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| Name | Crack Comics 1 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | On sale date from the publication date and the volume number found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 451179. Volume number not listed in the comic indicia itself. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Jane Arden; Wizard Wells (inset); Ned Bryant (inset) |
| Pencils | Ed Cronin ? Ed Cronin ? |
| Inks | Ed Cronin ? Ed Cronin ? |
| First Line | Lucky for Jane Arden that the Clock came along to save her! |
| Comic Story | The Story of Pug Brady / The Clock (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A down and out-of-luck former heavyweight champion boxer and All-American fullback tries to steal Brian's watch. Later he follows the Clock and saves him from harm by Mayor Kozer, but kills the man in the process. Brian then covers for Brady, disguises himself as the Mayor and infiltrates the gang Kozer once led. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery; Superhero |
| Characters | The Big Shot [Mayor Kozer] (villain, introduction, death); Gaston; John Dooly; Dooly's daughter; Tony; Captain Kane |
| Script | George Brenner (signed) |
| Pencils | George Brenner (signed) |
| Inks | George Brenner (signed) |
| First Line | Varied are the headlines that temporarily displace those screaming of war, sabotage, hate and persecution... |
| Notes | Feature continues from Feature Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #31 (April 1940). |
| Story | Jane Arden (1.5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jane does a bit of research on Jim Southern when she suspects that there is something phoney about him. |
| Genre | Drama; Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Jane Arden; Jim Southern [Tim Stratton]; Sue; Clarence |
| Script | Monte Barrett |
| Pencils | Russell Ross |
| Inks | Russell Ross |
| First Line | When that phoney Jim Southern heard me say a big detective was here, he jumped. |
| Notes | Feature continues from Feature Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #31 (April 1940). The Jane Arden feature spans two pages and shares .25 of each page with a Lena Pry story. Each story page also includes a paper doll of Jane Arden and clothing. |
| Comic Story | Lena Heads a Strike... / Lena Pry |
| Synopsis | Lena leads a strike against the men to do no more work. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Lena Pry |
| Script | Monte Barrett ? |
| Pencils | Russell Ross (signed) |
| Inks | Russell Ross (signed) |
| First Line | But, Lena... Th' men might git mad if we ups an' refuses t' work. |
| Notes | The Lena Pry story spans two pages with 75 percent of each page taken up by a Jane Arden feature. |
| Story | Jane Arden (1.5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jane and Jim investigate a murder on a train. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Jane Arden; Sue; Jim Porter; Captain Spence |
| Script | Monte Barrett |
| Pencils | Russell Ross |
| Inks | Russell Ross |
| First Line | Gee... I'm so glad that "vacation" is over, Sue! |
| Notes | The Jane Arden feature spans two pages and shares .25 of each page with a Lena Pry story. Each story page includes a paper doll of Jane Arden's wardrobe for men. |
| Story | Lena Pry |
| Synopsis | Lena refuses to feed Dan'l until he completes his chores. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Lena Pry; Dan'l |
| Script | Monte Barrett ? |
| Pencils | Russell Ross (signed) |
| Inks | Russell Ross (signed) |
| First Line | Say, Lena... ah is very starved! |
| Notes | The Lena Pry story spans two pages with 75 percent of each page taken up by a Jane Arden feature. |
| Story | Off the Record (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Miss Smith; Maw; Pa; dentist |
| Script | Ed Reed |
| Pencils | Ed Reed |
| Inks | Ed Reed |
| First Line | Gosh I fell in love with Maw's plowin' right from th' start! |
| Comic Story | Introducing Rock Braddon / Space Legion (6 pages) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | The Space Legion (introduction); Rock Braddon (introduction); Captain Graves (introduction); Harg (villain, introduction, death) |
| Script | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Pencils | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Inks | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| First Line | The space-port of the Earth colony "Hispan," on Mars.... |
| Notes | The Space Legion was set in the future, when all nations of Earth were at peace.....but not so in space. Braddon commandered the ship "Mercury" and his home base was the city of Metropolis. At this time, there was a civilization on Mars. |
| Comic Story | The Sign of the Cricket / Alias the Spider (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | With the city in the grip of terror perpetrated by the Cricket, who, like the Spider, left a calling card at the scene of his crimes. With cunning, the Spider tracked him down and sent him to a watery grave. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Cricket (villain, introduction, death); The Crickets (villains, introduction for all); Stevens |
| Script | Paul Gustavson |
| Pencils | Paul Gustavson |
| Inks | Paul Gustavson |
| Letters | Paul Gustavson |
| First Line | A reign of terror breaks out in a large city... |
| Notes | The Spider was a supreme archer who crafted a special kind of arrow that burst into flame as it was fired. The arrow's tip left behind the Spider's mark: a scarab-like medallion, that served as a warning. |
| Cartoon | Jimmy Stewart / Screen Snapshots (1 page) |
| Genre | Biography |
| Characters | Jimmy Stewart; Anna Mae Wong |
| Script | Gill Fox |
| Pencils | Gill Fox |
| Inks | Gill Fox |
| First Line | ... and have you been an escort for any of the glamor girls, lately? |
| Notes | Feature continues from Smash Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #3 (October 1939). |
| Comic Story | Too Hot to Hold / Wizard Wells (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wizard and Tug help the Perry's avoid extortion. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Wizard Wells (inventor, introduction); Tug (introduction, Wells' partner); Black Morda (villain, introduction); Mary Perry; Mr. Perry |
| Script | Harry Campbell (signed) |
| Pencils | Harry Campbell (signed) |
| Inks | Harry Campbell (signed) |
| First Line | Wizard Wells, a former All-American half back, has become one of the nation's outstanding inventors and research scientists...... |
| Notes | Wells was a former All-American halfback, now inventor. Despite his athletic background, Wells disliked physical combat and preferred to help people by using his wits. His solutions usually centered around the electromagnetic spectrum of energies, i.e. infrared, ultraviolet light, microwaves and electric eyes. |
| Story | Molly the Model (4 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Molly the Model (first appearance); Danny; Nifty; Mr. Maloney |
| Script | John Devlin |
| Pencils | John Devlin |
| Inks | John Devlin |
| First Line | Hello Nifty- Will y'tell Danny I'll wait for him outside the gym? |
| Story | Ned Brant (4 pages) |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Ned Brant; Gail Donaldson; Mr. Meegan; Bud Shekels; Jake |
| Script | Bob Zuppke |
| Pencils | Walt Depew |
| Inks | Walt Depew |
| First Line | Speed it up for five minutes |
| Notes | Feature was continued from Feature Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #31 (April 1940). |
| Comic Story | Lee Gets Her Wings / Lee Preston of the Red Cross (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Lee Preston (introduction, origin; Red Cross nurse and pilot); Mr. Preston (Lee's father, introduction); Rick Royce (introduction); Jeff Dickers |
| Script | Bob Powell (see notes) (signed) |
| Pencils | Bob Powell (see notes) (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Powell (see notes) (signed) |
| First Line | Look, Whisky.. that plane is going to land! |
| Notes | The Who's Who says that Terrance McAully was a house name Powell used while at Quality Comics. Cross was an intrepid young aviatrix who got her pilot's license, then flew the world to lend a hand. |
| Comic Story | Love Bird's Brain Test / Rube Goldberg's Side Show (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Little Butch; Nibbsy; Prince Alexis; Marjorie Daisy Whimple de Bass; Anna Smythe |
| Script | Rube Goldberg |
| Pencils | Rube Goldberg |
| Inks | Rube Goldberg |
| First Line | If a young man's girl has $50,000,000 should he let that prevent him from marrying her? |
| Notes | Feature was continued from Feature Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #31 (April 1940). |
| Comic Story | Origin of the Red Torpedo / The Red Torpedo (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | When U.S. Navy man Jim Lockhart invented a human-guided, one-man submarine, his superiors in the military reject it. Not to be deterred, he took his invention to the private sector and, with his fiancee Meg, built it on their own. Then, donning his distinctive uniform, he saves an American ship from European aggressors. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Meg (Jim's fiancée); Captain Wells (introduction); The Nazis (villains) |
| Script | Henry Kiefer (see notes) (signed) ? |
| Pencils | Henry Kiefer (see notes) (signed) |
| Inks | Henry Kiefer (see notes) (signed) |
| Notes | The 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. |
| Text Story | Corning's Mistake (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | John Corning discovers that he made a mistake in constructing his building and needs to correct it somehow. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Big Bull Belding; John Corning; Bates; Betty Stevens |
| Script | Larry Spain |
| First Line | You're through, Corning! |
| Cartoon | That Battle of the World's Greatest Hurlers / They're Still Talking (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A synopsis of George Saling's hurdle race at the Olympic Games held in Los Angeles in 1932. |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | George Saling; Keller; Beard |
| Script | Bob Zuppke ? |
| Pencils | Walt Depew |
| Inks | Walt Depew |
| First Line | Here they come! |
| Comic Story | Origin of Madam Fatal / Madam Fatal (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Former actor John Stanton, posing as an old woman, does everything he can to track down a man he has been searching for for years, John Carver. Stanton had married the woman Carver loved, but Carver became jealous and, two years later, kidnapped Stanton's only daughter. Now the two come face to face, and all Stanton cares about now is if his daughter is still alive. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Hamlet (Madam Fatal's parrot); Sarah; Mr. Porter (postman); Johnny; Reeves (Carver's driver); Mrs. Stanton (Richard's wife, death); un-named daughter of the Stanton's; John Carver (villain, introduction, death); Lou (villain); Mike (villain) |
| Script | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| Pencils | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| Inks | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| First Line | Oh... it's Madam Fatal, our neighbor-- |
| Comic Story | Invasions Stopped Free of Charge! / Slap Happy Pappy (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Slap Happy Pappy (first appearance); Flip (first appearance); The Nazis (villains) |
| Script | Gill Fox |
| Pencils | Gill Fox |
| Inks | Gill Fox |
| First Line | Somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean a giant plane drones its way towards the United States |
| Comic Story | The Man Who Can Fly Like a Bird / The Black Condor (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Saved by his mother from a group of raiders who had murder his father, infant Grey is raised by condors with whom he seems to connect, and, as he grows, he studies the mechanics of flight, which he eventually succeeds in emulating. Taken in by a kindly Monk, Grey takes revenge on Gali Khan for killing the Monk and swears a life-long effort to bring evil doers to justice. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Mr. Richard Grey (introduction, death); Mrs. Richard Grey (introduction, death); Father Pierre (introduction, death); Yakki Raiders (villains, introduction); Gali Kan (villain, introduction, death) |
| Script | Will Eisner (signed) |
| Pencils | Lou Fine |
| Inks | Lou Fine |
| First Line | From the beginning of time, man has thought of flight... |
| Notes | Richard Grey Jr. will assume the identity of Senator Thomas Wright in issue #11. Oddity: in this story only, his costume is colored red. |
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