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| Name | Crack Comics 5 (12 fiche) | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly | Editing: Edward Cronin |
| Notes | The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | The Clock [Brain O'Brien]; Alias the Spider [Tom Hallaway] (inset); The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.] (inset); Jane Arden; Ned Brant |
| Pencils | Gill Fox |
| Inks | Gill Fox |
| Comic Story | The Eagle Battalion / The Black Condor (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | On Danger island off the coast of Ceylon, the Sapphire King stops ships and takes their crews to work as slaves in his sapphire pools. The Black Condor flies to the island to free the men, but must contend with the Sapphire King's army of trained giant eagles. |
| Script | ? [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; The Sapphire King (villain, introduction) |
| Pencils | Lou Fine |
| Inks | Lou Fine |
| Story | Molly the Model (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Molly |
| Script | John Devlin |
| Pencils | John Devlin |
| Inks | John Devlin |
| First Line | Quick Pop! Get off the couch! |
| Story | Rube Goldberg's Side Show (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Rube Goldberg |
| Pencils | Rube Goldberg |
| Inks | Rube Goldberg |
| First Line | Isn't the weather hot and sticky |
| Notes | Strip reprint. |
| Comic Story | The Lone Shark / The Red Torpedo (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Torpedo must battle a crafty sea marauder who uses a powerful vacuum cup device to attach his craft to the Torpedo's navigable torpedo and then tries to board and steal the valuables on board. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Red Torpedo [Jim Lockhart]; The Lone Shark (villain, introduction) |
| Script | Henry Kiefer (signed) ? |
| Pencils | Henry Kiefer (signed) ? |
| Inks | Henry Kiefer (signed) ? |
| 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 | Madam Fatal Goes to the Circus / Madam Fatal (5 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton]; Cyclops (intro); the General; Patsy; Miss Roberts; Surat; Mr. Black (villain); Slug (villain) |
| Script | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| Pencils | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| Inks | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| Comic Story | Revolt! / Space Legion (5 pages) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Rock Braddon; Space Legion; Gulla (Intro, Dies, villain); Gulla's niece (intro) |
| Script | Vern Henkel |
| Pencils | Vern Henkel |
| Inks | Vern Henkel |
| Story | Ned Brant (4 pages) |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Ned Brant |
| Script | Bob Zuppke |
| Pencils | Walt Depew |
| Inks | Walt Depew |
| First Line | Surefoot Shekels...We're on the spot! |
| Notes | Strip reprints. |
| Comic Story | The Experiment of Dr. Corsica / Alias the Spider (6 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Alias The Spider [Tom Halloway]; Grego (introduction); Dr. Corsica (villain, introduction) |
| 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 | Jane Arden (3 pages) |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Jane Arden |
| Script | Monte Barrett |
| Pencils | Russell Ross |
| Inks | Russell Ross |
| First Line | As Jane finds the missing army gun plans, she notifies her chief, but the crook, Galt, awaits! |
| Notes | Strip reprints. |
| Story | Lena Pry (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Monte Barrett |
| Pencils | Russell Ross |
| Inks | Russell Ross |
| First Line | What ails you this mornin' Dan'l? |
| Notes | Half of the bottom half of each of the Jane Arden pages. |
| Comic Story | The Ogre / Slap Happy Pappy (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Slap Happy Pappy; An ogre (villain, introduction, death, more like a vampire, actually) |
| Script | Gill Fox |
| Pencils | Gill Fox |
| Inks | Gill Fox |
| Letters | Gill Fox ? |
| Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 4-17-09. |
| Comic Story | Saving the General / Lee Preston of the Red Cross (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Lee Preston; General Miller (first appearance) |
| Script | Bob Powell |
| Pencils | Bob Powell ? |
| Inks | Bob Powell ? |
| Text Story | The Door of Death (2 pages) |
| Feature | Eric Vale |
| Script | Larry Spain (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Eric Vale |
| Comic Story | The Talking Light / Wizard Wells (5 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Wizard Wells; Tug; Rags Rollin (Intro, villain); Cal Kearney (Intro, villain, Dies) |
| Script | Harry Campbell |
| Pencils | Harry Campbell |
| Inks | Harry Campbell |
| Story | Off the Record (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Ed Reed |
| Pencils | Ed Reed |
| Inks | Ed Reed |
| First Line | Don't swing until I get it in focus, Sir! |
| Story | Snappy (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Arthur Beeman (signed) |
| Pencils | Arthur Beeman (signed) |
| Inks | Arthur Beeman (signed) |
| Letters | Arthur Beeman ? |
| First Line | Hey Sis, the paper says it'll be swell out today- |
| Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 4-17-09. |
| Comic Story | The Jay Bird / The Clock (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Clock faces the Jay Bird, who appears to be able to fly, but who actually was attached to a cable from the airplane. Both he and the masked Pug resolve the case in an aerial dogfight, plane-to-plane. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery; Superhero |
| Characters | The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Pat "Pug" Brady; The Jay Bird (villain, introduction) |
| Script | George Brenner (signed) |
| Pencils | George Brenner (signed) |
| Inks | George Brenner (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 | |
