Crack Comics
#45
(November 1946)
Quality Comics,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1946
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- George Brenner
King, the Jack of All Trades
Captain Triumph / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Triumph [Lance Gallant; Michael Gallant]
- Reprints
King, the Jack of All Trades
Captain Triumph / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Al Bryant ?; Reed Crandall ? (assist)
- Inks
- Al Bryant ?; Reed Crandall ? (assist)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Triumph [Lance Gallant; Michael Gallant]; Kim Meredith; Biff; executives of a brokerage company [J.H.; P.C.]; [The King [King Costain] (villain, author, actor, magician, introduction, death); Costain's valet (villain, introduction); Riddy Ropton (villain, city boss, introduction, death); Dopey (villain, Riddy's aide, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Lance meets Kim and Biff marveling over the news that former resident and well known celebrity, King Costain, is returning for a visit to town. Lance is suspicious of just why he is coming to town, but soon enough a criminal called The King moves in to take over the rackets, and Captain Triumph vows to learn the truth of what is going on.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Brokerage Trust Company; City Diamond Wholesalers
in Indexer Notes
Story title taken from the cover.
The AC reprint lists Bryant as cover artist.
While the art may be Bryant's, there are certain panels that look like Reed Crandall also may have had a hand in this story.
[no title indexed]
Beezy / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bitten again by the love bug is Beezy Bumble!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Beezy Bumble; Pa Bumble; Ma Bumble; Yvonne de Hubba; Battie Bumble; Gomez
- Synopsis
- Beezy's parents and cousin Battie try to cure his crush on showgirl Yvonne de Hubba. Complications ensue, concluding with a giant brawl. Beezy decides he prefers a different chorus girl now.
Indexer Notes
Basically the same story premise as the Beezy story in Crack Comics #37, with some identical situations.
[The Mustache Murder]
Pen Miller / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Pen Miller; Honest Ed Edwards [Farmer Frick] (first appearance; villain); Evans (first appearance; death)
- Reprints
[The Transformation of Mr. Crispin]
Hack O'Hara / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Hack O'Hara; J. Barrett Crispin (first appearance); Storp (first appearance; villain); Lotta Crispin (first appearance; villain)
[King Fearo's 500th Wife]
Floogy the Fiji / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Floogy the Fiji
[no title indexed]
Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Like to see my new publicity photos, Pop?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Molly the Model [Molly Maloney]; Pop Maloney
- Synopsis
- Pop is outraged at Molly's scanty attire in her photo portfolio, but he's the one who's arrested for indecent exposure after falling out of a window clad only in a towel.
[no title indexed]
Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fitz, old boy, when am I going to get a peek at your new model?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Maloney; Fitz
- Synopsis
- Maloney gets all dressed up to see the "new model" his friend Fitz has at his house, thinking it's a sexy young woman. The model turns out to be a model ship.
[no title indexed]
Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But Molly, ain't you a little old to model the illustrations for a bobby sox story?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Molly the Model [Molly Maloney]; Pop Maloney; Jaxon Jitter
- Synopsis
- Molly gets worn out posing for a series of jitterbug photos.
[no title indexed]
Kiki Kelly / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But if you dislike Diane so much, why do you spend three hours primping...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Kiki Kelly; Mrs. Kelly; Diane; Aighedd
- Synopsis
- Kiki gets dressed up to meet Diane's cousin, a "Hollywood scout." He turns out to be a Cub scout from Hollywood, Kansas.
- Reprints
-
in Captain Triumph Comics (K. G. Murray, 1947 series) #7 ([February 1948])
-
Indexer Notes
Cub Scouts were a junior version of the Boy Scouts of America.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
King, the Jack of All Trades
Captain Triumph -
1.
King, the Jack of All Trades
Captain Triumph -
2.
["Bitten again by the love bug is Beezy Bumble!"]
Beezy -
3.
[The Mustache Murder]
Pen Miller -
4.
[The Transformation of Mr. Crispin]
Hack O'Hara -
5.
[Pruning the Tree]
Slap Happy Pappy -
6.
[King Fearo's 500th Wife]
Floogy the Fiji -
7.
["Like to see my new publicity photos, Pop?"]
Molly the Model -
8.
["Fitz, old boy, when am I going to get a peek at your new model?"]
Molly the Model -
9.
["But Molly, ain't you a little old to model the illustrations for a bobby sox story?"]
Molly the Model -
10.
Small-Winged Cop
Eric Vale -
11.
["But if you dislike Diane so much, why do you spend three hours primping..."]
Kiki Kelly -
12.
Tom Thumb
Inkie
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