Crack Comics
#56
(September 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)
Gossip Leads to Murder!
Captain Triumph / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Bill Woolfolk (see notes)
- Pencils
- Reed Crandall
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Triumph [Lance Gallant]; Kim Meredith; Walt Sullivan (villain, introduction, death); Machine-Gun Maloney (villain, introduction); Bobbie Frank (villain, introduction); Mr. Frank (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Lance is framed for the murder of a gossip columunist who wrote a story on the engagement of Lance and Kim.
Indexer Notes
The story title is taken from the cover. In this issue only, Kim is shown engaged to Lance.
Writer's credit from Woolfolk's record book, via Martin O'Hearn. The story was written in October 1947. We formerly credited the inks to Reed Crandall, but Crandall expert Roger Hill denied that attribution.
[no title indexed]
Hinky Dooly / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bernard Dibble (see notes)
- Pencils
- Bernard Dibble (see notes)
- Inks
- Bernard Dibble (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Shux, business is awful...
- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Hinky; Abalina
- Synopsis
- Lemonade sales go through the roof when the kids add a floor show.
Indexer Notes
Art identification from Jeffrey Saltarella.
Last appearance of Hinky Dooley feature.
[no title indexed]
Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A great sculptor, you say?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Molly the Model [Molly Maloney]; Pop Maloney; Beachy Butch
- Synopsis
- Molly is honoured to pose for a sculptor at the beach, but soon learns better.
- Reprints
-
in Climax Color Comic (K. G. Murray, 1947 series) #13 ([December 1948]), #13 ([December 1948])
-
[no title indexed]
Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ees here live Molly le model?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Molly the Model [Molly Maloney]; Pop Maloney; Pierre
- Synopsis
- Molly asks Pop to get rid of an unwelcome visitor.
[The Wealthy Sandwich Man]
Hack O'Hara / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alice Kirkpatrick (see notes)
- Inks
- Alice Kirkpatrick (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Hack O'Hara
Indexer Notes
Pencil and ink work previously credited to Al Bryant.
Lone Thief Nets Half-Million In Radium
Pen Miller / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Pen Miller; Ciro (first appearance, villain)
[no title indexed]
Beezy / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, I can't do much else with only half a buck to my name
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Beezy Bumble; Swami Ben Bimbo; Pete
- Synopsis
- A fortune-teller's predictions come true for Beezy at the beach.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Gossip Leads to Murder!
Captain Triumph -
1.
Gossip Leads to Murder!
Captain Triumph -
2.
["Shux, business is awful..."]
Hinky Dooly -
3.
[The Gorillas and the Pirates]
Floogy the Fiji -
4.
["A great sculptor, you say?"]
Molly the Model -
5.
["Ees here live Molly le model?"]
Molly the Model -
6.
[The Wealthy Sandwich Man]
Hack O'Hara -
7.
Lone Thief Nets Half-Million In Radium
Pen Miller -
8.
["Well, I can't do much else with only half a buck to my name"]
Beezy -
9.
The Wolf
Captain Triumph -
10.
[Billy Billfold]
Inkie
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Bob Hughes
- Edgar Loftin
- Clint Maxwell
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
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