Crack Comics #45

(November 1946)

King, the Jack of All Trades (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain Triumph / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Bryant ?

Inks

Al Bryant ?

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

• in Colossal Comic (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #13 ([April 1960])
• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #101 (2016)

Keywords

Brokerage Trust Company; City Diamond Wholesalers

Indexer Notes

Story title taken from the cover.

The AC reprint lists Bryant as cover artist.

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

Beezy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Bernard Dibble

Pencils

Bernard Dibble

Inks

Bernard Dibble

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Bitten again by the love bug is Beezy Bumble!

Genre

humor

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] (Table of Contents: 3)

Pen Miller / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Klaus Nordling

Pencils

Klaus Nordling

Inks

Klaus Nordling

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Pen Miller; Honest Ed Edwards [Farmer Frick] (first appearance; villain); Evans (first appearance; death)

Reprints

• in Taxi O'Hara Comics (K. G. Murray, 1948 series) #4 ([1949])

[The Transformation of Mr. Crispin] (Table of Contents: 4)

Hack O'Hara / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Quackenbush?

Inks

Bill Quackenbush?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Hack O'Hara; J. Barrett Crispin (first appearance); Storp (first appearance; villain); Lotta Crispin (first appearance; villain)

[Pruning the Tree] (Table of Contents: 5)

Slap Happy Pappy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Cole

Pencils

Jack Cole

Inks

Jack Cole

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

[King Fearo's 500th Wife] (Table of Contents: 6)

Floogy the Fiji / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Floogy the Fiji

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

Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bernard Dibble

Pencils

Bernard Dibble

Inks

Bernard Dibble

Colors

?

Letters

?

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] (Table of Contents: 8)

Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bernard Dibble

Pencils

Bernard Dibble

Inks

Bernard Dibble

Colors

?

Letters

?

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] (Table of Contents: 9)

Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bernard Dibble

Pencils

Bernard Dibble

Inks

Bernard Dibble

Colors

?

Letters

?

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.

Small-Winged Cop (Table of Contents: 10)

Eric Vale / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Larry Spain ?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Characters

Eric Vale

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Kiki Kelly / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bernard Dibble

Pencils

Bernard Dibble

Inks

Bernard Dibble

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

But if you dislike Diane so much, why do you spend three hours primping...

Genre

humor

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.

Indexer Notes

Cub Scouts were a junior version of the Boy Scouts of America.

Tom Thumb (Table of Contents: 12)

Inkie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Al Stahl

Pencils

Al Stahl

Inks

Al Stahl

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Inkie; Papa (first appearance); Mama (first appearance); Billy Brown (first appearance)

Indexer Notes