Crack Comics
#53
(March 1948)
Quality Comics,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- George Brenner (editor)
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
The Man Who Robbed the Dead!
Captain Triumph / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Triumph
- Reprints
The Man Who Robbed the Dead
Captain Triumph / comic story / 15 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A cunning plot, inspired by greed and guile...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Triumph [Lance and Michael Gallant]; Biff; Kim Meredith; Vyra Gallant (villain)
- Synopsis
- The death of Michael's godfather, Emmet Darcy, results in an inheritance for Michael. Lance intends to donate the money to medical research, but a supposed relative, Vyra, comes out of the woodwork, claiming to be Michael's widow. Lance ultimately proves that her marriage certificate was a forgery.
Indexer Notes
Captain Triumph's birth year is given as 1917 on a tombstone pictured on page 1.
[no title indexed]
Inkie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Watch out below!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Inkie
- Synopsis
- Inkie will leran a young bird to fly.
[no title indexed]
Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But why can't I come in the studio and watch you pose?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Molly the Model [Molly Maloney]; Pop Maloney
- Synopsis
- Molly is model for a temperamental painter.
[no title indexed]
Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And the winner of the Miss Blonde title--Miss Molly Maloney!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Molly Maloney; Pop Maloney
- Synopsis
- Pop one-ups his daughter Molly in winning "titles."
[no title indexed]
Hack O'Hara / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sometimes crime-hating Hack O'Hara finds himself up against heavy odds!
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Hack O'Hara; J. Howard Kew (millionaire); Henry Smithers (ex-convict, butler)
- Synopsis
- An ex-convict is hired as a butler of a millionaire.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Kirkpatrick is credited on pencils on this feature, and the art here is identical to her credited stories in #56-58 and Betty Bates in Hit Comics #52, 54 and 55. Many sober faces.
[no title indexed]
Pen Miller / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Klaus Nordling (signed as Klaus)
- Pencils
- Klaus Nordling (signed as Klaus)
- Inks
- Klaus Nordling (signed as Klaus)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mysterious Fire Destroys Radio Studio!
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Pen Miller; Buggs Garrot (mobster); Roy Platter (disc jockey)
- Synopsis
- A disc jockey is injured in a mysterious fire ignited by a prepared gramophone record.
[no title indexed]
Floogy the Fiji / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Have a light, Bud?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Floogy the Fiji
North Woods Interlude
Captain Triumph / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Triumph; Lance Gallant; Kim Meredith; Biff
- Synopsis
- Three men have found gold in the North Woods and don't want it discovered by outsiders.
- Reprints
-
in Captain Triumph Comics (K. G. Murray, 1947 series) #11 ([October 1948])
-
[no title indexed]
Kiki Kelly / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How fortunate, finding this piece of cloth right on Kiki's dresser!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Kiki Kelly; Mr. Kelly; Mrs. Kelly
- Synopsis
- A piece of cloth from the coat tail of Greg Van Madison is sewed on dad's trousers.
Indexer Notes
Dibble's credit is suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
Last appearance of the Kiki Kelly feature.
[no title indexed]
Beezy / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Very well, then, I'll just have to trust your father to go pay this light bill!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Beezy Bumble; Ma Bumble; Bertram Bumble; Betty Bumble; Brophy
- Synopsis
- By mistake, Beezy buys a statue at an auction.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Man Who Robbed the Dead!
Captain Triumph -
1.
The Man Who Robbed the Dead
Captain Triumph -
2.
["Watch out below!"]
Inkie -
3.
["But why can't I come in the studio and watch you pose?"]
Molly the Model -
4.
["And the winner of the Miss Blonde title--Miss Molly Maloney!"]
Molly the Model -
5.
["Sometimes crime-hating Hack O'Hara finds himself up against heavy odds!"]
Hack O'Hara -
6.
["Mysterious Fire Destroys Radio Studio!"]
Pen Miller -
7.
["Have a light, Bud?"]
Floogy the Fiji -
8.
North Woods Interlude
Captain Triumph -
9.
["How fortunate, finding this piece of cloth right on Kiki's dresser!"]
Kiki Kelly -
10.
["Very well, then, I'll just have to trust your father to go pay this light bill!"]
Beezy
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