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Crack Comics #3
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | July 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly | Editing: Edward Cronin |
| Cover | untitled |
| Featuring | Clock |
| Credits | Pencils: Gill Fox | Inks: Gill Fox |
| Content | Genre: Detective | Characters: The Clock; The Black Condor; The Spider; Jane Arden; Ned Brant |
| Comic Story | The Black Condor In America (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | On his first trip to America, the Condor serves as protector to a friend's daughter. |
| Featuring | The Black Condor |
| Credits | Script: Will Eisner [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed) | Pencils: Lou Fine | Inks: Lou Fine |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; the Princess of Singat (introduction); Ras Gyn (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Pencil and ink credits from Mr. Kelly Izaj (2008-3-19). Original indexer credited the work to Lou Fine. Art credits revised from Charles Sultan to Fine verified by Jim Amash in The Quality Companion (TwoMorrows, 2011 series) #1 (November, 2011), page 93. Richard Grey Jr. eventually assumes the identity of Senator Thomas Wright. |
| Comic Story | "Come on! A bunch of Standish players over at the chocolate shop are looking for trouble!" (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Ned Brant |
| Credits | Script: Bob Zuppke | Pencils: B. W. DePew | Inks: B. W. DePew |
| Content | Genre: Sports |
| Comic Story | Thomas Andrews Kidnapped By the Spider (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Alias the Spider |
| Credits | Script: Paul Gustavson (signed) | Pencils: Paul Gustavson (signed) | Inks: Paul Gustavson |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Spider [Tom Halloway]; Harry (the Spider's chauffeur) (introduction); Mr. Andrews (villain, introduction); Mrs. Andrews (villain, introduction) |
| Comic Story | "What's your boyfriend like, Molly?" (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Molly the Model |
| Credits | Script: John Devlin | Pencils: John Devlin | Inks: John Devlin |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Cartoon | "Your piano has a nice tone, neighbor- May I try something on it?" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Off the Record |
| Credits | Script: Ed Reed | Pencils: Ed Reed | Inks: Ed Reed |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Comic Story | The Pirate Subs (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Red Torpedo |
| Credits | Script: Henry Kiefer [as Roy Larkin] | Pencils: Henry Kiefer | Inks: Henry Kiefer |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Red Tornado; X-1 [William Wotan] (villain, introduction); Wotan's submarine pirates (villain, introduction) |
| Comic Story | In Double Trouble (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Slap Happy Pappy |
| Credits | Script: Gill Fox (signed) | Pencils: Gill Fox (signed) | Inks: Gill Fox |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Cameo: Gill Fox (or at least his hand) |
| Comic Story | Captured By Kiroto (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Lee Preston of the Red Cross |
| Credits | Script: Bob Powell [as Terrence Macauley] | Pencils: Bob Powell | Inks: Bob Powell |
| Content | Characters: Lee Preston; Major Kiroto (villain, introduction); Kip (introduction) |
| Comic Story | Gang Czar's Right Hand Man Arrested (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | When O'Brien is framed and arrested on the testimony of gangster Scar Sizza, Pug disguises himself as the Clock and shoots to death Sparks and Mack. |
| Featuring | The Clock |
| Credits | Script: George E. Brenner (signed) | Pencils: George E. Brenner (signed) | Inks: George E. Brenner (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Detective | Characters: The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Pat "Pug" Brady; Lieutenant Foxx; Scar Sizza (villain, introduction); Sparks (villain, introduction, death); Mack (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | The fact that Pug and Brian were the spitting image of one another served well in future stories to protect the identity of the Clock, since the Clock and Brian could appear together. |
| Cartoon | Glenna Collett's Greatest Uphill Fight to Win (1 page) |
| Featuring | They're Still Talking |
| Credits | Script: Bob Zupke? | Pencils: B. W. Depew | Inks: B. W. Depew |
| Comic Story | A Way to Mark Husbands (1 page) |
| Featuring | Rube Goldberg's Side Show |
| Credits | Script: Rube Goldberg | Pencils: Rube Goldberg | Inks: Rube Goldberg |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Comic Story | The Death-Ray Decoy (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Wizard Wells |
| Credits | Script: Harry Francis Campbell (signed) | Pencils: Harry Francis Campbell (signed) | Inks: Harry Francis Campbell (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Wizard Wells; Tug; Mary Perry; Smythe (introduction); Hitlin (villain, introduction); foreign spies (villain, introduction) |
| Text Story | Scourge of the Skies (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Eric Vale |
| Credits | Script: Larry Spain | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Eric Vale |
| Cartoon | Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1 page) |
| Featuring | Screen Snapshots |
| Credits | Script: Gill Fox | Pencils: Gill Fox | Inks: Gill Fox |
| Content | Genre: Biography |
| Comic Story | Mystery At Windward Castle (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Madam Fatal |
| Credits | Script: Art Pinajian (signed) | Pencils: Art Pinajian (signed) | Inks: Art Pinajian (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton]; John Gordon (introduction); Betty Gordon (introduction); Jack Dale (introduction); Ross (villain, introduction, death); Slade (villain, introduction); Max (villain, introduction) |
| Comic Story | "After Alice Furze gets rid of the man who helped tie up Jane..." (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Jane Arden |
| Credits | Script: Monte Barrett | Pencils: Russell E. Ross | Inks: Russell E. Ross |
| Content | Genre: Drama |
| Featuring | Lena Pry |
| Credits | Script: Monte Barrett | Pencils: Russel E. Ross | Inks: Russel E. Ross |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | appears on bottom half of Jane Arden pages. |
| Comic Story | The Escape of Lucky Largo (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Space Legion |
| Credits | Script: Vernon Henkel [as Vern] | Pencils: Vernon Henkel [as Vern] | Inks: Vernon Henkel |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Space Legion; Rock Braddon; Lucky Largo (villain, introduction) |
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