me prime!"]
    The Nervs
  15. 14. [Superman's Missing Powers [Part 1]]
    Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
  16. 15. The Thrill of the Hunt [Part 3]
    Spider-Man
  17. 16. [Demon Druid's Diary]
    Wiz War
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