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| Date | | Number: 2 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Crack Comics 2 (fiche) | 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 460355. Volume number not listed in the comic's indicia. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; Jane Arden (inset); The Clock [Brian O'Brien] (inset); The Red Torpedo [Captain Jim Lockhart] (inset); The Spider [Tom Hallaway] (inset) |
| Pencils | Gill Fox |
| Inks | Gill Fox |
| Comic Story | No Title (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Obviously knowing his double identity, the mysterious Orchid sends notes to Brian, who acknowleges having met her twice before. |
| Feature | The Clock |
| Genre | Detective-mystery; Superhero |
| Characters | The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; The Orchid; Harvey Gibbs (villain, introduction); Nick (villain, introduction); other un-named gangsters (villains, introduction for all) |
| Script | George Brenner (signed) |
| Pencils | George Brenner (signed) |
| Inks | George Brenner (signed) |
| First Line | Known to the police and underworld as only the much feared "Clock," Brian O'Brien, polished young society man, now lounges... |
| Story | Molly the Model (4 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Molly; Nifty; Danny; Gloria Glamour |
| Script | John Devlin |
| Pencils | John Devlin |
| Inks | John Devlin |
| First Line | Ah there y'are-H'lo kids! |
| Comic Story | New Way to Get a Seat / Rube Goldberg's Side Show (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Rube Goldberg |
| Pencils | Rube Goldberg |
| Inks | Rube Goldberg |
| Notes | strip reprints |
| Comic Story | The Blastproof Battleship / The Red Torpedo (5 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Red Torpedo [Captain Jim Lockhart]; Adolf Hitler (villain); Herman Göring (villain); Josef Goebbels (villain); the Nazis (villains) |
| Script | Henry Kiefer (signed) ? |
| Pencils | Henry Kiefer (signed) |
| Inks | Henry Kiefer (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. |
| Story | Ned Brant (4 pages) |
| Genre | Sports |
| Script | Bob Zuppke |
| Pencils | Walt Depew |
| Inks | Walt Depew |
| Notes | strip reprints |
| Comic Story | Mission to Chenfu / Lee Preston of the Red Cross (4 pages) |
| Characters | Lee Preston; Ken Davis (introduction); Chinese renegades (villains) |
| Script | Bob Powell |
| Pencils | Bob Powell |
| Inks | Bob Powell |
| Story | Off the Record (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Ed Reed |
| Pencils | Ed Reed |
| Inks | Ed Reed |
| First Line | I'll pounce on that vanilla. |
| Comic Story | The Villain from Venus / Space Legion (5 pages) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Space Legion; Rock Braddon; Jafek (villain, introduction, death); Prof. Wadsworth (introduction); Elaine Wadsworth (introduction) |
| Script | Vern Henkel |
| Pencils | Vern Henkel |
| Inks | Vern Henkel |
| Story | Slap Happy Pappy (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Gill Fox |
| Pencils | Gill Fox |
| Inks | Gill Fox |
| First Line | Git a move on!- yo' ornery critter! |
| Comic Story | Patterson's Plot / Alias the Spider (4 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Patterson (villain, introduction, death) |
| Script | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Pencils | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Letters | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Notes | All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
| Story | Jane Arden (4 pages) |
| Genre | Drama |
| Script | Monte Barrett |
| Pencils | Russell Ross |
| Inks | Russell Ross |
| First Line | An army captain carrying valuable plans was slain on Jane's train. |
| Notes | strip reprints |
| Story | Lena Pry (4 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Monte Barrett |
| Pencils | Russell Ross |
| Inks | Russell Ross |
| Notes | Runs on the bottom half of each Jane Arden page. |
| Cartoon | About That Fourth Inning in Philadelphia in 1925. / They're Still Talking (1 page) |
| Genre | Sports |
| Script | Bob Zuppke ? |
| Pencils | Walt Depew |
| Inks | Walt Depew |
| Comic Story | Professor Discovers New Destructive Chemical / Madam Fatal (5 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton]; Prof. Lane (introduction); Sgt. O'Malley (introduction); A spy (villain, introduction) |
| Script | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| Pencils | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| Inks | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| Text Story | Doom Syndicate (2 pages) |
| Feature | Eric Vale |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Eric Vale (first appearance) |
| Script | Larry Spain |
| Cartoon | Jean Hersholt / Screen Snapshots (1 page) |
| Genre | Biography |
| Script | Gill Fox |
| Pencils | Gill Fox |
| Inks | Gill Fox |
| Comic Story | The House of Fear / Wizard Wells (7 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Wizard Wells; Black Morda (villain) |
| Script | Harry Campbell (signed) |
| Pencils | Harry Campbell (signed) |
| Inks | Harry Campbell (signed) |
| Comic Story | The Adventure of Ali Kan / The Black Condor (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Condor defends a British brother and sister from the clutches of Ali Kan while brandishing a new weapon: a paralyzing black ray gun. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; Andrea Kent (introduction); Denny Kent (introduction); Ada (introduction); Ali Kan (villain, introduction) |
| Script | Will Eisner (signed) |
| Pencils | Lou Fine |
| Inks | Lou Fine |
| Advertisement | I Swam for My Life and Won! / Royal Portable Typewriter (1 page) |
| Script | Robert Spiers Benjamin |
| Pencils | Hake (signed) |
| Inks | Hake (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 | |

