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| Date | | Number: 26 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Smash Comics 26 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Ed Cronin listed as editor in Police #2 The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 4. |
| Cover | A Great Action Story / 1 page |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Bozo the Robot; The Ray [Happy Terrill] (inset); Espionage [Black X] (inset); Midnight [Dave Clark] (inset); Wings Wendall (inset) |
| Pencils | Gill Fox |
| Inks | Gill Fox |
| Comic Story | Cyanide and Sabotage / The Ray (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Ray shows great concern for keeping young Bud out of harm's way after the lad witnesses a shooting. However, Bud places himself in danger afterwards when he seeks help from the Secret Service. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Bud; Alan Hale (death) |
| Pencils | Reed Crandall |
| Inks | Reed Crandall |
| First Line | Happy is in Washington... |
| Comic Story | The Oil Well Murder / Midnight (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Big City experiences a boom in oil, and many people invest their savings in building wells. Then the oil mysteriously begins to peter out, and it takes Midnight to discover that an unscrupulous racketeer has hired men to siphon off much of the oil output. |
| Genre | Adventure; Superhero |
| Characters | Midnight [Dave Clark]; Alice Taylor; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a talking monkey); Hobbs, Chad, Butch; J. A. Carlson; Sgt. O'Toole |
| Script | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Pencils | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Inks | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Letters | Jack Cole (signed) |
| First Line | Big City is jubilant! |
| Comic Story | Smoking Will Stunt Your Growth / Archie O'Toole (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Archie "King" O'Toole |
| Script | John Devlin |
| Pencils | John Devlin |
| Inks | John Devlin |
| First Line | Hey - What goes on here? |
| Story | The Jester (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Chuck decides to adopt the dog of one of his ex-foes. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Terry Mills; Mr. Mills; Inspector Mulligan; Scrapper (Lane's dog, introduction) |
| Script | Paul Gustavson |
| Pencils | Paul Gustavson |
| Inks | Paul Gustavson |
| Letters | Paul Gustavson |
| First Line | As Mulligan tries to instill some "fine points" of the Bureau in Lane's head... |
| Notes | Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. Last appearnce of Inspector Mulligan. |
| Story | Invisible Justice (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lieutenant Jergens and Miss Saxon are attacked on a lonely road. Kent is driving past and helps ward off the assailants, but reasons that it was a set up. Changing to the Invisible Hood he tracks Jergens to the laboratory of Professor Saxon, who is developing a new type of sea craft. Jergens calls in his men and reveals himself to be a spy. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston]; Zergon [aka Lieutenant Jergens] (villain); Professor Saxon, Miss Saxon |
| Script | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| Pencils | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| Inks | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| First Line | It is late at night as a car skims down a lonely road along the waterfront... |
| Story | The Purple Trio (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Warren makes his entrance into Society, and goes aboard a yacht for a party. Tiny and Rocky follow in a tub and make fun of him, but when Warren dives overboard to pursue a hold-up man, Rocky dives in to help. The trio foil a plot to hold a debutante for ransom. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | The Purple Trio [Warren; Tiny Todd; Rocky Hill]; Angela Baker (Dave's date); Curly (villain, introduction); un-named members of Curly's gang (villains, introduction for all) |
| Pencils | Alex Blum (signed) |
| Inks | Alex Blum (signed) |
| First Line | Tiny and Rocky are trying to not be jealous of Warren... |
| Notes | Angela is the last girl whom Dave Clark dated. |
| Story | Espionage Starring Black X (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Black X allows himself and Batu to be kidnapped and taken to the lair of arms dealer Franz Wenzel. |
| Genre | Spy |
| Characters | Espionage [Black X]; Batu; Colonel Atwater; Franz Wenzel; Madame Doom (villain); Fritz (villain) |
| Script | Dick French (signed) |
| Pencils | Witmer Williams |
| Inks | Witmer Williams |
| First Line | Treachery walks the planks of every waterfront quay. |
| Notes | Script credit suggested by the Who's Who. |
| Story | Wun Cloo (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Wun Cloo finds a murdered man and pursues the killers' car, only to get snagged on the radio aeriel. |
| Genre | Humor; Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Wun Cloo, the Defective Detective; Killer (crook) |
| Pencils | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Inks | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Letters | Jack Cole |
| First Line | It's a nice quiet peaceful day in -- Whoa -- spoke up too soon!! |
| Comic Story | The Midville Orphanage Murder / Wildfire (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Silas Raddo runs the Midville Orphanage and decides that if he could get rid of the kids he could pocket the endowment money. Therefore he plans a holiday excursion for the kids aboard a ship that he has rigged to go down in flames. Wildfire saves the kids and then dishes out deadly justice, throwing Raddo into a furnace and blowing up the small boat with his henchmen in it. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Wildfire [Carol Vance Martin]; Silas Raddo (villain, death) |
| Script | Robert Turner (signed) |
| Pencils | Jim Mooney (signed) |
| Inks | Jim Mooney (signed) |
| First Line | It is midnight on a lonely country road. |
| Story | Wings Wendall (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wings is assigned to investigate a series of sabotage incidents, thought to be masterminded by international spy Anton Schreck. |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Wings Wendall; Anton Schreck, Karlo; Pete Phillips; Mary Phillips |
| Script | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Pencils | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Inks | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| First Line | The Defense Limited streaks along its shiny tracks... |
| Notes | Out of costume now. |
| Text Story | Jimmy Solves the Hex (1.5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jimmy investigates sabotage at the Brandon mine. |
| Feature | Jimmy Christian |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Jimmy Christian; Brandon; Mike Minovitch |
| Script | Robert Hyatt |
| First Line | Brandon mine seriously flooded... |
| Comic Story | The Daily Star Shakedown / Rookie Rankin (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rookie investigates a racket to shake down the Star newspaper. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Rookie Rankin; Rita; Ma Rankin |
| Pencils | Art Peddy |
| Inks | Art Peddy |
| First Line | Wake up, Rookie. It's almost dark! |
| Story | Bozo the Robot (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The evil Topoff and his oriental henchman, Toto, are pursued by Hazzard and Bozo after Toto murders the district attorney using a mystical crucible that allows Topoff to appear and vanish at will. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Akim Topoff (villain, death); Toto (villain) |
| Script | George Brenner ? |
| Pencils | George Brenner (signed) |
| Inks | George Brenner (signed) |
| First Line | Akim Topoff -- I sentence you to 5 years at hard labor -- |
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