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| Date | | Number: 60 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Smash Comics 60 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 60 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1945 Periodicals, page 384. |
| Cover | The Swooner and the Thrush / 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey) |
| Pencils | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Inks | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Comic Story | The Swooner and the Thrush / Midnight (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Radio singers The Swooner and the Thrush are in love, but will their marriage be good for ratings? How about their murders at the hands of jealous fans.........will that help? |
| Genre | Adventure; Superhero |
| Characters | Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Swooner; Thrush; Sniffer Snoop; Hot-Foot (a polar bear); Marvin Maxwell |
| Script | Paul Gustavson |
| Pencils | Paul Gustavson |
| Inks | Paul Gustavson |
| Letters | Paul Gustavson |
| Notes | Identical art to Gustavson's signed story in #57. Notice the very low rounded jaws in sideview, and the inking of the inside of ears. All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
| Story | Archie O'Toole (1 page) |
| Synopsis | The palace must economize to the smallest detail. |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Archie O'Toole (king) |
| Pencils | Bernard Dibble ? |
| Inks | Bernard Dibble ? |
| First Line | We must cut the palace budget to the bone! |
| Comic Story | Daffy the Matador / Daffy (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Deke accidentally signs Daffy up for a bull fight, thinking it's a wrestling match. |
| Genre | Humor; Sports |
| Characters | Daffy Dill; Deke Parsons; El Toro |
| Pencils | Janice Valleau (signed) |
| Inks | Janice Valleau (signed) |
| Story | Rookie Rankin (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Gramley's niece says Gus killed him for his secret formula, but Gus doesn't know anything about it. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Rookie Rankin; Gardenia Gus; Lil |
| Pencils | Pete Riss |
| First Line | A scream in the night...and Rookie Rankin finds himself playing a horrible game of death, in which desperate men and a lonely girl are strangley mixed up with the murder of an elderly chemist... |
| Notes | This is similar art to the many Riss Manhunter stories in Police Comics (Quality, 1941 series). Bob Hughes agrees with Riss pencils. |
| Comic Story | Earnest Eagers, Editorial Cartoonist / Lady Luck (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Brenda helps an editorial cartoonist, Ernest Eagers, who is being blackmailed by "Busy" Arnold. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Ernest Eagers (artist); "Busy" Armonk (villain) |
| Script | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| Pencils | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| Inks | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| Notes | This story appears to be poking fun at Busy Arnold. |
| Story | Wun Cloo (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Filthy Joe hides in a cannon barrel. |
| Genre | Humor; Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Wun Cloo (detective); Filthy Joe |
| Pencils | Jack Cole ? |
| Inks | Jack Cole ? |
| First Line | Now it's my turn! |
| Story | Spunky (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Spunky is looking at the stars when Curly puts a green pea on the telescope lens. Spunky thinks he's discovered a new planet. The townspeople become convinced it's going to destroy the town. |
| Genre | Humor; Teen |
| Characters | Curly; Spunky; Marge; Pug; Professor Flunker |
| Pencils | Sid Lazarus |
| Inks | Sid Lazarus |
| First Line | Take another look, Spunky! Now do you see it? |
| Text Story | Thanks to Mars (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | War accelerated scientific research, but did not produce any great discoveries. |
| Feature | Jimmy Christian |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Jimmy Christian (reporter); Professor Robert Wellington |
| Notes | text story |
| Story | Espionage Starring Black X (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Black X finds intrigue at a society party. |
| Genre | Spy |
| Characters | Black X; Batu; Baron De Zair (the Foremost); Mrs. Radleigh |
| Pencils | Bill Quackenbush (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Quackenbush (signed) |
| First Line | What dangers lurk on the home front? |
| Story | The Jester (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Society playwrite's contempt for the police gets him in trouble with real gangsters. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Detective Hustace McGinty; Quinopolis; Bart Beauchamp; Miss Gopher; Lofty (villain) |
| Pencils | Pete Riss |
| First Line | The Blunder of Bart Beauchamp |
| Notes | Originally credited "Sam Citron ?" Similar art to the credited pencil work on Manhunter stories in Police Comics #37-#59 by Peter Riss. |
| Captain Tootsie and the Farmyard Fire! / Captain Tootsie (1 page) | |
| Synopsis | Captain Tootsie puts out a farmyard fire. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Mr. Tuttle; Mrs. Tuttle |
| Script | Rod Reed ? Rod Reed ? |
| Pencils | C. C. Beck (signed) C. C. Beck (signed) |
| Inks | Pete Costanza (signed) Pete Costanza (signed) |
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