Crack Comics #8 - 1940
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | December 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly | Editing: Edward Cronin |
| Notes | Canadian price, not given in the indicia, shown on cover as "15¢ IN CANADA." Neither the preceding nor the following issue displayed this information on its cover. |
| Featuring | The Black Condor |
| Credits | Pencils: Gill Fox? | Inks: Gill Fox? |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.] |
| Comic Story | The Menace of the Thinking Machines (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Condor must overcome the Chinese Lung Woe, who has created the drilling "spinning death machine" for his Nazi cohort. Unfortunately for them, the machine turns out to have a mind of its own and manufactures an army itself! |
| Featuring | The Black Condor |
| Credits | Script:? [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed) | Pencils: Lou Fine | Inks: Lou Fine |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; Lung Woe (villain, introduction, death); un-named enemy Nazi spy (villain, introduction); the Spinning Deaths (villains, introduction, sentient machines, all die) |
| Comic Story | "H'lo Molly!" (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Molly the Model |
| Credits | Script: John Devlin | Pencils: John Devlin | Inks: John Devlin |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Molly the Model |
| Featuring | Off the Record |
| Credits | Script: Ed Reed | Pencils: Ed Reed | Inks: Ed Reed |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Comic Story | Vendrome's Electrical Weapon (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Space Legion |
| Credits | Script: Vernon Henkel | Pencils: Vernon Henkel | Inks: Vernon Henkel |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Space Legion; Rock Braddon; Dr. Wadsworth; Elaine Wadsworth; Vendrome (first appearance villain; death) |
| Comic Story | The Secret of the Rex (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Madam Fatal |
| Credits | Script: Art Pinajian (signed) | Pencils: Art Pinajian (signed) | Inks: Art Pinajian |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton]; Dr. Prowl (first appearance); Thor (first appearance); Trag (first appearance; villain); Prof. Crane (first appearance; villain) |
| Comic Story | Allied With the Black Shark (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Red Torpedo |
| Credits | Script: Henry Kiefer | Pencils: Henry Kiefer | Inks: Henry Kiefer |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Red Torpedo [Jim Lockhart]; Capt. Arville (first appearance; death); Black Shark (villain); Nazis (villains); Herr Schaft (first appearance; villain; death) |
| Comic Story | "Jane is trying to trap two race swindlers by making big bets." (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Jane Arden |
| Credits | Script: Monte Barrett | Pencils: Russell E. Ross | Inks: Russell E. Ross |
| Content | Genre: Drama | Characters: Jane Arden |
| Notes | strip reprints |
| Featuring | Lena Pry |
| Credits | Script: Monte Barret | Pencils: Russell E. Ross | Inks: Russell E. Ross |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | bottom half of the Jane Arden pages |
| Comic Story | The Boy and the Bank Robbers (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Alias the Spider |
| Credits | Script: Paul Gustavson (signed) | Pencils: Paul Gustavson (signed) | Inks: Paul Gustavson |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Chuck; Bobby (first appearance); the "old timer" (first appearance); Mike (villain); Spud (villain) |
| Comic Story | The Saboteurs and the Train Crash (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Lee Preston of the Red Cross |
| Credits | Script:? [as Terrence Macauley] | Pencils: Nick Cardy | Inks: Nick Cardy |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Lee Preston; Rick Royce |
| Comic Story | "Hey Sis- Wait a Minute" (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Snappy |
| Credits | Script: Arthur Beeman (signed) | Pencils: Arthur Beeman (signed) | Inks: Arthur Beeman |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Comic Story | "Hold that line!" (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Ned Brant |
| Credits | Script: Bob Zuppke | Pencils: B. W. DePew | Inks: B. W. DePew |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Ned Brant |
| Notes | strip reprints |
| Text Story | Jungle Blitzkrieg (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Eric Vale |
| Credits | Script: Larry Spain | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Eric Vale |
| Comic Story | The Anti-Gun Judge (1 page) |
| Featuring | Slap Happy Pappy |
| Credits | Script: Gill Fox | Pencils: Gill Fox | Inks: Gill Fox |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Comic Story | With Remote Control (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Wizard Wells |
| Credits | Script: Harry Francis Campbell | Pencils: Henry Weston Taylor? | Inks: Henry Weston Taylor? |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Wizard Wells; Tug; Jason Terrell (first appearance); Betty Terrell (first appearance); Ralph Terrell (villain); John Terrell (villain) |
| Comic Story | "Dopey Behavior Book" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Rube Goldberg's Side Show |
| Credits | Script: Rube Goldberg | Pencils: Rube Goldberg | Inks: Rube Goldberg |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | strip reprints |
| Comic Story | Stuporman (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Clock must find a way to overcome and defeat a super-strong and impervious pinheaded monster from Mongolia. |
| Featuring | The Clock |
| Credits | Script: George E. Brenner (signed) | Pencils: George E. Brenner (signed) | Inks: George E. Brenner (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Pat "Pug" Brady; Stuporman (villain, introduction, death); Snoop Cadrone (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Though "Stuporman" is a dumb, giant Mongolian thug, he is clearly also meant to be a parody of Superman. |
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