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| Name | Crack Comics 13 (paper/4fiche) | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | On sale date from the publication date as submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Volume 36, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 493109. Volume number also reported to Copyright Office but not in the actual comic book itself. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Jane Arden (inset) |
| Pencils | Gill Fox |
| Inks | Gill Fox |
| First Line | The Clock in another super thriller |
| Story | Morrow Coaster Brake (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Just like flying! |
| Comic Story | General Korn / The Black Condor (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Condor must solve the murder of inventor Carl Stark, who had created a remote control bomb that was used by a Nazi named General Korn to destroy ten tall buildings. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Wendy Foster; Dr. Foster; Carl Stark (introduction, inventor, death); General Korn (villain, introduction); Jaspar Crow |
| Pencils | Lou Fine (signed) |
| Inks | Lou Fine (signed) |
| First Line | Some time has passed since the death of the esteemed young senator, Tom Wright, cowed by the mighty political boss Jaspar Crow, Wright finally rebelled... |
| Story | Molly the Model (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Molly's father meets an old friend who will set him up in business. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | J. Thorndyke Smith [Itchy Smitty]; Mr. Maloney |
| Script | John Devlin |
| Pencils | John Devlin |
| Inks | John Devlin |
| First Line | Good old Maloney, my boyhood chum! |
| Comic Story | The Evil of Krenko / Tor, the Magic Master (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | While on assignment in Alaska, Slade comes upon a ring of spies intent on stealing U.S. munitions. When the spies destroyed his car, Slade walks into town, and, as Tor, uses his magical ability to walk on water to the spies' submarine, where he snapped pictures of them just before they ran into underwater American mines. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Krenko (villain); Nizni (villain, introduction, death); the Nazis (villains, many die) |
| Script | Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| Pencils | Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| First Line | At the testing range on Kodiak Field.. the army tests a new machine gun |
| Comic Story | Black Shark Sells Out / The Red Torpedo (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Torpedo heads to the South Seas in order to save a native girl from the Black Shark and his Japanese cohorts. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Black Shark (villain); the Japanese (villains) |
| Script | Henry Kiefer ? |
| Pencils | Henry Kiefer |
| Inks | Henry Kiefer |
| First Line | The girl swims to his craft and points upward |
| 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. |
| Comic Story | The Shoes and the Sack / Slap Happy Pappy (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Pappy's wife wants some shoes. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Slap-Happy Pappy; Mrs. Slap Happy; Hank |
| Script | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Pencils | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Inks | Jack Cole (signed) |
| First Line | Ah wuz wonderin', pappy, ef ah cud git some shoes? |
| Comic Story | Salt of Doom / Wizard Wells (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Spies are after Elaine's father's plans. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Tug; Elaine Adams (introduction); Josef (villain, introduction, death); other spies (villains, introductions) |
| Script | Harry Campbell (signed) |
| Pencils | Henry Taylor ? |
| Inks | Henry Taylor ? |
| Story | Jane Arden (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jane discovers who the leader of the spy ring, the Doctor, really is. |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Jane Arden; Jessel; Eric; The Doctor [Robeck]; Number 7 |
| Script | Monte Barrett |
| Pencils | Russell Ross |
| Inks | Russell Ross |
| First Line | Jessel goes to meet Jane, believing she is ready to sell the secret radio plane plans.. |
| Story | Lena Pry (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Now that Lena has money, she doesn't want to marry. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Lena Pry; Dan'l; Lem |
| Script | Monte Barrett |
| Pencils | Russell Ross |
| Inks | Russell Ross |
| First Line | Lena, I never seen sich business! |
| Notes | Lena Pry is the Sunday footer (topper) comic strip to the Jane Arden comic strip. |
| Comic Story | The Phony Resurrectionist / Alias the Spider (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A professor has a way to bring the dead back to life... for a price. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | John Stuart (introduction); Mary Stuart (introduction); Mr. Stuart (introduction); The Professor (villain, introduction, death); Grekko (villain, introduction); Hank (villain, introduction); Joe (villain, introduction); other un-named gangsters (villains, introduction for all) |
| Script | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Pencils | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Letters | Paul Gustavson |
| First Line | A daring figure streaks from hiding in a southern cemetery... then the twang of a bow-string... and a blazing arrow knifes the air... the Spider has struck! |
| Notes | All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
| Story | Ned Brant (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jake goes skiing. |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Ned Brant; Jake Stahl; Fanbelt; Gail; Bud; Doublestalk McGloom |
| Script | Bob Zuppke |
| Pencils | Walt Depew (signed) |
| Inks | Walt Depew (signed) |
| First Line | Well I'm afraid I'm going to have to get back to town without showing my championship form, folks! |
| Story | Rube Goldberg's Side Show (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Bradshaw's dad is annoyed that he has his friends sleeping over. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Little Butch; Mr. Brown; Mrs. Brown; Mr. Thompson; Mrs. Thompson; Chet Adams; Johnny Dinkus; Freddie Wiggin; Bradshaw; Joe |
| Script | Rube Goldberg (signed) |
| Pencils | Rube Goldberg (signed) |
| Inks | Rube Goldberg (signed) |
| First Line | The Browns booked a trip on a great ocean liner, they smiled for their stateroom couldn't be finer... |
| Comic Story | The Gypsy Murder / Madam Fatal (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Richard is visiting his friend Jim at his country mansion and is told about the band of Gypsies that come into the area yearly for a great festival, so he decides to go into town and check out things. He sees a man named Bastani murder a man named Demo, the father of a girl the evil villain wants to marry himself, but doesn't succeed in capturing the man. Felipe, in love with Maria, is blamed for the crime and Madam Fatal steps in to solve the crime to the Gypsy Band's satisfaction. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Jim Graves; Gypsy Band [Demo; Felipe; Maria (Demo's daughter); others unnamed]; Bastani (villain, introduction); Goro (villain, introduction); Madame De Farge (villain, introduction, death) |
| Script | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| Pencils | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| Inks | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| First Line | Death interrupts the gay and happy life of a gypsy village as Madam Fatal, who is really Richard Stanton, battles the forces of hatred and greed in an effort to bring two young people together... |
| Text Story | The Fire Moose (1.85 pages) |
| Synopsis | Eric investigates some fires in the Alaska wilderness associated with a white moose. |
| Feature | Eric Vale |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Eric Vale; Oolakuk Ruskov; Rainey; Colt; Jim Broken Wing |
| Script | Larry Spain |
| Notes | Larry Spain is a house by-line and not the name of a real person. |
| Advertisement | No Title |
| Feature | Roadliter |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Get this new Roadliter bicycle headlight |
| Notes | From the Delta Electric Company. |
| Story | Off the Record (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Fido |
| Script | Ed Reed |
| Pencils | Ed Reed |
| Inks | Ed Reed |
| First Line | Don't knock Fido off.. He has to hang on to something |
| Notes | Six one-panel gags. |
| Comic Story | Rock Braddon vs. Captain X / Space Legion (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain X kidnaps Rock and hopes to use him to rob the interplanetary treasury. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Captain X (villain); Curly Travis |
| Script | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Pencils | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Inks | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Comic Story | That Breath-Taking Olympic Finish / They're Still Talking (1 page) |
| Synopsis | The 100 meter dash at the 1932 Olympics. |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Eddie Tolan; Takayoshi Yoshioka; Ralph Metcalfe |
| Script | Bob Zuppke ? |
| Pencils | Walt Depew |
| Inks | Walt Depew |
| Story | Snappy (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Snappy pretends to have amnesia so his mom won't get mad at him for being late. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Snappy; Spot |
| Script | Arthur Beeman (signed) |
| Pencils | Arthur Beeman (signed) |
| Inks | Arthur Beeman (signed) |
| First Line | 'Bye |
| Comic Story | The Crab's Extortion Plot / The Clock (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Kane asks the Clock for help when the Crab kills a bunch of policemen. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery; Superhero |
| Characters | The Crab (villain, introduction); Kane; Jones; Dolan |
| Script | George Brenner (signed) |
| Pencils | George Brenner (signed) |
| Inks | George Brenner (signed) |
| First Line | In the mayor's office of a great city--- |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Watch for the summer edition of Uncle Sam |
| Advertisement | Remington Typewriters (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Act now! On this bargain offer! |
| Notes | Back cover. |
| 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 | |

