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Crack Comics #29 - 1943 68 Pages
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | May 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Editing: John Beardsley |
| Notes | Published at 8 Lord ST, Buffalo, NY. Editorial office 415 Lexington Ave, NY, NY |
| Cover | Meets Spade the Ruthless! |
| Featuring | Captain Triumph |
| Credits | Pencils: Ruben Moreira [as Rubemor] (signed) | Inks: Ruben Moreira [as Rubemor] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Triumph |
| Comic Story | Spade the Ruthless (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | Together with Kim, Michael and Lance battle twin villains, who are illegal munition importers that rely on their resemblance to confuse the authorities. |
| Featuring | Captain Triumph |
| Credits | Pencils: Alfred Andriola | Inks: Alfred Andriola |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Triumph [Lance and Michael Gallant]; Kim Meredith; A. Spade (villain, introduction); Z. Spade (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Title taken from cover. First line, "Lance and Michael Gallant were twins...". The Spade brothers resemble Hollywood actor, Sidney Greenstreet. |
| Comic Story | "Some men hunt ducks, pheasants..." (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Alias the Spider |
| Credits | Pencils: John Cavallo (signed) | Inks: John Cavallo |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; The Fly [John Duke] (villain; introduction; dies); Ted Tembroke; Doris Tembroke; Deddo; Chuck |
| Comic Story | "Hey, Pappy! War's bin declared!" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Slap Happy Pappy |
| Credits | Script: Jack Cole | Pencils: Jack Cole | Inks: Jack Cole |
| Content | Genre: Gags |
| Comic Story | "Authors throughout history have written tragedy, comedy, prose and poetry..." (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | An author is mysteriously killed and his new novel disappears. |
| Featuring | The Black Condor |
| Credits | Pencils: Charles Sultan | Inks: Charles Sultan |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr. as Senator Thomas Wright]; Heywood Bryant; Dr. Foster; Wendy Foster; Ralph Drew |
| Comic Story | "It seems the bigger the appetite, the barer the ice-box!" (3 pages) |
| Featuring | Molly the Model |
| Credits | Script: Bernard Dibble | Pencils: Bernard Dibble | Inks: Bernard Dibble |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Molly the Model |
| Comic Story | "Inkie is a comic character the size of your pinky..." (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Inkie is a cartoon character come to life, who's not really impressed with the dangers his creator puts him in, so he resolves to finish the story himself. |
| Featuring | Inkie |
| Credits | Script: Al Stahl (signed) | Pencils: Al Stahl (signed) | Inks: Al Stahl |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Inkie; Shut Eye (villain); Officer Sullivan |
| Comic Story | "A big shot in college named Cannonball Ames..." (1 page) |
| Featuring | Rube Goldberg's Side Show |
| Credits | Script: Rube Goldberg | Pencils: Rube Goldberg | Inks: Rube Goldberg |
| Content | Genre: Gags |
| Notes | strip reprints |
| Comic Story | "Pen Miller, an artist of no small fame..." (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | When the oil man comes the tank gets emptier. |
| Featuring | Pen Miller |
| Credits | Script: Klaus Nordling | Pencils: Klaus Nordling [as Klaus] | Inks: Klaus Nordling |
| Content | Genre: Detective | Characters: Pen Miller; Chop Chu; Red Mandrill; Mousy |
| Text Story | Lisbon Terror (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Eric Vale |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story | "Furthermore, Hack O'Hara, I've a good mind to report you to the commissioner!" (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Hack O'Hara |
| Credits | Pencils: Clark Williams | Inks: Clark Williams |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Hack O'Hara |
| Comic Story | Who Done It!! (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | A crusading newspaper publisher goes after a grafting politician. And gets killed for his troubles. Now it's up to the Clock and Butch to solve the murder. |
| Featuring | Clock |
| Credits | Script: George Brenner | Pencils: Fran Matera | Inks: Fran Matera |
| Content | Genre: Detective | Characters: Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Butch; Big Ed Gloyne; James Post |
| Notes | not signed by Brenner, nor does it look like his art. |
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