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| Date | | Number: 8 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Smash Comics 8 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | On-sale date and volume number from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 448094. The on-sale date was confirmed in the previous issue. E. M. Arnold, 1213 W. 3rd St., Cleveland, Ohio [printer's address]. Business and editorial offices, Gurley Building, 322 Main St., Stamford, Conn. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Bozo the Robot; Black X; Wings Wendall; Archie O'Toole; Invisible Hood |
| Pencils | Gill Fox ? |
| Inks | Gill Fox ? |
| Story | Kidding the Kids (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Arthur Beeman (signed) |
| Pencils | Arthur Beeman (signed) |
| Inks | Arthur Beeman (signed) |
| Notes | inside front cover. Red and black only. |
| Comic Story | The Rescue of Gale Payson / Espionage Starring Black X (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Black X has to rescue an American reporter from Germany and once again goes up against Madame Doom. |
| Genre | Spy |
| Characters | Gale Payson; Nazis; Madame Doom; Steve Dorgan; Colonel Atwater; Batu |
| Script | Will Eisner |
| Pencils | Will Eisner |
| Inks | Will Eisner |
| First Line | Once more armies tread the battle fields of 1917... |
| Comic Story | An Eerie Episode of Signs and Shadows / Philpot Veep (2 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Philpot Veep; Waldo |
| Script | John Devlin |
| Pencils | John Devlin |
| Inks | John Devlin |
| First Line | Speak up, man... |
| Comic Story | Dunn's Double / Clip Chance at Cliffside (4 pages) |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Clip Chance; Coach Barr; Trainer Hunt; Bob Dunn; Slick (villain) |
| Script | George Brenner (signed) |
| Pencils | George Brenner (signed) |
| Inks | George Brenner (signed) |
| First Line | Clip - I hear Coach Barr won't be on the bench... |
| Comic Story | The Arabec Oil Mystery / Abdul the Arab (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Abdul the Arab; Hassan; Stanley Rice (introduction); Holden (villain, introduction) |
| Script | Vern Henkel |
| Pencils | Vern Henkel |
| Inks | Vern Henkel |
| First Line | We know the oil is being stolen... |
| Comic Story | The Case of the Missing Bullion / Captain Cook of Scotland Yard (4 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Captain Cook; The Chief; Inspector Niven (introduction, death) |
| Pencils | Stan Asch |
| Inks | Stan Asch |
| First Line | A shipment of gold bullion... |
| Comic Story | "Bucky" Wells / Sportraits (1 page) |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | "Bucky" Wells |
| Script | Gill Fox (signed) |
| Pencils | Gill Fox (signed) |
| Inks | Gill Fox (signed) |
| First Line | He says he's so tired... |
| Comic Story | Sabotage! / Bozo the Robot (7 pages) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Adolf Zhun (villain); Herzog (villain); un-named Batzi spies (villains) |
| Script | George Brenner (signed) |
| Pencils | George Brenner (signed) |
| Inks | George Brenner (signed) |
| First Line | President proclaims strict neutrality. |
| Notes | In addressing the world at war in Quality Comics, Brenner did like many of the other writers by giving his villains names like "Hitlin" and "Batzis". |
| Comic Story | Utopia / Archie O'Toole (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Pyromania is converted into a utopia and all the people get bored and move away. |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | King Archie O'Toole; Montgomery; Ipswitch |
| Script | Will Eisner |
| Pencils | Will Eisner |
| Inks | Will Eisner |
| First Line | Let me tell ya... |
| Comic Story | The Star of Egypt / Chic Carter (4 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Chic Carter; Professor Lansing; Brenda Lansing; Hoteb; The Chief (villain) |
| Script | Vern Henkel |
| Pencils | Vern Henkel |
| Inks | Vern Henkel |
| First Line | I wonder what's up? |
| Story | Small Stuff (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Script | John Devlin (signed) |
| Pencils | John Devlin (signed) |
| Inks | John Devlin (signed) |
| First Line | Floow that car! |
| Notes | Five unrelated gag panels. |
| Comic Story | The Voodoo Master of Unionville / Invisible Justice (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Hood faces the Voodoo Master, who operates from within an island, and who is killed by the Hood with a sword through the chest. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston]; Tom; The Voodoo Master (villain, introduction, death) |
| Script | Art Pinajian (see notes) (signed) |
| Pencils | Art Pinajian (see notes) (signed) |
| Inks | Art Pinajian (see notes) (signed) |
| First Line | At the Unionville Steel Mill... |
| Notes | The feature is called Invisible Justice but the character is called the Invisible Hood. The Art Gordon signature appears at the bottom right of the last panel of the last page of the story. |
| Comic Story | Mission in the Amazon Jungle / Flash Fulton (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Flash Fulton; Andy; Roger Hart; Carter |
| Script | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Pencils | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Letters | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| First Line | Flash, draw $5,000 for expenses... |
| Text Story | The Winged Emeralds (2 pages) |
| Feature | Jimmy Christian |
| Colors | ? (story title, illustration) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Jimmy Christian |
| Script | Robert Hyatt |
| Comic Story | J.S. Sargent / Interesting People (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | Stookie Allen (signed) |
| Pencils | Stookie Allen (signed) |
| Inks | Stookie Allen (signed) |
| Comic Story | Danger In Numbers / John Law Scientective (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Avenger is finally exposed. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | John Law; Albert Mills; June Carter; The Avenger; Lewis |
| Script | Harry Campbell (signed) |
| Pencils | Harry Campbell (signed) |
| Inks | Harry Campbell (signed) |
| First Line | What? I'll be right over, Mills! |
| Comic Story | The Wrestling Match / Wun Cloo (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor; Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Wun Cloo; Mukwa |
| Script | Gill Fox (signed) |
| Pencils | Gill Fox (signed) |
| Inks | Gill Fox (signed) |
| First Line | The town in which Wun Cloo lives... |
| Comic Story | The Bombing of the Tennessee Valley Dam / Wings Wendall (7 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Wings Wendall; The Nazis; Jean Drake (introduction); Colonel Jordan |
| Script | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Pencils | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Inks | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| First Line | Breaking through the mist of early dawn... |
| Publisher advertisement | Read Smash Comics (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. Promotional house advertisement promoting Smash Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) and its features. |
| I Swam for My Life and Won! / Royal Portable Typewriter (1 page) | |
| Synopsis | Benjamin's Royal Portable typewriter survives several disasters in a South American adventure. |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Pencils | ? (photographs) |
| Inks | ? (photographs) |
| Letters | typeset (ad copy); ? (comic art) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Robert Spiers Benjamin; Benjamin's unnamed secretary; unnamed typewriter salesman; Pedro; Albert Tangora (photograph of) |
| Script | Robert Spiers Benjamin |
| Pencils | Hake (signed) |
| Inks | Hake (signed) |
| First Line | True-to-life experience suggested by the adventures of Robert Spiers Benjamin... |
| Notes | Back cover. The feature is oblong on the page. Comic-form advertisement for the Royal Portable typewriter from the Royal Typewriter Company, Inc. of New York, N. Y. Includes a testimonial from Albert Tangora, the world's fastest typest. |
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