Smash Comics #23 - 1941 68 Pages
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | June 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: Monthly | Editing: Ed Cronin? |
| Featuring | The Ray |
| Credits | Pencils: Gill Fox | Inks: Gill Fox |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Bozo the Robot (inset); Black X (inset); The Jester [Chuck Lane] (inset); Midnight [Dave Clark] (inset) |
| Comic Story | The Beetle and the Tongs (9 pages) |
| Featuring | The Ray |
| Credits | Pencils: Lou Fine [as E. Lectron] (signed) | Inks: Lou Fine [as E. Lectron] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Bud; Tom Lum (introduction); The Beetle (villain, introduction); Long Woo (villain, introduction, death) |
| Comic Story | The Hijacked War Planes (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Wings Wendall |
| Credits | Script: Vernon Henkel (signed) | Pencils: Vernon Henkel (signed) | Inks: Vernon Henkel (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Wings Wendall; Spinner; General Harrison |
| Notes | Henkel s credited as writer and artist on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
| Comic Story | Boomerang Bullets (1 page) |
| Featuring | Wun Cloo |
| Credits | Pencils: Jack Cole | Inks: Jack Cole | Letters: Jack Cole |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Wun Cloo (detective) |
| Comic Story | The Hundred Grand Hobo (5 pages) |
| Featuring | The Jester |
| Credits | Script: Paul Gustavson | Pencils: Paul Gustavson | Inks: Paul Gustavson |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Mulligan; Limpy (introduction) |
| Comic Story | The Ghost Town Bandits (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Purple Trio |
| Credits | Script: Jerry Iger [as S.M. Regi] (signed) | Pencils: Alex Blum | Inks: Alex Blum |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Tiny; Warren; Rocky; Wolf Fang (intro) |
| Notes | Alex Blum is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and his gloomy faces are not to be mistaken. Compare sample in Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Jerry Iger is credited as writer for Quality, and his pen name was S.M. Regi (Iger backwards). |
| Featuring | Archie O'Toole |
| Credits | Script: John Devlin | Pencils: John Devlin | Inks: John Devlin |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Princess Itchovitch (intro); Archie; Ivan |
| Comic Story | Enter: Doc Wackey (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Midnight |
| Credits | Script: Jack Cole (byline) | Pencils: Jack Cole (signed) | Inks: Jack Cole (signed) | Letters: Jack Cole |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Superhero | Characters: Doc Wackey (Intro; becomes Midnight's partner by story's end); Midnight; Gabby |
| Comic Story | The Temple of Mars (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Espionage Starring Black X |
| Credits | Script: Will Eisner [as Will Erwin] (signed) | Pencils: Clark Williams | Inks: Clark Williams |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Madame Doom, Sandra Sanders (intro), Luigi Piscato (Dies); Black X |
| Notes | Williams is credited on drawing this feature. Will Eisner is credited as writer, and Will Erwin is one of his pen names. It appears as byline in many features in Smash Comics with art done by different artists. |
| Comic Story | The Blue Death (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Caglio and the Crystal Queen squabble over a mystical and lethal blue gem, which ends when the magician kiils the Queen and later succumbs to an explosion. |
| Featuring | Invisible Justice |
| Credits | Pencils: Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed) | Inks: Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston]; The Crystal Queen (villain, death); Caglio (villain, a magician, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Art Gordon is a pen name for Art Pinajian, and he is credited as writer and artist on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
| Comic Story | The Human Bronzes (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Scarlet Seal |
| Credits | Script: Harry Campbell | Pencils: Harry Campbell | Inks: Harry Campbell |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Barry Moore; Captain Moore; Morta (Intro); Bernice Fonda (Intro, Dies) |
| Text Story | Beeskrieg (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Jimmy Christian |
| Credits | Script: Robert M. Hyatt? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jimmy Christian |
| Notes | next story "The Hunted Castle" |
| Comic Story | The Capture of Princess Bardia (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Abdul the Arab |
| Credits | Script: Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts] (signed) | Pencils: Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts] (signed) | Inks: Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Abdul; Hassan; Pooch (intro,a girl), Princess Bardia; Kibur (Intro, Dies) |
| Notes | Powell is credited as writer and artist on this feature, and his pen name was Powell Roberts, all by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
| Comic Story | The Black Death (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Chic Carter |
| Credits | Script: Vernon Henkel | Pencils: Vernon Henkel | Inks: Vernon Henkel |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Chic Carter; Monahan; The Black Death (Intro; Holt); Foster (intro, dies), Worthington (intro, dies); Dr. Parker |
| Notes | Originally credited to Klaus Nordling, but this is Henkel, who is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Compare the grinning face with bright eyes with his signed Wings Wendell story. |
| Comic Story | Karl Zoff's Double (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Bozo the Robot |
| Credits | Script: George Brenner? | Pencils: George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed) | Inks: George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Hugh Hazzard; Bozo; Karl Zoff; Kurtz (Intro for both); Fox (intro) |
| Notes | Wayne Reid is a pen name for Brenner, and he is only credited as artist on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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