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Smash Comics #61
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | October 1945 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 60 | Frequency: Bi-monthly | Editing: Martin De Muth |
| Featuring | Midnight |
| Credits | Pencils: Jack Cole (signed) | Inks: Jack Cole (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Midnight; Gabby; Doc Wackey |
| Comic Story | Gimme Back My Body (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | Prof Padsel machine can switch minds into different bodies, which results in everybody getting mixed up. Then Padsel uses Midnight's body to commit murder! |
| Featuring | Midnight |
| Credits | Pencils: Paul Gustavson (signed) | Inks: Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero; Adventure | Characters: Midnight; Sniffer Snoop; Gabby; Doc Wackey; Hotfoot; Prof Padsel; Belinda Marsey; Colin Marsey |
| Filler | "What a change that new outfit makes!" (1 page) |
| Synopsis | They make Archie look like a king, but can't make him act like one. |
| Featuring | Archie O'Toole |
| Credits | Pencils: Bernard Dibble | Inks: Bernard Dibble |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Archie O'Tolle (king) |
| Comic Story | Zambizi the Hypnotist (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Zambizi the Hypnotizer is in town. |
| Featuring | Spunky |
| Credits | Pencils: Sid Lazarus (signed) | Inks: Sid Lazarus (signed) | Colors:?? |
| Content | Genre: Teen; Humor | Characters: Curly; Marge; Spunky; Zambizi |
| Comic Story | "The Fabulous Necklace of Rajidore" (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The fabulous necklace of Rajidore is stolen and Hollywood star Mona Forbes kidnapped. |
| Featuring | Rookie Rankin |
| Credits | Pencils: Peter Riss |
| Content | Genre: Detective | Characters: Rookie Rankin; The Chief; Mona Forbes; Rand; Bleek |
| Notes | Originally credited "Sam Citron?" This is similar art to the many Manhunter stories in Police Comics credited to Peter Riss on pencils. Probably a mix up by Who's Who, who has him only on ink on this feature. |
| Comic Story | Colonel Snath's Murder Plot (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Colonel hires some fake painters to get Brenda Banks out of his way. |
| Featuring | Lady Luck |
| Credits | Script: Klaus Nordling (signed) | Pencils: Klaus Nordling (signed) | Inks: Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Lady Luck; Hilgo; Peecolo; Colonel Snath |
| Comic Story | Queen Mai of Xanxal (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Black X and Batu cross the border into the forbidden kingdom of Xanxal deep in Asia. |
| Featuring | Espionage Starring Black X |
| Credits | Pencils: Bill Quackenbush | Inks: Bill Quackenbush |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Black X; Batu; Queen Mai |
| Notes | The two lines between chin and jaws, making him look a bit fat, narrow skull and round lower lip in sideview on Black X, make this the art of Quackenbush. Compare with his signed stories in previous issues. |
| Text Story | Cloud of Death (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Locust swarms over an oil field in Africa. |
| Featuring | Jimmy Christian |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jimmy Christian (reporter); Ogo (old chief); Col. Kemper |
| Notes | text story |
| Filler | "In a deep, dark, dank lair..." (1 page) |
| Synopsis | They say that rich widow Smith carries a mint on her, and Spike plans to get it. |
| Featuring | Wun Cloo |
| Credits | Pencils: Bernard Dibble? | Inks: Bernard Dibble? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective | Characters: Wun Cloo (detective); Widow Smith; Spike (robber) |
| Comic Story | The Match in the Mine (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Daffy wrestles in a coal mining town. |
| Featuring | Daffy |
| Credits | Pencils: Janice Valleau [as "Ginger"] (signed) | Inks: Janice Valleau [as "Ginger"] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports | Characters: Daffy Dill; Deke Parsons; Evelyn Ballit (wrestler) |
| Comic Story | The Busting of Big Nick Lester (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A man is framed by Big Nick and his mob. |
| Featuring | The Jester |
| Credits | Pencils: Peter Riss |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Jester; McGinty; Big Nick Lester |
| Notes | Originally credited "Sam Citron?" Similar art to the credited pencil work on Manhunter stories in Police Comics #37-#59 by Peter Riss. |
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