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| Date | | Number: 48 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Smash Comics 48 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 60 | Frequency: monthly |
| Cover | Midnight Meets the Menace from Mars / 1 page |
| Genre | Adventure; Superhero |
| Characters | Midnight [Dave Clark]; Gabby (a monkey); Doc Mortimer Wackey |
| Pencils | Alex Kotzky |
| Inks | Alex Kotzky |
| Comic Story | Sinister Menace from Mars -- or Someplace / Midnight (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Something from space lands on Professor Drizzpan's property, and all he can think about is the interruption of his work. However, the rocket from Mars unleashes a strange mechanical creature that destroys homes with its death ray. |
| Genre | Adventure; Superhero |
| Characters | Midnight [Dave Clark]; Gabby (a monkey); Doc Mortimer Wackey; Professor Drizzpan |
| Script | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Pencils | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Letters | Paul Gustavson |
| Notes | Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
| Comic Story | Murder Has a Bargain Day / Rookie Rankin (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | A model in a department store is shot and killed by an unknown intruder. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Rookie Rankin; Diana Dare (model); Mr. Grayson (manager) |
| Pencils | Mort Leav |
| Notes | Originally credited "Witmer Williams ?", but does not match his other credited stories in this features. Compared with Leav's signed story in Power Comics #4, everything matches, face of the policeman, large hands, way of running with high lifted knees and some panels without backgrounds. Different inking. |
| Story | Espionage Starring Black X (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Black X sneaks into Japan looking for the antidote to a new poison gas. |
| Genre | Spy |
| Characters | Black X; Batu |
| Pencils | Bernard Sachs |
| Inks | Bernard Sachs |
| First Line | A hotel lobby in Istanbul... |
| Story | Archie O'Toole (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Archie O'Toole (king) |
| Script | Bernard Dibble |
| Pencils | Bernard Dibble |
| Inks | Bernard Dibble |
| First Line | We demand an audience! |
| Story | Daffy (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Deke tries to make money by staging a wrestling contest. The prize? Daffy. |
| Genre | Humor; Sports |
| Characters | Deke Parsons; Daffy Dill; Eph |
| Script | Bart Tumey |
| Pencils | Bart Tumey |
| Inks | Bart Tumey |
| First Line | Ray fer Daffy! |
| Comic Story | The Magenta Diamond / Lady Luck (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Big Bernie hides stolen jewels in his fish tank. Luckily the fish is on Lady Luck's side. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; a goldfish (narrator); Big Bernie (villain); Bernie's mob (villains) |
| Script | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| Pencils | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| Inks | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| First Line | I'm tellin' you boys.. I understand human nature.. I didn't live among people all these years for nothin'... |
| Text Story | The Camera Is the Judge (2 pages) |
| Feature | Jimmy Christian |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure; Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Jimmy Christian (detective); Bull Groton; Mitch Dallas |
| Story | Wun Cloo (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Wun Cloo |
| Pencils | Jack Cole |
| Inks | Jack Cole |
| First Line | Yes, Wun Cloo, this reform ray will eliminate crime entirely! |
| Story | The Marksman (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Marksman faces an athletic German female agent, who suckers him into her web and discovers his dual identity. Before she can share the information, she is accidentally killed by her own men. |
| Genre | Adventure; War |
| Characters | The Marksman [Baron Povalski, aka Major Hurtz]; Vorka; Schlagen (villain); Frauline Halunke (villain, death) |
| Pencils | Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| First Line | In Hitlerite Germany a secret conference takes place behind closed doors... |
| Comic Story | Ribbing Racketeers / The Jester (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mr. Pilbeam is running for governor and wants police protection. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Jester [Chuck Lane]; J. J. Pilbeam; Gibb Greiner; McGinty |
| Pencils | Mort Leav |
| Notes | This is similar to Leav's signed stories in Wanted Comics (Orbit-Wanted, 1947 series) #52. |
| 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 | |
