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| Name | Smash Comics 16 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Spy |
| Characters | Espionage [Black X]; The Ray [Happy Terrill] (inset); Bozo the Robot (inset); Wings Wendall (inset); The Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston] (inset) |
| Pencils | Gill Fox |
| Inks | Gill Fox |
| Comic Story | The Revenge of Bela Jat / The Ray (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Ray faces Bela Jat, a Hindu mystic, who can transform himself at will into an "ecto-fluid". His murderous reign ends when Police catch him in solid form and put a knife in his back. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Shimego; Gar; Bela Jat (villain, introduction, death) |
| Pencils | Lou Fine (signed) |
| Inks | Lou Fine (signed) |
| Comic Story | Mystery of the Empty Theatre / The Purple Trio (6 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | The Purple Trio [Rocky Hill; Warren; Tiny Todd]; Old Willy (introduction, death) |
| Pencils | Alex Blum (signed) |
| Inks | Alex Blum (signed) |
| Comic Story | The Hypnotic Fiend / Archie O'Toole (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Archie O'Toole; Sum Fun (intro) |
| Script | George Tuska (signed) ? |
| Pencils | George Tuska (signed) ? |
| Inks | George Tuska (signed) ? |
| Story | Chic Carter (4 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Mae "Scoop" Merrill (intro); Chic Carter |
| Script | Vern Henkel |
| Pencils | Vern Henkel |
| Inks | Vern Henkel |
| First Line | Mystery shrouds a dark and forbidding mansion hidden among the bayous of Louisiana... |
| Story | The Scarlet Seal (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Actor Barry Moore, after finishing the film "Oriental Horror," takes a job in his father's police department but finds that the commissioner is a soft headed liberal. So Barry devises a secret life in order to infiltrate the underworld disguised as a Chinese-American called the Scarlet Seal. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | The Scarlet Seal [Barry Moore] (actor, introduction, origin); Captain Pat Moore (Barry's father, introduction); Lt. Bemis; Spider (death); Bugs Marlone (villain) |
| Script | Manning Lee (signed) |
| Pencils | Manning Lee (signed) |
| Inks | Manning Lee (signed) |
| First Line | Barry Moore, top-notch character actor of the films has just finished his latest picture [sic] |
| Notes | This feature was created by Manning de Villeneuve Lee, an accomplished fine artist and book illustrator who specialized in historical subjects. His by-line only appears on this first story....after that, the strip was signed "Duane Byrd Monroe", a pen name for which no reference can be found. Jim Amash and Mike Kooiman, in the Quality Companion, state that the art is Lee's. The name Barry Moore is a play on the famous screen actor family, the Barrymores. Many stories display Moore jumping out of a cab and entering through the front door of his secret lab, which was disguised as a fake store front. Moore's fortune financed his capers and procured props such as firecrackers and flash powder, and he was also adept in jujitsu. |
| Story | Invisible Justice (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | An ancient Egyptian artifact that gives those close to it the power to suspend gravity is stolen by a member of an archaeological dig.. The Hood pursues the thief who commits suicide and destroys the artifact. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston]; Professor James; Professor Hill; Dr. Robb (introduction, death) |
| Script | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| Pencils | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| Inks | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| First Line | The citizens of a great city are thrown into confusion one afternoon as the impossible occurs... |
| Notes | The anti-gravity attribute in this story is very similar to Hawkman's Ninth Metal. The story has a confusing beginning with the apparition of a giant mummy that is never again mentioned wrecking the city and destroying a train. |
| Comic Story | Invasion of Mexico / Espionage Starring Black X (6 pages) |
| Genre | Spy |
| Characters | Espionage [Black X]; Rod Pasquale; Colonel Atwater |
| Script | Will Eisner (signed) ? |
| Pencils | Dan Zolnerowich |
| Inks | Dan Zolnerowich |
| Notes | 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 as well. |
| Comic Story | The Labor Racketeers / Magno, the Magnetic Man (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Magno breaks up a fake union run by racketeers. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Magno [Tom Dalton]; Big Tim Fink (villain, introduction) |
| Script | Paul Gustavson |
| Pencils | Paul Gustavson |
| Inks | Paul Gustavson |
| Letters | Paul Gustavson |
| Comic Story | The Arson Arrows / Wun Cloo (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor; Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Fire Commissioner Nosey (Intro) |
| Script | Gill Fox |
| Pencils | Gill Fox (signed) |
| Inks | Gill Fox |
| Comic Story | The Sheik's Power Play / Abdul the Arab (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Abdul; Hassan; Sheik Karu-Bali (Intro, Dies) |
| Script | Bob Powell (signed) |
| Pencils | Bob Powell (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Powell (signed) |
| Comic Story | Vanishing Gold (2 pages) |
| Feature | Jimmy Christian |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Script | Robert Hyatt |
| Story | Kidding the Kids (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Arthur Beeman (signed) |
| Pencils | Arthur Beeman (signed) |
| Inks | Arthur Beeman (signed) |
| First Line | As a last resort, Spud always gets the mascot... |
| Comic Story | The Fifth Column / Wings Wendall (7 pages) |
| Genre | Aviation |
| Characters | Wings Wendall; Puget (Intro, Dies) |
| Script | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Pencils | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Inks | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Comic Story | Turgin's Fifth Column / Bozo the Robot (7 pages) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Turgin (intro,dies) |
| Script | George Brenner (signed) |
| Pencils | George Brenner (signed) |
| Inks | George Brenner (signed) |
| 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 | |
