Smash Comics #65

(June 1946)

[Cyanide Cindy] (Table of Contents: 1)

Midnight [superhero] / 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]; Gabby (a monkey); Doc Mortimer Wackey; Sniffer Snoop; Hot Dog; Cyanide Cindy (villain)

Synopsis

Midnight is broadcasting a beauty contest at Center Park and must overcome Cyanide Cindy, a gun-toting beauty out for money the honest way.

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

Bernard Dibble

Inks

Bernard Dibble

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Archie O'Toole (king)

Synopsis

The people will get rid of the king.

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

Spunky / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sid Lazarus (signed)

Inks

Sid Lazarus (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Etiquette Business

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Spunky; Curly; Marge; Pug

Synopsis

Marge likes to be treated as a weak and defenceless girl.

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

Pete Riss

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Rookie Rankin was all for being helpful!

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Rookie Rankin; Mrs. Van Garb; police chief; police commissioner

Synopsis

Rookie Rankin is assigned a beat in the worst neighborhood in the city.

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 Kidnapped Babies] (Table of Contents: 5)

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]; Chunky; Doc (villain, gang boss)

Synopsis

Lady Luck must track down six babies that have been kidnapped from the Metropolitan Hospital.

Reprints

• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/14/1944 (May 14th, 1944)

Keywords

Metropolitan Hospital

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Case of Glory Connatt

Genre

spy; adventure; war

Characters

Black X; Batu; Glory Connatt; Ken Riston

Synopsis

Miss Connitt gets anonymous notes and a bomb, seemingly from her fiancee.

A Head for Murder (Table of Contents: 7)

Jimmy Christian / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

Typeset

Genre

adventure

Characters

Jimmy Christian (reporter); Professor Hugo Krantz; Bert Standish

Synopsis

Standish is killed by his partner when they discover a gold cave, and later his head is cut off and shrunk by tribesmen when they find his body.

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Cole ?

Inks

Jack Cole ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ah! Hijackers out for a good snatch...

Genre

humor; detective-mystery

Characters

Wun Cloo (detective)

Synopsis

Wun Cloo lock hijackers in a box car.

Reprints

• in Modern Comics (Quality Comics, 1945 series) #90 (October 1949)
• in Crack Western Redskin Comics (Ayers & James, 1950 ? series) #[nn] ([1950] ?)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Daffy [strong-girl] / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bart Tumey (signed)

Inks

Bart Tumey (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Rajah of Termidore

Genre

humor; sports

Characters

Daffy; Deke Parsons; Rajah of Termidore

Synopsis

The Rajah of Termidore wants to make Daffy his favorite wife.

Keywords

wrestling

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

Pete Riss

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Stradivarius Steal

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Police Chief Hustace McGinty; Quinopolis; Jascha Diesler (musician); Heinie Appleface (villain)

Synopsis

Chuck Lane is assigned as Police escort for a musician with a priceless Stradivarius violin. However, when he mistakenly escorts the wrong violinist, he allows a thief to make off with a Stradivarius.....which promptly gets him assigned to school traffic cop duty.....that is, until he recovers the rare violin.

Keywords

Stradivarius

Indexer Notes

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.