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| Date | | Number: 8 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Crack Comics 8 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly | Editing: Edward Cronin |
| Notes | Canadian price, not given in the indicia, shown on cover as "15¢ IN CANADA." Neither the preceding nor the following issue displayed this information on its cover. 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. 4. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; The Clock [Brian O'Brien] (inset); Jane Arden (inset); Alias the Spider [Tom Hallaway] (inset); Molly the Model (inset) |
| Pencils | Gill Fox ? |
| Inks | Gill Fox ? |
| Comic Story | The Menace of the Thinking Machines / The Black Condor (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Condor must overcome the Chinese Lung Woe, who has created the drilling "spinning death machine" for his Nazi cohort. Unfortunately for them, the machine turns out to have a mind of its own and manufactures an army itself! |
| Script | ? [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; Lung Woe (villain, introduction, death); un-named enemy Nazi spy (villain, introduction); the Spinning Deaths (villains, introduction, sentient machines, all die) |
| Pencils | Lou Fine |
| Inks | Lou Fine |
| Story | Molly the Model (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Molly the Model |
| Script | John Devlin |
| Pencils | John Devlin |
| Inks | John Devlin |
| First Line | H'lo Molly! |
| Story | Off the Record |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Ed Reed |
| Pencils | Ed Reed |
| Inks | Ed Reed |
| Comic Story | Vendrome's Electrical Weapon / Space Legion (5 pages) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Space Legion; Rock Braddon; Dr. Wadsworth; Elaine Wadsworth; Vendrome (first appearance villain; death) |
| Script | Vern Henkel |
| Pencils | Vern Henkel |
| Inks | Vern Henkel |
| Comic Story | The Secret of the Rex / Madam Fatal (5 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton]; Dr. Prowl (first appearance); Thor (first appearance); Trag (first appearance; villain); Prof. Crane (first appearance; villain) |
| Script | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| Pencils | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| Inks | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| Comic Story | Allied with the Black Shark / The Red Torpedo (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lockhart forces the Black Shark to assist him against Axis treachery by pinning the Shark's sub, then using his ability to release a screen of oil to surround Nazi submarines poised to attack the British. After this is accomplished, the Shark hastily retreats to safety. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Red Torpedo [Jim Lockhart]; Capt. Arville (introduction, death); Black Shark (villain); the Nazis (villains); Herr Schaft (villain, introduction, death) |
| 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. Drew Allen is Kiefer's pen-name used on the strip. |
| Story | Jane Arden (2 pages) |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Jane Arden |
| Script | Monte Barrett |
| Pencils | Russell Ross |
| Inks | Russell Ross |
| First Line | Jane is trying to trap two race swindlers by making big bets. |
| Notes | strip reprints |
| Story | Lena Pry (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Monte Barrett |
| Pencils | Russell Ross |
| Inks | Russell Ross |
| First Line | Don't ya know it's bad luck fer yer apron t'be loose, Lena? |
| Notes | bottom half of the Jane Arden pages |
| Comic Story | The Boy and the Bank Robbers / Alias the Spider (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | To save a kidnapped boy's life, the Spider doesn't hesitate to kill the kidnapper. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Chuck; Bobby (introduction); the "old timer" (introduction); Mike (villain); Spud (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. |
| Comic Story | The Saboteurs and the Train Crash / Lee Preston of the Red Cross (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Lee Preston; Rick Royce |
| Script | Bob Powell |
| Pencils | Nick Cardy |
| Inks | Nick Cardy |
| Story | Snappy (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Arthur Beeman (signed) |
| Pencils | Arthur Beeman (signed) |
| Inks | Arthur Beeman (signed) |
| First Line | Hey Sis- Wait a Minute |
| Story | Ned Brant (4 pages) |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Ned Brant |
| Script | Bob Zuppke |
| Pencils | Walt Depew |
| Inks | Walt Depew |
| First Line | Hold that line! |
| Notes | strip reprints |
| Text Story | Jungle Blitzkrieg (2 pages) |
| Feature | Eric Vale |
| Script | Larry Spain |
| Pencils | ? (illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Eric Vale |
| Comic Story | The Anti-Gun Judge / Slap Happy Pappy (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Gill Fox |
| Pencils | Gill Fox |
| Inks | Gill Fox |
| Comic Story | With Remote Control / Wizard Wells (5 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Wizard Wells; Tug; Jason Terrell (first appearance); Betty Terrell (first appearance); Ralph Terrell (villain); John Terrell (villain) |
| Script | Harry Campbell |
| Pencils | Henry Taylor ? |
| Inks | Henry Taylor ? |
| Story | Rube Goldberg's Side Show (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Rube Goldberg |
| Pencils | Rube Goldberg |
| Inks | Rube Goldberg |
| First Line | Dopey Behavior Book |
| Notes | strip reprints |
| Comic Story | Stuporman / The Clock (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Clock must find a way to overcome and defeat a super-strong and impervious pinheaded monster from Mongolia. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery; Superhero |
| Characters | The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Pat "Pug" Brady; Stuporman (villain, introduction, death); Snoop Cadrone (villain, introduction, death) |
| Script | George Brenner (signed) |
| Pencils | George Brenner (signed) |
| Inks | George Brenner (signed) |
| Notes | Though "Stuporman" is a dumb, giant Mongolian thug, he is clearly also meant to be a parody of Superman. |
| 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 | |
