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| Date | | Number: 25 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Crack Comics 25 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: bi-monthly | Editing: Gill Fox [as Gilbert Fox]; Everett M. Arnold [as E. M. Arnold] (general manager) |
| Notes | Copyright 1942 by Comic Magazines, Inc. The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; The Clock [Brian O'Brien] (inset); Spitfire [Tex Adams] (inset); Molly the Model (inset); Hack O'Hara (inset) |
| Pencils | Gill Fox |
| Inks | Gill Fox |
| First Line | Another thriller of the Black Condor |
| Comic Story | The Pumpkinhead Plot / The Black Condor (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wendy is taking a first aid course in school, taught by an Austrian refugee with a "W" scar on his face. He uses the same girl each day to model injuries, bandaging her, but, strangely enough, giving that girl the bandages each day. Tom smells a rat and decides to investigate as the Condor and literally drops into the classroom, feigning injury to get bandaged. The bandages contain secret messages, and the Condor follows the clues to Jaspar Crow himself! |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Black Condor [Senator Thomas Wright]; Dr. Foster; Wendy Foster; Senator Pumpkinhead Hardy (introduction); Jaspar Crow (villain); Elsa Papendorf (villain, introduction, death) |
| Script | Otto Binder ? Toni Blum ? |
| Pencils | John Cassone (signed) |
| Inks | John Cassone (signed) |
| Notes | Script credits suggested by the Who's Who. |
| Comic Story | Joe Chang's Guerillas / Spitfire (6 pages) |
| Genre | Aviation |
| Characters | Spitfire [Tex Adams]; Joe Chang (first appearance); Japanese (villains) |
| Script | Al McWilliams (signed) |
| Pencils | Al McWilliams (signed) |
| Inks | Al McWilliams (signed) |
| Comic Story | Sweet Nothings / Slap Happy Pappy (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Pencils | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Inks | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Comic Story | Pen Miller's Nazi Double / Pen Miller (5 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Pen Miller; Pen's secretary (first appearance); Scribbler (first appearance; villain); Hack (first appearance; villain); Mummer (first appearance; villain) |
| Script | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| Pencils | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| Inks | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| Comic Story | Who Is He? / Don Q (6 pages) |
| Genre | Spy |
| Characters | Don Q; A German field marshall (first appearance; villain; death); Gen. Gerichter (first appearance; villain; death); Captain Grunz (villains); Nazis (villains) |
| Script | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Pencils | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Inks | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Story | Jane Arden (4 pages) |
| Genre | Drama |
| Script | Monte Barrett |
| Pencils | Russell Ross |
| Inks | Russell Ross |
| First Line | Formula K. Secret of a deadly explosive was stolen. |
| Notes | strip reprints Last appearance in Crack Comics. Jane Arden reprints appear next in a comic book in Pageant of Comics (St. John, 1947 Series) #2 (October 1947). |
| Story | Molly the Model (1 page) |
| Synopsis | At the beach, Pop destroys Molly's chance to impress P.T. Bumpf, who could help her modeling career. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Molly The Model [Molly Maloney]; Pop Maloney; Danny Deever; P.T. Bumpf |
| Script | John Devlin |
| Pencils | John Devlin |
| Inks | John Devlin |
| First Line | While you kids dawdle, I'll take a dip |
| Story | Molly the Model (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Pop uses his new neighbor's telephone to call his bookie. The unsuspecting neighbor is arrested as a result. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Molly Maloney; Pop Maloney; Willie |
| Pencils | John Devlin ? |
| Inks | John Devlin ? |
| First Line | Wonder what our new neighbors are like? |
| Story | Rube Goldberg's Side Show (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Rube Goldberg |
| Pencils | Rube Goldberg |
| Inks | Rube Goldberg |
| First Line | Blame it on Wilbur |
| Notes | strip reprint |
| Comic Story | In Deep Water / Hack O'Hara (5 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Hack O'Hara; Toughy (first appearance) |
| Pencils | Bob Fujitani (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Fujitani (signed) |
| Notes | Artist's signature appears in the final panel of page 4. |
| Comic Story | The Secret of Mouse Malone / Alias the Spider (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Spider must track down a killer who has horribly strangled two of Honest Abe Lavery's men following a poker game. Chuck finally is able to steer the Spider in the right direction to the killer. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Chuck; Mouse Malone [aka Shorty] (villain); Honest Abe Lavery (villain); Slippery (villain, death); Joe (villain, death); Butch Parker (villain) |
| Script | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Pencils | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Letters | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Notes | All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
| Story | Ned Brant (4 pages) |
| Pencils | E. W. DePew |
| Inks | E. W. DePew |
| Genre | Sports |
| Script | Bob Zuppke |
| First Line | Lay off Bud, I'm trying to read the help wanted ads |
| Notes | Strip reprints Last appearance in Crack Comics, and in comic books in general. The Ned Brant comic strip continued in newspapers until 1948. |
| Text Story | The White Leopard (2 pages) |
| Feature | Eric Vale |
| Script | Larry Spain? |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Eric Vale |
| Story | Snappy (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Arthur Beeman |
| Pencils | Arthur Beeman |
| Inks | Arthur Beeman |
| First Line | So we want you to take care of Laura's little boy while we're gone |
| Comic Story | Raid in Holland / Tor, the Magic Master (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jim is given the tough assignment of photographing a British commando unit in action during a raid in Holland. He teams up with commando Dutch van Meer. When Dutch is killed during the raid, Jim assumes his magical identity of Tor and fills in for him. |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Characters | Tor [Jim Slade] (press photographer); Jim's unnamed newspaper editor; Dutch Van Meer (introduction, death); the Nazis (villains, many die) |
| Script | Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| Pencils | Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| Comic Story | The Gonky Mob Copycat Crimes / The Clock (7 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Butch; Gonky (first appearance; villain); Rip (first appearance; villain); Slug (first appearance; villain) |
| Script | George Brenner |
| Pencils | George Brenner |
| Inks | George Brenner |
| Notes | Butch mentions that she should've teamed with The Spirit; Clock: "The Spirit--BAH!!"; Clock has Spirit / Dr. Strange style window |
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