Smash Comics
#66
(August 1946)
Quality Comics,
1939 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1946-06-05
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E. M. Arnold
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- Martin deMuth (credited as Martin DeMuth) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946-1947 Periodicals, page 352.
[no title indexed]
Midnight / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Does Midnight fall under Circe's spell?
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Midnight [Dave Clark]; Gabby (a monkey); Doc Mortimer Wackey
Indexer Notes
Probably Bryant, as the ears of the monkey looks like on the signed #63.
[no title indexed]
Pepsi the Pepsi Cola Cop / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Graham Hunter (signed)
- Inks
- Graham Hunter (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Help! Bozo's escaping!
- Genre
- humor
This Little Pig Went to Market
Midnight / comic story / 11 pages
- 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; Doc Gage; Circe; Kirkey
- Synopsis
- Dr. Gage has discovered a sure fire formula for detecting tricinosis in pigs.
[no title indexed]
Archie O'Toole / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Archie O'Toole (king); Jake
- Synopsis
- The king is ready to interview the girls applying for the secretary job.
[no title indexed]
The Jester / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Dastardly Dexill
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Detective Hustace McGinty; Dexill (villain)
- Synopsis
- Mr. Dexill accuses the police to disgrace their office, and promises to shame them out of it.
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.
[no title indexed]
Wun Cloo / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Wun Cloo (detective); Axel Swanson (insurance agent)
- Synopsis
- Somebody's stealing farmer Jones' chicken and it's costing agent Swanson a pile of money.
Indexer Notes
Originally credited "Jack Cole?", but the black eyes with a tiny reflection are by Gustavson.
[no title indexed]
Daffy / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bart Tumey (signed)
- Inks
- Bart Tumey (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Riverboat Caper
- Genre
- humor; sports
- Characters
- Daffy; Deke Parsons; Clatterheads Jeeters (wrestler); Colonel
- Synopsis
- The Colonel bets five thousand dollars that his man can make mincemeat of Daffy.
- Keywords
- wrestling
[no title indexed]
Lady Luck / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Thugee Trap
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Bombay Jim; Hadja Jodhpur (villain, Indian Thuggee)
- Reprints
-
from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/24/1944 (September 24th, 1944)
-
The Riddle of Argon's Alley
Rookie Rankin / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Rookie Rankin; police chief; Officer Flynn
- Synopsis
- A police officer is killed in a back alley.
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 the Riss pencil credit.
The Forest of Silence
Jimmy Christian / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Jimmy Christian (reporter); Pierre Grandeau
- Synopsis
- An expedition to the Forest of Silence in Belgian Congo.
[The Success Story]
Spunky / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sid Lazarus (signed as Sidney Lazarus)
- Inks
- Sid Lazarus (signed as Sidney Lazarus)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It says here: the secret of success is to keep your shoulder to the wheel ...
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Spunky; Curly; Marge; Pug; Mr. Shultz; J. B. Blobb; Marge's mother
- Synopsis
- Curly is so independent (because he has a job) that he doesn't waste his time like most boys. Spunky says he'll get a job also. Eventually he tries being a movie theater usher, but bungles that and gets fired.
"A Great Treasure is a Great Terror"
Espionage Starring Black X / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- spy; adventure; war
- Characters
- Black X; Batu; Mr. Garman
- Synopsis
- Mr. Garman wishes to leave a valuable Indian jewel in the custody of Black X but is killed on his doorstep.
Indexer Notes
The eyes of several characters are similar to Kotzky's signed stories in earlier issues. Uncertain inking.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Does Midnight fall under Circe's spell?"]
Midnight -
1.
["Help! Bozo's escaping!"]
Pepsi the Pepsi Cola Cop -
2.
This Little Pig Went to Market
Midnight -
3.
[no title indexed]
Archie O'Toole -
4.
["The Dastardly Dexill"]
The Jester -
5.
[no title indexed]
Wun Cloo -
6.
["The Riverboat Caper"]
Daffy -
7.
["The Thugee Trap"]
Lady Luck -
8.
The Riddle of Argon's Alley
Rookie Rankin -
9.
The Forest of Silence
Jimmy Christian -
10.
[The Success Story]
Spunky -
11.
"A Great Treasure is a Great Terror"
Espionage Starring Black X
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Pat Conolly
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Bob Hughes
- Clint Maxwell
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
- James Zee
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