Smash Comics #64

(April 1946)

[Unexplored Country] (Table of Contents: 1)

Volto; Grape-Nuts Flakes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Frank Robbins ?

Inks

Frank Robbins ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Volto; Jimmy

[King Zoris of Vaporia] (Table of Contents: 2)

Midnight / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Gustavson (signed) (sourced)

Pencils

Paul Gustavson (signed) (sourced)

Inks

Paul Gustavson (signed) (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

Paul Gustavson (signed) (sourced)

Genre

adventure; superhero

Characters

Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Sniffer Snoop; Hotfoot; Donald Larkinfoot; King Zoris

Synopsis

Everyone's looking for King Zoris who's been missing since before the war.

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

Archie O'Toole / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bernard Dibble

Inks

Bernard Dibble

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Trouble is, all the brides...

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Archie O'Toole (king)

Synopsis

The people clamor that the king picks himself a queen.

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

Spunky / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sid Lazarus (signed as S. Lazarus)

Inks

Sid Lazarus (signed as S. Lazarus)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You see, Marge? Baseball is very simple! Three strikes and he's out!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Spunky; Curly; Marge; Pug

Synopsis

Spunky and Curly, who have distinguished themselves at school, get awards, A cup for Curly as best athlete, and a toothbrush for Spunky for having the healthiest teeth. Then Spunky wants to find an athletic event at which he can beat Curly.

[The Wheel of Fortune] (Table of Contents: 5)

Espionage Starring Black X / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Quackenbush ?

Inks

Bill Quackenbush ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

spy; adventure; war

Characters

Black X; Batu; Umra; the Major

Synopsis

The rich people gather at the exotic gambling capitol of Murgastan.

Indexer Notes

Possibly Quackenbush, with the many figures with short torso and also some short arms and fingers. Quackenbush has some signed stories in this feature and some in Military Comics from the same period, but not very similar to each other.

[Mr. Facet and Miss Glint] (Table of Contents: 6)

Lady Luck / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Klaus Nordling (signed)

Pencils

Klaus Nordling (signed)

Inks

Klaus Nordling (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Mr. Facet; Miss Glint; Peecolo

Synopsis

At an diamond auction the Moon of the Orient is stolen from Mr. Facet.

Reprints

• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/19/1944 (March 19th, 1944)

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

Rookie Rankin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pete Riss

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Fight night... the crowd roared "Murder the bum"... and Rookie Rakin knew for once that the fans' mocking advice had a literal significance!

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Rookie Rankin; Kayo Marvin; Spades Quinn; Roddy Dirk

Synopsis

A boxer is ordered to take a dive or be killed.

Indexer Notes

Similar art to the Riss-credited pencil work on Manhunter stories in Police Comics (Quality, 1941 series) #37-#59.

Bob Hughes agrees on Riss pencils.

The Volcano Men (Table of Contents: 8)

Jimmy Christian / text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Characters

Jimmy Christian (reporter); Stanley Walton

Synopsis

On the crest of Ptarmo Peak was supposed to live a strange pygmy people.

Indexer Notes

text story

Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, etc. (Table of Contents: 9)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

Everett M. Arnold

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Printed in Buffalo New York.
Publisher: Everett M. Arnold, Lucas Point, Old Greenwich, CT.
Editor: Martin DeMuth, 415 Lexington, New York, NY
Owners: Everett M. Arnold, Claire C. Arnold, Smash Comics Inc.

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

Wun Cloo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Cole ?

Inks

Jack Cole ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Pleeze, mist' Wun Cloo...

Genre

humor; detective-mystery

Characters

Wun Cloo (detective); Hobo Jim; Tony

Synopsis

A hobo is cooking his socks and Wun Cloo gets a taste.

[The Vitality Tonic] (Table of Contents: 11)

Daffy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Janice Valleau (signed as Ginger)

Inks

Janice Valleau (signed as Ginger)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; sports

Characters

Daffy; Deke; Crusher Blue

Synopsis

daffy is promoting Healer Bates and his Vitality Tonic.

Keywords

wrestling

[The Scheme of Dr. Brook] (Table of Contents: 12)

The Jester / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pete Riss

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Jester [Chuck Lane]; John Carey; Joan Carey; Dr. Brook (villain)

Synopsis

A doctor is committing a sane man to an asylum to get his fortune.

Reprints

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #84 (2011)

Indexer Notes

Originally credited "Sam Citron?" This is similar art to the many Manhunter stories in Police Comics credited to Peter Riss on pencils. Notice the flying man getting a punch on the jaw, which can also be found in at least 12 Manhunter stories.