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| Name | Smash Comics 1 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Editor taken from Feature Comics (Quality, 1939 series) #19 (same month). Entire contents copyright 1939 by E. M. Arnold. On sale date from the publication date and volume number found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 3. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 419723. Volume number is not listed in the indicia of this comic. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Bozo the Robot; Espionage [Black Ace] (inset); Abdul the Arab (inset); Archie O'Toole (inset); Wings Wendall (inset) |
| Pencils | Ed Cronin ? |
| Inks | Ed Cronin ? |
| Comic Story | The Black Spot / Espionage Starring Black X (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Black Spot (a political group) takes over Argentina and conquers most of the rest of South America, before Black Ace intervenes. |
| Genre | Spy |
| Characters | Espionage [Black Ace]; Colonel Atwater; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Batu; The Black Spot (Villains); Vlamir Koran (Introduction); Mara Hani (Introduction, Dies) |
| Script | Will Eisner (signed) |
| Pencils | Will Eisner (signed) |
| Inks | Will Eisner (signed) |
| Notes | Feature continued from Feature Comics #22, where the hero was called Black X. Black Ace becomes Black X again with issue #6. No explanation given. |
| Comic Story | The Big Radio Hoax / Philpot Veep (2 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Philpot Veep (intro); Waldo |
| Script | John Devlin |
| Pencils | John Devlin |
| Inks | John Devlin |
| Comic Story | Escape from Devil's Island / Exciting Adventures (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | Terry Gilkison (signed) ? |
| Pencils | Terry Gilkison (signed) ? |
| Inks | Terry Gilkison (signed) ? |
| Notes | Feature continues from Feature Funnies (Quality Comics, 1937 Series) #12 (September 1938). Final appearance. |
| Comic Story | The Murder of Max Gorman / Chic Carter (7 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Chic Carter (intro); Monahan, DAILY STAR editor; Gloria Gorman; Van Drenn (villain, intro); Rocco (villain, intro) |
| Script | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Pencils | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Inks | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Comic Story | The King's Visit (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | King Julius of Slobodka visits Shickshinny and gets kidnapped |
| Feature | Simple Simon |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor |
| Characters | Simple Simon; King Julius; Slaughterhouse |
| Script | Ed Cronin (signed) |
| Pencils | Ed Cronin (signed) |
| Inks | Ed Cronin (signed) |
| Notes | (only appearance) |
| Comic Story | Mickey Rooney / Screen Snapshots (1 page) |
| Genre | Biography |
| Characters | Mickey Rooney |
| Script | Bernard Baily (signed) |
| Pencils | Bernard Baily (signed) |
| Inks | Bernard Baily (signed) |
| Notes | Feature continues from Feature Funnies (Quality Comics, 1937 Series) #16. |
| Comic Story | Major Drake Is Missing / Wings Wendall (7 pages) |
| Genre | Spy |
| Characters | Wings Wendall (intro); Major Drake; Balov (villain) |
| Script | Vern Henkel |
| Pencils | Vern Henkel |
| Inks | Vern Henkel |
| Comic Story | Apple of Invisibility / Archie O'Toole (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Gil O'Teen, has usurped the throne of Pyromania. He captures Archie and tortures him by witholding food but piping aromas towards him. Archie finds an apple in a laboratory and turns invisible when he bites into it. |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Archie O'Toole; Gil O'Teen (villain) |
| Script | Bud Thomas (signed) ? |
| Pencils | Bud Thomas (signed) ? |
| Inks | Bud Thomas (signed) ? |
| First Line | Heh heh1 So at last I am king... |
| Notes | continued from FEATURE COMICS #22 Bails has 'Bud Thomas' only as a byline, adding that this feature was sometimes by George Tuska. |
| Comic Story | Introducing the Invisible Hood / Invisible Justice (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Maharajah of Raas is willing to pay a million dollars for the return of a stolen sacred Indian necklace, and Inspector Blake calls in Kent Thurston because of his knowledge of precious gems. Donning a simple disguise, Thurston uses a gas gun to convince a culprit to cooperate as to the location of this necklace. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston] (introduction); Inspector Bill Blake; Maharajah of Raas; Peter Robinson; Butch (villain); Spike (villain) |
| Script | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| Pencils | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| Inks | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| First Line | Hello --- Yes -- Thurston speaking... |
| Notes | Many sources confuse the name of this hero with the name of the feature. In this issue, it was titled "Hooded Justice" and it starred the "Invisible Hood". Here he did not have the power of invisibility, merely donning a red monk's cloak and domino mask. |
| Comic Story | The Baseball Fixers / Clip Chance at Cliffside (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Clip accepts an invitation to visit the farm owned by his friend Bob. Two crooks are hiding out at the local hotel, and decide to fix the following day's baseball game for profit by kidnapping star player Bob. Clip tracks him down and releases him in time to play the game. |
| Genre | Drama; Sports |
| Characters | Clip Chance; his mother; Bob Brack; Slick (Villain); Butch (Villain) |
| Script | George Brenner (signed) |
| Pencils | George Brenner (signed) |
| Inks | George Brenner (signed) |
| First Line | Come on, Clip - Get up... |
| Notes | continued from FEATURE COMICS #16 |
| Comic Story | The Ghost Express / Captain Cook of Scotland Yard (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Cook and Kelly investigate a "ghost train" which appears directly in the path of passenger trains belonging to the Continental Railway Company. Cook works out that the headlight and whistle of the "ghost train" actually belong to an airplane being flown low over the tracks, and ambushes the pilot, who is in the pay of a rival railroad company. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Captain Cook; Kelly; The "Ghost Engineer" (Intro, Villain); Donald Kelly |
| Script | Toni Blum ? |
| Pencils | Bill Smith (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Smith (signed) |
| First Line | Our scene is the offices of the Continental Railway, London... |
| Notes | continued from FEATURE COMICS #22. |
| Text Story | Mystery at Catalina: Chapter 1 (2 pages) |
| Feature | Tony Parelli |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Tony Parelli; Sun Wang |
| Script | Jeffrey Spain |
| First Line | Tragedy had never darkened Tony Parelli's life. |
| Comic Story | Veron Gomez / Sportraits (1 page) |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Vernon Gomez |
| Script | Gill Fox (signed) |
| Pencils | Gill Fox (signed) |
| Inks | Gill Fox (signed) |
| First Line | It's Gomez's idea to save time... |
| Comic Story | The Treachery of Murdock / Abdul the Arab (7 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Abdul the Arab (intro); Hassan; Ali Bey; Col. Simpson; Sylvia Simpson; Murdock (Villain, Intro, Dies) |
| Script | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Pencils | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Inks | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| First Line | Acrooss the hot desert road... |
| Notes | Signed in the last panel. |
| Comic Story | Iron Monster at Large Again / Bozo the Robot (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mad scientist Von Thorp sends his metal robot on a rampage through the city, leaving the Police at their wits' end, so they call in Hugh Hazzard, who manages to stow away inside the robot. The robot returns to von Thorp's hideout, whom Hazzard manages to capture. Learning that the Police plan a watery grave for the robot, Hazzard rushes in to save it, naming him Bozo the Iron Man, and using him as his new crime-fighting partner. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot (introduction, origin): Commissioner Hunt; Inspector Burke; Chief Blane; Pat; Dr. Von Thorp (villain, introduction) |
| Script | George Brenner (signed) |
| Pencils | George Brenner (signed) |
| Inks | George Brenner (signed) |
| First Line | Families are routed from their homes... |
| Notes | Brenner probably created Bozo from the golden robot Elektro, which was made by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation and presented to the 1939 New York World's Fair. It was 7' tall and performed a variety of feats, but could not house a human being. |
| Dan and the Gang Go to Bat with Grips / Grips Athletic Shoes (1 page) | |
| Notes | printed in two colors- red only. |
| Advertisement | Just Out the Fastest Loading Air Rifle in History / Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns (1 page) |
| Notes | back cover |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
