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Date | Number: 41 | Lang: English (en)
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fred guardineers work on the marksman series is some of the best art of the golden age in my opinion.would have loved to see his take on super man and wonder woman.
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Last 'Bozo the Robot' A sad ending. Is this story Brenner's comment on its cancellation? The 'Jester' story here is a case of truth being stranger than fiction. There was a real life case of this happening which was used in the TV series 'Homicide: Life on the Street' which was adapted from 'Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets', a non-fiction book by Baltimore Sun reporter David Simon, based on his experience following a Baltimore Police Department homicide unit. Well worth reading. Oh, and I nearly forgot. Yet another 'Lady Satan'
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The Marksman story certainly seems to have been inspired by the 1941 Spirit story that Feiffer reprinted in The Great Comic Book Heroes, with similar blocks of text, lots of prophecies, a babe with a gem and a curse, and the doomed guy's drunken wandering to his… aw, shucks, I already used 'doom' in this sentence… fate. *** Then again, they could have both been inspired by a movie or something that I've never seen! *** At any rate, it moves right along, and the art is good. *** Special bonus! A character named Schultz-Klink! Now you have to wonder if a creator of "Hogan's Heroes" was inspired, in turn, by this story! (It was popular to call the non-com Axis grunts "Schultz" — Warner Brothers used that at least once — but Klink makes it a nice, tall coincidence!) *** It even ends just like the Spirit story. Maybe I shouldn't be surprised, with Midnight up front and all. I remember the Spirit story so well because it was my introduction to the character, and not coincidentally, it was when I became a Spirit fan, reading it first in sixth grade. I became a Feiffer fan right about the same time. *** (Sorry about the asterisks. They wouldn't let me use paragraph returns. I think they were afraid I'd hurt myself.)
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Out of curiosity I read the Spirit story and the Marksman story. Yee gods and little fishies it was a full-on ripoff. Some names and details were changed, but it's basically the same script. Although given the connections between Quality and the Spirit was it okayed behind the scenes?
  
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NameSmash Comics 41 | Published
PublicationPrice: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly
NotesThe on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2.
 
Cover1 page
GenreAdventure
CharactersMidnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Daffy (inset)
PencilsPaul Gustavson
InksPaul Gustavson
First LineHey, Doc! You've got to remember how to turn this thing off!
NotesAll Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
 
Publisher advertisementNo Title (1 page)
CharactersKid Eternity; Mr. Keeper; Captain Triumph
First LineBoy! Oh, boy! Two! Two tremendous new features!
 
StoryMidnight (11 pages)
SynopsisDoc Wackey shows his latest gadget to the army and destroys half the city in the process.
GenreAdventure; Superhero
CharactersMidnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); O'Toole; Private Klink
Script
PencilsPaul Gustavson
InksPaul Gustavson
LettersPaul Gustavson
First LineGolly, but it's cold in here!
NotesGustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
 
Comic StoryThe Amber Trap / Espionage Starring Black X (8 pages)
SynopsisMadame Doom is killing people with plastic to make them horrifying exhibits to demoralize the Allies.
GenreSpy
CharactersEspionage [Black X]; Batu; Madame Doom (villain); Professor Stultz (villain); Colonel Atwater; Ted Winston; Bob; Anderson; Waterson
Script ?
PencilsJoe Kubert
InksJoe Kubert
NotesWriter credit by Craig Delich.

Will Eisner created the Espionage feature, and Will Erwin was a pen name used by Will Eisner (Erwin was Eisner's middle name), but it also became a house by-line after Eisner's tenure after 1940. Lane French wrote the feature in 1941, followed by Toni Blum (1942) and Otto Binder (1942-43).
 
Comic StoryCollecting Scrap / Bozo the Robot (5 pages)
SynopsisKids gather scrap metal for the war effort, then get into a scrape over who owns the scrap.
GenreScience Fiction
CharactersHenry Doaks; Elmer; Percy; Hugh Hazzard
Script
PencilsGeorge Brenner
InksGeorge Brenner
NotesFinial appearance of the "Bozo the Robot" feature.
Final Golden Age appearance of the Bozo the Robot character. Next appearance in Starman (DC, 1994 Series) #64 (April 2000).
 
StoryThe Jester (7 pages)
SynopsisMcGinty, upset when he reads his own obituary in the paper, along with the Jester, barely escape Lady Satan, who is the strongarm for a woman that marries men for their life insurance policies.
GenreSuperhero
CharactersThe Jester [Chuck Lane]; Detective Hustace McGinty; Penelope (villain); Lady Satan (villain)
Script
PencilsPaul Gustavson
InksPaul Gustavson
LettersPaul Gustavson
First LineWell, well!... The obituary notices!
NotesGustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

Later swiped for the Nitro story, "Nitro Meets the Scorpion" Dime Comics #24 (Bell Features).
 
Comic StoryHeiress Still Missing / Yankee Eagle (8 pages)
SynopsisLarry gets hired for a stunt job, but it's all a plot to pin a murder on him, if he doesn't die in the stunt that is.
GenreAdventure
CharactersYankee Eagle [Larry Noble]; Dinah Shane; Wenner
PencilsAl Gabriele (signed)
InksAl Gabriele (signed)
 
StoryWun Cloo (1 page)
SynopsisWhile walking around town Wun hears the tailor offering to give someone a cuff in the pants.
GenreHumor; Detective-mystery
CharactersWun Cloo; Sam
Script (signed)
PencilsJack Cole (signed)
InksJack Cole (signed)
First LineIs velly bad! Not one murder all veek!
 
StoryThe Marksman (7 pages)
SynopsisThe Marksman is in El Nefud to get a cure for a disease from a discredited doctor.
GenreAdventure; War
CharactersThe Marksman [Baron Povalski, aka Major Hurtz]; Dr. Valdu (villain); Shamar Valdu; Schultz-Klink; Abdul; Zoga
Script (signed) ?
PencilsFred Guardineer (signed) ?
InksFred Guardineer (signed) ?
LettersFred Guardineer (signed) ?
First LineWhere Truth Laughs at Fiction..And Death is not the End
NotesLetterer credit added by Craig Delich 2013-5-4.

Valdu gets called Valdo once.

Story swiped from The Spirit story of July 20, 1941.
 
Text StoryMan of Fire (1.67 pages)
SynopsisJimmy learns of a tribe torturing white men by stretching them out.
FeatureJimmy Christian
Letterstypeset
GenreAdventure
CharactersTarku; Bannock; Jimmy Christian; Jack Nicols; Geld van Staadt
 
Publisher advertisementNo Title
CharactersHendrickson; Blackhawk; Olaf; Chop-Chop
First LineAnother swell Blackhawk story is now in the April issue of Military Comics on sale February 10th
 
StoryDaffy (7 pages)
SynopsisDaffy searches for Deke, her former (crooked) wrestling manager, who has fled to the big city.
GenreAdventure; Humor; Sports
CharactersDaffy Dill (introduction); Deke Parsons (villain, wrestling manager)
Script
PencilsGill Fox
InksGill Fox
First LineC'mon Daffy. Make it snappy. We've got a dinner date, and I'm famished!
NotesStory reads like there were earlier chapters, but there weren't.

Daffy is an Amazonian woman wrestler.
 
Comic StoryThe Spider's Web / Rookie Rankin (8 pages)
SynopsisThe Spider runs a protection racket, and Rookie is determined to break him.
GenreDetective-mystery
CharactersRookie Rankin; The Spider; Dagger; Letti; Joe
PencilsWitmer Williams
InksWitmer Williams
 
AdvertisementWonders of Science Simplified (1 page)
Letterstypeset
First LineFree with this offer 33 power telescope lens kit
NotesSold by Metro Publications.
 
AdvertisementAmerican Seeds (1 page)
Pencils?; ? (photograph)
Inks?; ? (photograph)
Letterstypeset
First LineHurry! Hurry! Sell seeds for victory gardens
NotesBack cover.
 
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