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Crack Comics #56
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | September 1948 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 52 | Frequency: bi-monthly | Editing: George Brenner |
| Cover | Gossip Leads to Murder |
| Featuring | Captain Triumph |
| Credits | Pencils: Reed Crandall | Inks: Reed Crandall |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Triumph |
| Comic Story | Gossip Leads To Murder (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lance is framed for the murder of a gossip columunist who wrote a story on the engagement of Lance and Kim. |
| Featuring | Captain Triumph |
| Credits | Script: William Woolfolk | Pencils: Reed Crandall | Inks: Reed Crandall |
| Content | 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) |
| Notes | Story title 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. Story written in October 1947. |
| Comic Story | The Gorillas and the Pirates (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Inkie |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Inkie |
| Featuring | Molly the Model |
| Credits | Script: Bernard Dibble | Pencils: Bernard Dibble | Inks: Bernard Dibble |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Molly the Model |
| Comic Story | The Wealthy Sandwich Man (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Hack O'Hara |
| Credits | Pencils: Alice Kirkpatrick | Inks: Alice Kirkpatrick |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Hack O'Hara |
| Notes | previously credited to Al Bryant |
| Comic Story | Lone Thief Nets Half-Million In Radium (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Pen Miller |
| Credits | Script: Klaus Nordling | Pencils: Klaus Nordling | Inks: Klaus Nordling |
| Content | Genre: Detective | Characters: Pen Miller; Ciro (first appearance; villain) |
| Comic Story | Swami Ben Bimbo (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Beezy |
| Credits | Script: Bernard Dibble | Pencils: Bernard Dibble | Inks: Bernard Dibble |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Beezy Bumble |
| Text Story | The Wolf (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Captain Triumph |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Triumph; The Wolf (first appearance; villain) |
| Comic Story | Billy Billfold (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Inkie |
| Credits | Script: Al Stahl | Pencils: Al Stahl | Inks: Al Stahl |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Inkie; Billy Billfold (first appearance); Mr. Billfold (first appearance) |
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