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| Date | | Number: 43 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Smash Comics 43 | 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, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2. |
| Cover | The Murder Mask / 1 page |
| Genre | Adventure; Superhero |
| Characters | Midnight [Dave Clark]; Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey) |
| Pencils | Reed Crandall |
| Inks | Reed Crandall |
| Comic Story | The Murder Mask / Midnight (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | When Dave voices the latest installment of a radio drama called "The Mask", a real life Mask appears on the scene and murders several of the station's crew before Midnight could stop him. |
| Genre | Adventure; Superhero |
| Characters | Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Sniffer Snoop; Hot Foot (a polar bear); Jolly Rogers; Anderson; Edgar Tompkins; The Mask (villain) |
| Script | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Pencils | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Letters | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Comic Story | The Alien Racket / Lady Luck (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Brenda breaks up a racket to shake down innocent aliens in exchange for "protection" against the government. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Count D.Change [Count DiChange]; Bruce Banks |
| Script | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| Pencils | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| Inks | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| First Line | Hist.. Brenda, don't tell me that this Count DeChange fascinates you! |
| Notes | Count DiChange spelled "Count D. Change" in this story. |
| Story | Archie O'Toole (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Archie O'Toole; McScribe |
| Script | Bernard Dibble |
| Pencils | Bernard Dibble |
| Inks | Bernard Dibble |
| First Line | Hey, McScribe! |
| Story | The Marksman (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Marksman lands in Berlin and has Hitler on the run until the Führer escapes by autogyro. |
| Genre | Adventure; War |
| Characters | The Marksman [Baron Povalski, aka Major Hurtz]; Yurka; Adolf Hitler (villain) |
| Pencils | Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| Letters | Fred Guardineer ? |
| First Line | Pretending to be Nazi Major Hurtz, the Marksman and his faithful servant, Vorka, are now in Berlin after the biggest game of all -- Adolf Hitler. |
| Comic Story | What Shall it Benefit a Man If He Gain the Whole World and Lose His Own Soul? / Espionage Starring Black X (8 pages) |
| Genre | Spy |
| Characters | Black X; Batu; Dr. Harvey Bedsloe |
| Pencils | Bernard Sachs |
| Inks | Bernard Sachs |
| Story | Wun Cloo (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Wun Cloo (detective) |
| Pencils | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Inks | Jack Cole (signed) |
| First Line | Stick 'em up, old bean! |
| Notes | Cole is credited only on drawing this feature, and Ralph Johns is his pen name, from Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
| Comic Story | Daffy Meets the Man with the Horrible Hobby / Daffy (7 pages) |
| Genre | Humor; Sports |
| Characters | Daffy Dill; Mr. Nitemayer; Tea Biscuit; Vita Hayweed; Count De Corpuscles |
| Script | Gill Fox (signed) |
| Pencils | Gill Fox (signed) |
| Inks | Gill Fox (signed) |
| Comic Story | The World's Champion / Rookie Rankin (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rookie investigates crooked boxing matches. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Foxy Harris; Spike Tolan; Masked Marvel; Bone Crusher Harrigan |
| Pencils | Witmer Williams |
| Inks | Witmer Williams |
| Notes | Originally credited "Rudy Palais ?", but Palais has a very marked line from the eye down the cheek in sideview and also a peculiar blot as nostril not connected to the wing of the nose. Not him here. The art is identical to William's other credited stories in this feature, #40 and #41, and his signed "Eagle Evans" story in Police Comics #1. Most faces in nearly frontview with only one ear showing, and very large rounded jaw and chin are special. |
| Text Story | The Yukon Murders (2 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Comic Story | The Sailor Missed His Boat / Yankee Eagle (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Larry is stranded at the island of Jawalla on his return from the orient. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Yankee Eagle [Larry Noble]; Nicky Malone (sailor and stuntman) |
| Pencils | Joey Cavallo (signed) |
| Inks | Joey Cavallo (signed) |
| Story | The Jester (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Petty thief Oscar Oople gets Chuck Lane to take one his truth pills, and Lane confesses to Detective McGinty that he was the Jester. However, McGinty is too skeptical and doesn't believe it. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Detective Hustace McGinty; Oscar Oople (villain); Ace Morgan (villain); The Major (villain); Lord Andrew (villain); Slick (villain) |
| Script | Paul Gustavson |
| Pencils | Paul Gustavson |
| Inks | Paul Gustavson |
| Letters | Paul Gustavson |
| First Line | Take a good look, folks! |
| Notes | Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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