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| Date | | Number: 54 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Smash Comics 54 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 60 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Al Bryant (see notes) (signed) |
| Inks | Al Bryant (see notes) (signed) |
| First Line | When Midnight meets Hammer-Head Horgan and Smear-Face Schmalz, the fur flies! |
| Notes | Per the newspaper photograph appearing in the Sunday, September 17, 1944, edition of the Sunday Argus-Leader of Sioux-Falls, South Dakota newspaper on page 12 entitled "Draws Thrilling Comic Books Covers" is a brief mention of "Pvt. Al Bryant" showing artwork of the comic book covers he drew, including this one (https://www.newspapers.com/article/argus-leader/84834922/). |
| Story | Midnight (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Two crooks decide to bury the hatchet when they find out they have the same birthday. Only they decide to bury the hatchet in Midnight. |
| Genre | Adventure; Superhero |
| Characters | Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby; Hotdog; Sniffer Snoop; Hammer-Head Horgan (villain); Smear-Face Schmalz (villain) |
| Script | Paul Gustavson |
| Pencils | Paul Gustavson |
| Inks | Paul Gustavson |
| Letters | Paul Gustavson |
| First Line | He done it! |
| Notes | Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
| Comic Story | The Framing of Rookie Rankin / Rookie Rankin (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Big Shott and his gang try to put the frame on Rankin. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Rookie Rankin; Big Shott; Breezy; Velvet; Al |
| Pencils | Mort Leav |
| Inks | Al Bryant ? |
| Notes | Art is similar to his signed story in Wanted Comics (Wanted-Orbit, 1947 series) #52. This looks very much like the Al Bryant inks on his credited art on Manhunter in Police Comics (Quality, 1941 series) #35. |
| Story | Espionage Starring Black X (8 pages) |
| Genre | Spy |
| Characters | Black X; Batu; Dr. Yong |
| Pencils | Don Rico (signed) |
| Inks | Don Rico (signed) |
| First Line | In the heart of invaded China... |
| Story | Lady Luck (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Nazis try to sabotage the subway system |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Lady Luck; Count diChange |
| Script | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| Pencils | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| Inks | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| First Line | Sabotage in the Subway |
| Story | Archie O'Toole (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Pencils | Bernard Dibble |
| Inks | Bernard Dibble |
| First Line | Sire, a new bunch of applicants... |
| Story | The Marksman (7 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Marksman; Major Inuki; Quito; Anna; Ian Gorsky |
| Pencils | Irving Tirman |
| Inks | Irving Tirman |
| First Line | Can any good come out of war and oppression? |
| Notes | Heads in 3/4 rearview with stretched necks and jawbones going back behind the ear, even in side view, is peculiarly Tirman. This can be found in his credited "Mike Gibbs Guerilla" story in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #88. |
| Text Story | Swamp Revenge (2 pages) |
| Feature | Jimmy Christian |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Notes | text story |
| Comic Story | The Case of the Tainted Limburger! / Wun Cloo (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Detective-mystery |
| Pencils | Jack Cole |
| Inks | Jack Cole |
| Story | The Jester (7 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Jester; Van Astor; McGinty; Marie Van Astor |
| Pencils | Mort Leav |
| First Line | It's true, Quinopolis! |
| Notes | This is Leav; compare to his signed story in Wanted Comics (Wanted-Orbit, 1947 series) #52. |
| Story | Daffy (8 pages) |
| Genre | Humor; Sports |
| Characters | Daffy; Louis Lafitte; Deke; Fanny Farrel |
| Pencils | Milt Stein (signed) |
| Inks | Milt Stein (signed) |
| First Line | The Love of Louis Lafitte |
| Notes | Stein's signature confirmed by Matthew Torrance in a report to the GCD errors list on August 9, 2008. |
| Captain Tootsie and the Haunted House / Captain Tootsie (1 page) | |
| Synopsis | Captain Tootsie and Rollo have to spend the night at a haunted house. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Rod Reed (signed) Rod Reed (signed) |
| Pencils | C. C. Beck (signed) C. C. Beck (signed) |
| Inks | C. C. Beck (signed) C. C. Beck (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 | |
