| Index Card | ||||
| ||||
| Title |
| |||
| Date | | Number: 69 | Lang: English (en) | |||
| Uploaded | by Henry Peters | |||
| File size | 45.38mb consisting of 60 pages | Format: EBook | |||
| File name | Smash_Comics_069_ctc.cbr | |||
| Downloads | 123 and 5027 views | |||
| Rating | 9/10 (2 votes) | |||
| Comments | You must be logged on to make a comment! | |||
| Notes | There is more information about this book at the bottom of the page | |||
You are WELCOME to enjoy our site & read ALL our books online. But to download & join our forum please create a FREE account or
login
| Additional Information | |
| Name | Smash Comics 69 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 60 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946-1947 Periodicals, page 352. |
| Cover | Midnight Gets the Bird from Sir Nuts! / 1 page |
| Genre | Adventure; Superhero |
| Characters | Midnight [Dave Clark]; Gabby (a monkey); Doc Mortimer Wackey; Bo |
| Pencils | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Inks | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Story | Midnight (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | A dying criminal wants to reveal all his underworld connections to Midnight. |
| Genre | Adventure; Superhero |
| Characters | Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Sniffer Snoop; Hot-Dog (a polar bear); Sir Nuts (a parrot); Ralph Raines (villain); Bo (villain) |
| Script | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Pencils | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Inks | Jack Cole (signed) |
| First Line | When a dying man gave Midnight the bird, it didn't hurt his feelings... |
| Comic Story | See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil / Wun Cloo (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A burglar insists he is a contestant on a radio program that makes people do silly things. |
| Genre | Humor; Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Wun Cloo (detective); Burglar |
| Pencils | Jack Cole |
| Inks | Jack Cole |
| Story | Spunky (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Marge has adopted a bulldog for a week. The bulldog likes Curly, but not Spunky. Spunky and Pug try to figure out how to get Towser to like Spunky, with the usual unfortunate results. |
| Genre | Humor; Teen |
| Characters | Spunky; Marge (girl friend); Curly (rival); Pug (pal); Towser (bulldog) |
| Pencils | Sid Lazarus |
| Inks | Sid Lazarus |
| First Line | Arf! Arf! Our story opens on the quiet Main Street of the tiny town of Backwash |
| Comic Story | Rookie Rankin's Last Day on the Force / Rookie Rankin (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Before he is sacked, Rankin is going to prove Commissioner Enwright sells meat at double prices through the black market. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Rookie Rankin; Commissioner Enwright (villain); Kewpie (villain, black marketeer) |
| Pencils | Pete Riss |
| Notes | This is similar art to the many Manhunter stories in Police Comics (Quality, 1941 series) credited to Pete Riss. Bob Hughes agrees the pencils are by Riss. |
| Story | Lady Luck (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | A fake Dickens first edition made by Pussyfoot & Boldface, printers, is sold to Bruce Banks, rare book collector. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Bruce Banks [aka Bicford aka Fred J. Banks] (Brenda's father, book collector); Paul Pussyfoot (villain, printer); Boldface (villain, printer) |
| Script | Klaus Nordling |
| Pencils | Klaus Nordling |
| Inks | Klaus Nordling |
| First Line | This Dickens book is quite old... 1837! |
| Comic Story | The Lost Rajah of Rashore / Espionage Starring Black X (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | A man is killed before he can tell Black X where to find the rightful ruler of Lashore. |
| Genre | Spy |
| Characters | Black X; Batu; Rajah of Lashore; Ajib; Nabob Tipu (villain) |
| Pencils | Dan Zolnerowich |
| Notes | Originally credited "Alex Blum?". Art identical to Zolne's credited Swing Sisson story in Feature Comics #111 and #119. Faces, way of standing with a bend in the hips and knees. Also the shuffling walking or running are special. The art has some resemblance to Alex Blum, but leg movement is quite different. |
| Text Story | The Camera Calls It Murder (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | An actor is killed during a movie take. |
| Feature | Jimmy Christian |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Jimmy Christian (reporter); Mac Baron (director); Glenwick (producer); Melnick (actor); Kurt Metz (actor); Otto Meisner (actor) |
| Story | Daffy (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Daffy wrestles a giant hillbilly girl. |
| Genre | Humor; Sports |
| Characters | Daffy; Deke Parsons; Ezmereldy (wrestler) |
| Pencils | Bart Tumey |
| Inks | Bart Tumey |
| First Line | Heh! Heh! Ah never do with mah muscles whut Ah kin do with a hex! |
| Story | The Jester (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The retired mobmaster can't take any joke and has a man killed for laughing. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Detective Hustace McGinty; Quinopolis; Chowder Channay (villain, retired mobmaster) |
| Pencils | Pete Riss |
| First Line | No police officer is more soberly attentive... |
| Notes | Originally credited Ed Dobrotka as his name seemed to be barely visible as the author credit on a book, "Biography of a Comic Artist", in this story. The name on the book is something like J.D. Parkwust, not Dobrotka. Art is similar art to the many Manhunter stories in Police Comics credited to Peter Riss on pencils. |
| 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 | |

