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

Keywords:

Brokerage Trust Company; City Diamond Wholesalers

Indexer Notes

Story title taken from the cover.

The AC reprint lists Bryant as cover artist.

[Yvonne De Hubba] (Table of Contents: 2)

Beezy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

Bernard Dibble

Pencils:

Bernard Dibble

Inks:

Bernard Dibble

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Beezy Bumble

[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 / 3 pages (report information)

Script:

Bernard Dibble

Pencils:

Bernard Dibble

Inks:

Bernard Dibble

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Molly the Model

Small-Winged Cop (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script:

Larry Spain ?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Eric Vale

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

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

Script:

Bernard Dibble

Pencils:

Bernard Dibble

Inks:

Bernard Dibble

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Kiki Kelly

Tom Thumb (Table of Contents: 10)

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