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Crack Comics #21 - P53-56 Reconstructed From BandW Xeroxes
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | February 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Editing: Edward Cronin |
| Featuring | The Black Condor |
| Credits | Pencils: Gill Fox? | Inks: Gill Fox? |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr. as Senator Thomas Wright] |
| Comic Story | Spy Ring (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Condor discovers that Jaspar Crow has bugged the Senate and Senator Wright is implicated in leaking secret information. But Wendy steps in to help on this case by using her wiles on Wright's rival, and a Nazi spy, Karle Kurt. |
| 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]; Kalten Winch; Dr. Foster; Wendy Foster; Jaspar Crow (villain); Karle Kurt (villain) |
| Comic Story | Early dawn at the Eagle Squadron's field... (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Spitfire |
| Credits | Pencils: Al McWilliams (signed) | Inks: Al McWilliams |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Spitfire [Tex Adams] |
| Comic Story | Driving a taxi in the big town... (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Hack O'Hara |
| Credits | Pencils: Lou Fine? | Inks: Lou Fine? |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Hack O'Hara |
| Comic Story | Meet Butch (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | On the waterfront, The Clock is riddled with bullets by The Mouse, but is nursed back to health by an orphan girl who first thinks him to be a gangster and fantasized about becoming his moll, then becomes his sidekick after the Clock saves her life from gangsters. |
| 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]; Butch (introduction, a tough-girl sidekick); The Mouse (villain) |
| Featuring | Jane Arden |
| Credits | Script: Monte Barrett | Pencils: Russell Ross | Inks: Russell Ross |
| Content | Genre: Drama |
| Notes | strip reprints |
| 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 | Vastipole Square is deserted... (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | In Vastipole, working with the Vastavian Replublican Army, Don Q meets Olga Petroff while trying to avert a civil war. |
| Featuring | Don Q |
| Credits | Pencils: Vernon Henkel (signed) | Inks: Vernon Henkel (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Don Q; Little Pierre; Olga Petroff; Petroff |
| Comic Story | "Hyar comes Amnesia Jones" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Slap Happy Pappy |
| Credits | Pencils: Jack Cole | Inks: Jack Cole |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Comic Story | The Bombing (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Tor the Magic Master |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Guardineer (signed) | Inks: Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Occult | Characters: Tor |
| Featuring | Rube Goldberg's Side Show |
| Credits | Script: Rube Goldberg | Pencils: Rube Goldberg | Inks: Rube Goldberg |
| Content | Genre: Gags |
| Notes | strip reprints |
| Comic Story | The Basket (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Fatal and his two teen age sidekicks rescue defense plans from a spy ring. |
| Featuring | Madam Fatal |
| Credits | Pencils: Art Pinajian (signed) | Inks: Art Pinajian (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton]; Scrappy Nelson; Tubby White; Pop Hudson; Roxi (villain) |
| Text Story | Biggest Thrill (1.6 pages) |
| Featuring | Eric Vale |
| Credits | Script: Larry Spain | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Eric Vale |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Statement of Ownership: Comic Magazines Inc. 322 Main St Stamford, CT. Edward Cronin, editor. Managing Editor Everett M. Arnold. Owners: Claire C. Arnold, Everett M. Arnold, Henry P. Martin Jr. Appears at bottom of the first page of the text story. |
| Synopsis | strip reprints |
| Featuring | Ned Brant |
| Credits | Script: Bob Zuppke | Pencils: B. W. Depew | Inks: B. W. Depew |
| Content | Genre: Sports |
| Comic Story | "I've never seen such a thing in my life" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Snappy |
| Credits | Pencils: Arthur Beeman (signed) | Inks: Arthur Beeman (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Comic Story | The Crow Escapes (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Crow escapes from the death house and The Spider goes after him, but the Crow ends up stealing the Spider's car, the Black Widow, giving him an added incentive to track him down. |
| Featuring | Alias The Spider |
| Credits | Pencils: Paul Gustavson (signed) | Inks: Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; The Crow (villain); Chuck; The Black Widow (Spider's car) |
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