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| Date | | Number: 22 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Smash Comics 22 | 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, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 2. |
| Cover | A Thrilling Adventure / 1 page |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Bozo the Robot; The Ray [Happy Terrill] (inset); Midnight [Dave Clark] (inset); Espionage [Black X] (inset); The Jester [Chuck Lane] (inset) |
| Pencils | George Brenner |
| Inks | George Brenner |
| Comic Story | The Return of Captain Blue / The Ray (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bud returns home as the ward of Happy Terrill, whom he no longer remembers to be the Ray for some reason. That night, Bud has a dream that wraith Lupo kidnaps him and takes him on Blitzen to Elixir, the realm of King Percival, where he and the Ray battle Captain Blue again. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Bud [once known as Jackie]; Lupo (villain, a wraith, dream); King Peveral (villain, dream); Blitzen (villain, a six-legged horse, dream); Kulik (villain, dream); Captain Blue (villain, dream) |
| Pencils | Lou Fine |
| Inks | Lou Fine |
| Story | Wings Wendall (4 pages) |
| Genre | Aviation |
| Characters | Wings Wendall; General Harris; Bullet Plane; Spinner |
| Script | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Pencils | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Inks | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| First Line | In the heart of Washington...two men hunch intently over an army short-wave radio set... |
| Story | Archie O'Toole (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| First Line | I wanna make a little whoopie! |
| Story | Midnight (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | When Dave goes to work at the radio station, he sends Gabby on a mission to expose two dueling milk companies that are endangering the public. When Midnight is captured and the crooks attempt to unmask him, he protects his identity by making a nonstop series of funny faces until Gabby manages to free him. |
| Genre | Adventure; Superhero |
| Characters | Midnight [Dave Clark]; Gabby (a monkey) |
| Script | Jack Cole |
| Pencils | Jack Cole |
| Inks | Jack Cole |
| First Line | There's trouble in Big City!! |
| Story | The Purple Trio (6 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | The Purple Trio [Tiny Todd; Warren; Rocky Hill] |
| Pencils | Alex Blum (signed) |
| Inks | Alex Blum (signed) |
| First Line | Gangland vs. Tiny, Warren and Rocky... |
| Comic Story | Athlete's Foot / Wun Cloo (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Detective-mystery |
| Script | Jack Cole |
| Pencils | Jack Cole |
| Inks | Jack Cole |
| Story | The Jester (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lane calls on a wealthy woman whose fortune is targeted by Looie the Mouse, and, as the Jester, hogties the thug and throws him out the window of her home, which greatly displeases the inspector. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Jester [Charles "Chuck" Lane] (police officer, introduction); Inspector Mulligan; Mrs. Van Cornish; Looie the Mouse (villain) |
| Script | Paul Gustavson |
| Pencils | Paul Gustavson |
| Inks | Paul Gustavson |
| Letters | Paul Gustavson |
| First Line | Ha-ha...we've got the Jester at last, going into the only door in that building! |
| Notes | The Jester uses a rubber clown head (dubbed "Quinopolis" in Smash #47) to bean his pursuers and as a calling card to taunt the police. Jester's costume sports a skull on it, which has disappeared by the 7th story. Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
| Comic Story | Defending Suez / Espionage Starring Black X (6 pages) |
| Genre | Spy |
| Characters | Espionage [Black X]; Batu |
| Script | Dick French (signed) |
| Pencils | Witmer Williams (signed) |
| Inks | Witmer Williams (signed) |
| Notes | Williams is credited on drawing this feature. Writer revision from Eisner to French by Craig Delich. Will Eisner created the Espionage feature, and Will Erwin was a pen name used by Will Eisner (Erwin was Eisner's middle name), but it also became a house by-line after Eisner's tenure after 1940. Lane French wrote the feature in 1941, followed by Toni Blum (1942) and Otto Binder (1942-43). |
| Story | The Scarlet Seal (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Seal invents a complex scheme to save his father's job, which was on the line because the captain had failed to catch the Scarlet Seal. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | The Red Seal [Barry Moore]; Captain Tim Moore |
| Script | Harry Campbell (signed) |
| Pencils | Harry Campbell (signed) |
| Inks | Harry Campbell (signed) |
| First Line | Barry, this charity show of the police and my last day to get the Scarlet Seal, both fall on the 13th -- a fine change I've got! |
| Notes | Credits suggested by the Who's Who. |
| Story | Invisible Justice (5 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston]; James Gotham; Geoffrey; Baxter Slade (villain) |
| Script | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| Pencils | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| Inks | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| First Line | Death and crime stalk Kent Thurston, the Invisible Hood, as he arrives in London and crosses trails with a mysterious stranger who leads him to danger within the grim walls of the Castle of Doom... |
| Text Story | Today is Tomorrow (2 pages) |
| Feature | Jimmy Christian |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Notes | text story |
| Story | Abdul the Arab (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Abdul and Hassan have to play bodyguard to a little princess. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Abdul; Hassan; Fawida; Aman; Ibn Kawir gang |
| Script | Bob Powell (signed) |
| Pencils | Bob Powell (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Powell (signed) |
| First Line | ...and a little child did lead them... |
| Story | Chic Carter (4 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Chic Carter; Monahan; Commissioner Martin |
| Pencils | Vern Henkel |
| Inks | Vern Henkel |
| First Line | Aftetr a serious of astounding adventures in far off Mongolia, Chic Carter returns to America... |
| Story | Bozo the Robot (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Hugh Hazzard takes on a loan shark who preys on working people. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Dutch |
| Pencils | George Brenner |
| Inks | George Brenner |
| First Line | A factory whistle blows, the signal for hundreds of workers to lay down their tools -- and -- |
| 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 | |
