Smash Comics #78

(August 1948)

Quality Comics, 1939 Series

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Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
Indicia Frequency: bimonthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: E. M. Arnold
Brand: Quality Comic Group

Editing: Nancy Smith

Midnight / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Jack Cole ?
Inks: Jack Cole ?
Colors: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Midnight and his pals win over crime!
Genre: adventure; superhero
Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Sniffer

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Midnight / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Jack Cole ?
Inks: Jack Cole ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: That knight's a killer!
Genre: adventure; superhero
Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Gabby (a monkey); Doc Mortimer Wackey; Sniffer; Amelia Diggley

Daffy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Gill Fox ?
Inks: Gill Fox ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Eeeek!
Genre: humor; sports
Keywords: wrestling

Espionage Starring Black X / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Dan Zolnerowich ?
Inks: Dan Zolnerowich ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre: spy; adventure; war
Characters: Batu; Inspector Beef Burton; Rawles

Lady Luck / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Klaus Nordling (sourced)
Pencils: Klaus Nordling
Inks: Klaus Nordling
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Brimstone gets all the credit
Genre: superhero
Characters: Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Mr. Brimstone (villain); Flubber (villain)
Synopsis: Lady Luck must face an enemy who has created a robot bomb.

Citronella / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Gill Fox ?
Inks: Gill Fox ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: I've got spots before my eyes!
Genre: humor

Midnight / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Letters: typeset

Genre: superhero; adventure
Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]

Batch Bachelor / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Mike Senich
Inks: Mike Senich
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Coming soon: Barry Blistermouth in Hot Lips
Genre: humor

The Jester / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Bill Woolfolk (sourced)
Pencils: Dan Zolnerowich ?
Inks: Dan Zolnerowich ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre: superhero
Characters: The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Police Chief Hustace McGinty; St. Louis Kid (villain)

Archie O'Toole / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Bernard Dibble
Inks: Bernard Dibble
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: What a monster!
Genre: humor; children

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Table of Contents

0. ["Midnight and his pals win over crime!"]
Midnight
1. ["That knight's a killer!"]
Midnight
2. ["Eeeek!"]
Daffy
3. [Wanted for Murder]
Espionage Starring Black X
4. ["Brimstone gets all the credit"]
Lady Luck
5. ["I've got spots before my eyes!"]
Citronella
6. Insect Invasion
Midnight
7. ["Coming soon: Barry Blistermouth in Hot Lips"]
Batch Bachelor
8. The St. Louis Kid
The Jester
9. ["What a monster!"]
Archie O'Toole

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Katie
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Bob Hughes
Clint Maxwell
Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
Tony R. Rose
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