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| The artwork in Black Condor is starting to get terrific with this issue. Looks like Kevin Nowlan. |
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| Publication | January 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Alias the Spider [Tom Hallaway] (inset); The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.] (inset); Jane Arden; The Red Torpedo [Captain Jim Lockhart] (inset) |
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| Comic Story | Jackie Boy (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Condor comes upon a man named Jackie who has been stabbed in the chest and attempts to get medical help for him, and he then notifies the man's wife and lame child of what has happened and that he'll be all right. But the Condor wants to track down the attempted murderer, a man named Gallagher, who has stolen this victim's rights to citizenship and who has threatened to expose him. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; Dr. Patche (introduction); Jackie (introduction, crime victim); Jackie's wife (introduction); Jackie's son (introduction); Monks Gallagher (villain, introduction); Slugs (villain) |
| Notes | The reprint titles this story "Jackie Boy".
Art credits revised from Charles Sultan art to Lou Fine in reference to Jim Amash in The Quality Companion (TwoMorrows, 2011 series) #1 (November, 2011), page 93. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Molly the Model |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | strip reprint |
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| Comic Story | Blaster Meers and the Pirates of Ceres (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Space Legion; Rock Braddon; Blaster Meers (first appearance; villain; death) |
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| Comic Story | The Tiger Woman (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Madam Fatal faces his first costumed opponent, The Tiger, who lead a gang of savages retaliating for treasures stolen in her home country. She ends up perishing after going over a stone wall while in conflict with Madam Fatal. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton]; Tiger Woman (villain, introduction, death) |
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| Comic Story | Smashing the Schrecklichkeit (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Red Torpedo [Jim Lockhart]; Dr. Freiheit (introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain); the Nazis (villains) |
| 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.
Drew Allen is Kiefer's pen-name used on the strip. |
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| Content | Genre: Drama |
| Notes | strip reprints |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | bottom half of the Jane Arden pages |
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| Comic Story | The Spider: Framed (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Chuck; Bill French (villain, introduction); Baldy Riker (villain, introduction); Nick (villain, introduction); Trigger (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
In this story, the Black Widow does the Batman's Batmobile one better: it can careen horizontally along the face of a building. |
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| Comic Story | War Declared (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Content | Genre: Sports |
| Notes | strip reprints |
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| Comic Story | The Hijacked Plane Peril (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Lee Preston; Nazi spies (Intro, Die) |
| Notes | Last appearance of the Lee Preston of the Red Cross feature. |
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| Text Story | Quoth the Raven (1.75 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Larry Spain | Letters: typeset |
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| Statement of Ownership | Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc. |
| Credits | Script: Everett M. Arnold | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Statement of Ownership
Crack Comics 322 Main St Stamford Ct
Editor: Edward Cronin 322 Main ST Stamford Ct
Bus Mgr: Everett M Arnold 198 Shore Rd Old Greenwich, CT
Owners: Comic Magazines, Inc. Everett M Arnold; Claire C. Arnold;
Fred A. Little 4006 Grand Ave Des Moines, IA;
Henry P Martin Jr. 8 Foster Dr Des Moines, IA
Printed at Cleveland, OH. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | T.N.T. Trousers Trap (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Wizard Wells; Tug; Natas (first appearance; villain) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Screw Gang (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery; Superhero | Characters: The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Pat "Pug" Brady; The Screw [David Gratten] (villain, introduction); the Screw Gang (villains, introduction for all) |
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