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Crack Comics
Date | Number: 16 | Lang: English (en)
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NameCrack Comics 16 | Published
PublicationPrice: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly | Editing: Ed Cronin
NotesThe 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.
 
Cover1 page
GenreSuperhero
CharactersJane Arden (inset)
PencilsGill Fox
InksGill Fox
 
Comic StoryThe Ghost-Gun Killer / The Black Condor (9 pages)
GenreSuperhero
CharactersJasper Crow (villain); the Ghost-Gun Killer (villain, introduction)
PencilsLou Fine (signed)
InksLou Fine (signed)
 
StoryMolly the Model (2 pages)
GenreHumor
Script
PencilsJohn Devlin
InksJohn Devlin
First LineAw Nifty-I'm tired
 
Comic StoryThe Red Torpedo vs. the Black Shark / The Red Torpedo (5 pages)
GenreSuperhero
CharactersThe Black Shark (villain)
Script (signed) ?
PencilsHenry Kiefer (signed)
InksHenry Kiefer (signed)
NotesThe 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.

Drew Allen is Kiefer's pen-name used on the strip.
 
Comic StoryThe Sabotaged Submarine / Tor, the Magic Master (5 pages)
GenreSuperhero
Script (signed)
PencilsFred Guardineer (signed)
InksFred Guardineer (signed)
 
Comic StoryThe Tobacco Juice Spitter / Slap Happy Pappy (1 page)
GenreHumor
Script
PencilsJack Cole
InksJack Cole
 
Comic StoryThe Outlaws of Jupiter / Space Legion (5 pages)
GenreScience Fiction
CharactersBlackbeard (first appearance; villain); One-Arm Ganz (first appearance; villain); Patch-Eye Tork (first appearance; villain); Half-Face McGurk (first appearance; villain); a girl (first appearance; villain)
Script (signed)
PencilsVern Henkel (signed)
InksVern Henkel (signed)
 
StoryJane Arden (3 pages)
GenreDrama
Script
PencilsRussell Ross
InksRussell Ross
First LineTo signal a passing Coast Guard cutter, Jane and Jim Porter set fire to a mattress
Notesstrip reprints
 
StoryLena Pry (1 page)
GenreHumor
Script
PencilsRussell Ross
InksRussell Ross
First LineSince Dan'l wooed yo' we gotta make 'im marry yo'!
 
Comic StoryDeath at Rustling Willow / Alias the Spider (6 pages)
GenreSuperhero
CharactersJean Horton (introduction); Sutton (villain, introduction); Pierre (villain, introduction, death)
Script (signed)
PencilsPaul Gustavson (signed)
InksPaul Gustavson (signed)
LettersPaul Gustavson (signed)
NotesAll Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

The Spider's secret identity was obscured until this story, when he was officially named Tom Hallaway.
 
StoryNed Brant (4 pages)
GenreSports
Script
PencilsWalt Depew
InksWalt Depew
First LineWe really should be practicing thoses new song hits, Bud
 
Comic StoryThe Phony Radio Beam / Spitfire (6 pages)
GenreAviation
CharactersChuck Bolton (first appearance); Captain Schloss (first appearance; villain; death)
Script
PencilsAl McWilliams
InksAl McWilliams
 
Text StoryLake of Missing Men (2 pages)
FeatureEric Vale
Letterstypeset
CharactersEric Vale
Script
 
StoryOff the Record (1 page)
GenreHumor
Script
PencilsEd Reed
InksEd Reed
 
Comic StoryThe Five Bloodstones of Mu / Madam Fatal (5 pages)
GenreSuperhero
CharactersBasil (first appearance; villain; death)
Script
PencilsArt Pinajian
InksArt Pinajian
 
StorySnappy (1 page)
GenreHumor
Script (signed)
PencilsArthur Beeman (signed)
InksArthur Beeman (signed)
First LineHey Freddie wait a minute!
 
StoryRube Goldberg's Side Show (1 page)
GenreHumor
Script
PencilsRube Goldberg
InksRube Goldberg
First LineA popular debbie named Sarah Van Beezon was engaged to Jay Thorndyke, the catch of the season
Notesstrip reprint
 
Comic StoryThe Revenge of Bat Nillon / The Clock (7 pages)
GenreDetective-mystery; Superhero
CharactersBat Nillon (first appearance; villain)
Script (signed)
PencilsGeorge Brenner (signed)
InksGeorge Brenner (signed)
 
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