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Crack Comics #4 - + Missing 6 Pages -62 Pages
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | August 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly | Editing: Ed Cronin |
| Featuring | Black Condor |
| Credits | Pencils: Gill Fox | Inks: Gill Fox |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Condor |
| Comic Story | The Menace of Sihn Fang (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Returning to the Far East, the Condor encounters Sinh Fang and his cohort in their unconquerable fortress called Mount Doom, which was finally destroyed by the Black Ray. |
| Featuring | The Black Condor |
| Credits | Script:? [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed) | Pencils: Lou Fine | Inks: Lou Fine |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; Sinh Fang (villain, introduction, death); De Graf (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Richard Grey, Jr. eventually assumed the identity of Senator Thomas Wright. Art credits revised from Charles Sultan ? to Fine verified by Jim Amash in The Quality Companion (TwoMorrows, 2011 series) #1 (November, 2011), page 93. |
| Comic Story | "Si, Senor- I fall in luf' wiz her face in 'ad'-" (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Molly the Model |
| Credits | Script: John Devlin | Pencils: John Devlin | Inks: John Devlin |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Comic Story | "You can't read your way into a job, Bud" (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Ned Brant |
| Credits | Script: Bob Zuppke | Pencils: B. W. DePew | Inks: b. W. DePew |
| Content | Genre: Sports |
| Notes | strip reprints |
| Featuring | Off the Record |
| Credits | Script: Ed Reed | Pencils: Ed Reed | Inks: Ed Reed |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Comic Story | The Attack of Vrak (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Rock Braddon of the Space Legion |
| Credits | Script: Vernon Henkel [as Vern] | Pencils: Vernon Henkel | Inks: Vernon Henkel |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Rock Braddon; Vrak (villain, introduction, death); Sandra (villain, introduction, death) |
| Comic Story | Street Polishing Department (1 page) |
| Featuring | Rube Goldberg's Side Show |
| Credits | Script: Rube Goldberg | Pencils: Rube Goldberg | Inks: Rube Goldberg |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | strip reprint |
| Comic Story | The Secret New York Sub Base (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Red Torpedo |
| Credits | Script: Henry Kiefer [as Roy Larken] | Pencils: Henry Kiefer | Inks: Henry Kiefer |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Red Torpedo; Baron Krieg (villain, introduction); Peg (Red Torpedo's girlfriend, introduction) |
| Comic Story | Incident On the Orient Queen (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Lee Preston of the Red Cross |
| Credits | Script: Bob Powell? [as Terrence Macauley] | Pencils: Bob Powell? | Inks: Bob Powell? |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Lee Preston; Japanese spies (villains, introduction); Rick Royce ( |
| Comic Story | The Benson Mine Murders (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]; Benson (introduction); Marlin (villain, introduction, death) |
| Comic Story | The Dinosaur (1 page) |
| Featuring | Slap Happy Pappy |
| Credits | Script: Gill Fox | Pencils: Gill Fox | Inks: Gill Fox |
| Content | Genre: Gags |
| Comic Story | Extra! Sabotage Ring Broken!! (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Madam Fatal |
| Credits | Script: Art Pinajian (signed) | Pencils: Art Pinajian (signed) | Inks: Art Pinajian |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton]; The Boss; Murat (villain, introduction); Slug (villain, introduction); Mike (villain, introduction); Krantz (villain, introduction, death) |
| Text Story | Smoke Jumper (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Eric Vale |
| Credits | Script: Larry Spain | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Eric Vale |
| Comic Story | The Case of the Fainting Fighters (5 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; The Hooded Hurricane (villain, introduction); Joe Jambon (villain, introduction) |
| Cartoon | James Cagney (1 page) |
| Featuring | Screen Snapshots |
| Credits | Script: Gill Fox | Pencils: Gill Fox | Inks: Gill Fox |
| Content | Genre: Biography |
| Featuring | Snappy |
| Credits | Script: Arthur Beeman (signed) | Pencils: Arthur Beeman | Inks: Arthur Beeman |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Snappy (introduction); Sis (introduction) |
| Comic Story | The Asp (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Clock must track down a wanton killer called the Asp, who leaves his calling card at the scene of his crimes. |
| 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; The Asp (villain, introduction, death) |
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