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| Publication | July 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; The Clock [Brian O'Brien] (inset); The Spider [Tom Hallaway] (inset); Molly the Model (inset); Ned Brant (inset) |
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| Comic Story | The Industrial Tyrant (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | After his first defeat at the hands of the Black Condor, Jaspar Crow begins a long descent into darker evil that manifests in his private endeavors. Crow create an imposter Black Condor to attack his own workers who were poised to go on strike. The true Condor infiltrates the plant and frightens Crow into paying his workers properly and agreeing to humane working conditions. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr. as Senator Thomas Wright]; Wendy Foster; Senator Jaspar Crow (villain) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Maloney; Murphy |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Molly The Model; Buelah; Maloney |
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| Comic Story | Tor vs. Benito Vermin (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Tor [Jim Slade]; Gaspar; Siva; Benito Vermin (villain) |
| Notes | Without explanation, Tor begins speaking his spells backwards in this story, similar to what Zatara and Merlin did. |
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| Comic Story | The Aviation Conspiracy (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton]; Jed Kirk; Philip White; Gordon Reed |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Behind Locked Doors (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Wizard Wells; Tug; Weatherbee (villain) |
| Notes | Last appearance of the Wizard Wells feature. |
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| Content | Genre: Drama |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | At Devonshire Girl's School (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Spider battles an old crone who has been locked in a tomb for decades and seeks revenge on young girls. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Toto |
| Notes | All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Content | Genre: Sports |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Red Torpedo vs. the Black Shark (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Red Torpedo [Jim Lockhart]; The Black Shark (villain) |
| Notes | The Who's Who suggests, as do Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash in the Quality Companion, that Kiefer, not only created this feature, but did the art for it through the strip's entire run. Kiefer is also usually considered to have written it. |
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| Text Story | The Great Bear Mystery (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Eric Vale |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Eric Vale |
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| Comic Story | About That Two-Punch Championship Fight (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Sports |
| Notes | Last appearance in Crack Comics. Ned Brant will still appear, but without They're Still Talking. |
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| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Space Legion; Professor Wadsworth; Rock Braddon; Sontak; Elaine |
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| Comic Story | Little Butch |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Brad and Dad |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Weekly Invention |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children |
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| Comic Story | Klone the Racketeer (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery; Superhero | Characters: Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Pug Brady; Klone (villain) |
| Notes | As of this issue, George Brenner is at least assisted by a ghost artist with a more kinetic style. |
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