Crack Comics #23
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | May 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly | Editing: Gilbert Fox (editor); E. M. Arnold (general manager) |
| Featuring | The Black Condor |
| Credits | Pencils: Gill Fox? | Inks: Gill Fox? |
| Content | Characters: Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.] |
| Comic Story | The Unsung Hero (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | A former fifth columnist named Hawks had tried to warn Senator Wright of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, but he'd been out of commission and arrived after December 7th. However, Hawks also carried word of a second attack, this time on the Panama Canal. While that attack indeed takes place, Hawks takes to the skies and makes a suicide dive into a Japanese ship while the Condor disables a Nazi ship, forcing the Germans to surrender. |
| Featuring | The Black Condor |
| Credits | Pencils: Lou Fine [as Louis K. Fine] (signed) | Inks: Lou Fine [as Louis K. Fine] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr. as Senator Thomas Wright]; Jed Hawks (death); the Japanese (villains, some die); the Nazis (villains) |
| Comic Story | At Eagle Squadron's field... (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Spitfire |
| Credits | Pencils: Al McWilliams (signed) | Inks: Al McWilliams (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Spitfire [Tex Adams] |
| Comic Story | President Orders Expulsion of 1200 Germans (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Don Q |
| Credits | Pencils: Vernon Henkel (signed) | Inks: Vernon Henkel (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Don Q |
| Comic Story | "Halt Furriner! Y'ore on private sod!" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Slap Happy Pappy |
| Credits | Pencils: Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns] | Inks: Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns] |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Comic Story | "Pen and his Chinese houseboy Chop Chu..." (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Cartoonist Pen Miller goes searching for Japanese submarines. |
| Featuring | Pen Miller |
| Credits | Pencils: Klaus Nordling [as Klaus] | Inks: Klaus Nordling |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Pen Miller; Chop Chu |
| Featuring | Ned Brant |
| Credits | Script: Bob Zuppke (signed) | Pencils: B. W. Depew (signed) | Inks: B. W. Depew |
| Content | Genre: Sports |
| Featuring | Molly The Model |
| Credits | Pencils: John Devlin | Inks: John Devlin |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Molly The Model |
| Featuring | Molly The Model |
| Credits | Pencils: John Devlin | Inks: John Devlin |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Molly The Model |
| Comic Story | Little Butch |
| Featuring | Rube Goldberg's Side Show |
| Credits | Script: Rube Goldberg | Pencils: Rube Goldberg | Inks: Rube Goldberg |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | strip reprint |
| Comic Story | Brad and Dad |
| Featuring | Rube Goldberg's Side Show |
| Credits | Script: Rube Goldberg | Pencils: Rube Goldberg | Inks: Rube Goldberg |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | strip reprint |
| Comic Story | Weekly Invention |
| Featuring | Rube Goldberg's Side Show |
| Credits | Script: Rube Goldberg | Pencils: Rube Goldberg | Inks: Rube Goldberg |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | strip reprint |
| Comic Story | "In the hospital..." (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Hack O'Hara |
| Credits | Pencils: Lou Fine? | Inks: Lou Fine? |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Hack O'Hara |
| Comic Story | Japanese Saboteurs (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Spider breaks up a Japanese spy-ring |
| Featuring | Alias The Spider |
| Credits | Pencils: Paul Gustavson (signed) | Inks: Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Chuck; Yellow Scorpion (villain) |
| Featuring | Snappy |
| Credits | Pencils: Arthur Beeman (signed) | Inks: Arthur Beeman |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Comic Story | From the blackness of a shadowy street... (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Tor the Magic Master |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Guardineer (signed) | Inks: Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Occult | Characters: Tor [Jim Slade]; Officer Noonan |
| Text Story | The Flame Syndicate (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Eric Vale |
| Credits | Script: Larry Spain | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Eric Vale |
| Featuring | Jane Arden |
| Credits | Script: Monte Barrett | Pencils: Russell Ross | Inks: Russell Ross |
| Content | Genre: Drama |
| Comic Story | License of a Murderer (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Clock searches for the murderer of the District Attorney, while Butch, known to have used a rat trap on the enemy, is terrified with fear in firing a real gun that falls into her hands. |
| 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]; Butch; Captain Kane; Gong Gong Klanes (villain); Runt Mullay (villain) |
| Notes | Inker credit added by Craig Delich 2012-7-26. |
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