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Crack Comics #53 - No Ifc/ibc
| Description | |
| Fc, bc + all 48 pages A bhcomics scan! (except the bc is from HAG) | |
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | March 1948 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 52 | Frequency: Bi-monthly | Editing: George Brenner |
| Featuring | Captain Triumph |
| Credits | Pencils: Reed Crandall | Inks: Reed Crandall |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Triumph |
| Comic Story | The Man Who Robbed the Dead (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | The death of Michael's godfather, Emmet Darcy, causes mayhem with Michael's inheritance. Lance intends to donate the money to medical research, but a supposed relative, Vyra, comes out of the woodwork, claiming to be Michael's widow. Lasnce ultimately proves that her marriage certificate was a forgery. |
| Featuring | Captain Triumph |
| Credits | Pencils: Reed Crandall | Inks: Reed Crandall |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Triumph [Lance and Michael Gallant]; Biff; Kim Meredith; Vyra Gallant (villain) |
| Notes | Title taken from the cover. The first line, "A cunning plot, inspired by greed and guile..." Captain Triumph's birth year is given as 1917 on a tombstone pictured on page 1. |
| Comic Story | "Watch out below!" (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Inkie will leran a young bird to fly. |
| Featuring | Inkie |
| Credits | Script: Al Stahl | Pencils: Al Stahl | Inks: Al Stahl |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Inkie |
| Comic Story | "But why can't I come in the studio and watch you pose?" (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Molly is model for a temperamental painter. |
| Featuring | Molly the Model |
| Credits | Script: Bernard Dibble | Pencils: Bernard Dibble | Inks: Bernard Dibble |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Molly the Model |
| Comic Story | "Sometimes crime-hating Hack O'Hara finds himself up against heavy odds!" (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | An ex-convict is hired as a butler of a millionaire. |
| Featuring | Hack O'Hara |
| Credits | Pencils: Alice Kirkpatrick |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Hack O'Hara; J. Howard Kew (millionaire); Henry Smithers (ex-convict, butler) |
| Notes | Kirkpatrick is credited on pencils on this feature, and the art here is identical to her credited stories in #56-58 and Betty Bates in Hit Comics #52, 54 and 55. Many sober faces. |
| Comic Story | "Mysterious Fire Destroys Radio Studio!" (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | A disc jockey is injured in a mysterious fire ignited by a prepared gramophone record. |
| Featuring | Pen Miller |
| Credits | Script: Klaus Nordling [as Klaus] (signed) | Pencils: Klaus Nordling [as Klaus] (signed) | Inks: Klaus Nordling [as Klaus] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Detective | Characters: Pen Miller; Buggs Garrot (mobster); Roy Platter (disc jockey) |
| Comic Story | "Have a light, Bud?" (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Floogy the Fiji |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Floogy the Fiji |
| Text Story | North Woods Interlude (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Three men have found gold in the North Woods and don't want it discovered by outsiders. |
| Featuring | Captain Triumph |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Triumph; Lance Gallant; Kim Meredith; Biff |
| Comic Story | "How fortunate, finding this piece of cloth right on Kiki's dresser!" (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A piece of cloth from the coat tail of Greg Van Madison is sewed on dad's trousers. |
| Featuring | Kiki Kelly |
| Credits | Pencils: Bernard Dibble | Inks: Bernard Dibble |
| Content | Genre: Teen; Humor | Characters: Kiki Kelly |
| Notes | Dibble is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
| Comic Story | "Very well, then, I'll just have to trust your father to go pay this light bill!" (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | By mistake, Beezy buys a statue at an auction. |
| Featuring | Beezy |
| Credits | Script: Bernard Dibble | Pencils: Bernard Dibble | Inks: Bernard Dibble |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Beezy Bumble |
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