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Issue: Smash Comics #14 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1940
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Issues: #14 of 85 Issues (86 Printings)
Title:
Variant: 10¢ Cover Price
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: E. M. Arnold
On Sale Date: 07/19/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ed Cronin
Disclose Notes: editor from Feature 36
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: Was On-Going Series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted as/ in another Issue.
reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagThe Art of Will Eisner #1 published January 1982 as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gill Fox
Inker(s): Gill Fox
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Bozo the Robot
Character(s): Bozo the Robot; Espionage [Black X] (inset); The Ray [Happy Terrill] (inset); The Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston] (inset); Wings Wendall (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Legion of Living Bombs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner [as Erwin] (signed)
Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich
Inker(s): Dan Zolnerowich
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): Espionage Starring Black X
Character(s): Espionage [Black X]; Batu; Madame Doom (villain); Mirov (villain)
Synopsis: Black X resigns his commission due to his love for Madame Doom, but her plan to use her men as human explosives so revolts him, he changes his mind.
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In Issue: FlagThe Art of Will Eisner #1 published January 19821 page only
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #22 published January 2000
as The Legion of Living Bombs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVixens, Vamps & Vipers #[nn] published January 2014
as credits [Credits on Interior Page(s)]page 9, panel 3 figure
In Content Item: FlagVixens, Vamps & Vipers #[nn] published January 2014
as The Legion of Living Bombs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Will Eisner created the Espionage feature, and Will Erwin was a pen name used by Will Eisner (Erwin was Eisner's middle name) until he left the strip after 1940. It also became a house by-line as well for future writers.
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The Electric Paralyzer Ray

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)
Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inker(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Magno
Character(s): Magno [Tom Dalton]; Professor Abbot
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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Nurse and Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts]
Penciller(s): Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts]
Inker(s): Bob Powell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Abdul the Arab
Character(s): Abdul; Colonel Gerard; Hassan; Nurse Renaud; Achmed the Beduin; Lt. Picon
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Fatima the Queen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Tuska [as Bud Thomas]
Penciller(s): George Tuska [as Bud Thomas]
Inker(s): George Tuska [as Bud Thomas]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Archie O'Toole
Character(s): Archie O'Toole; Fatima; Ida Clare
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Auto Race

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Brenner
Penciller(s): George Brenner
Inker(s): George Brenner
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, sports
Feature(s): Clip Chance at Cliffside
Character(s): Cliff; Spud; Red; Dutch; Monk
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arthur Beeman (signed)
Penciller(s): Arthur Beeman (signed)
Inker(s): Arthur Beeman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Kidding the Kids
First Line: This is bad news! Drive off a cliff...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Invasion of Tronvik

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Vernon Henkel
Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)
Inker(s): Vernon Henkel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Wings Wendall
Character(s): Wings Wendall; Captain Ludz (Intro); Nazis; Lucky (a girl); Ambassador Stanton
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Origin of the Ray

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner ?
Penciller(s): Lou Fine [as E. Lectron] (signed)
Inker(s): Lou Fine [as E. Lectron] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Ray
Character(s): The Ray [Happy Terrill] (newspaper reporter, origin); Professor Styne; Anton Rox (villain)
Synopsis: Cub reporter Happy Terrill gains incredible powers when he rides a balloon through a cosmic storm in the high stratosphere. The balloon mission of Professor Styne also uncovered a new, powerful gas, which is stolen by the thug, Anton Rox.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: In this adventure only, the Ray's legs were colored as bare instead of yellow.
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Rowdy Dick Bartell

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gill Fox
Penciller(s): Gill Fox (signed)
Inker(s): Gill Fox
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, sports
Feature(s): Sportraits
Character(s): Dick Bartell
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed)
Penciller(s): Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed)
Inker(s): Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Invisible Justice
Character(s): The Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston]; John Wallace; Renly (villain); Darke (villain); Matt (villain); Spike (villain)
First Line: A sleek yacht glides majestically into the harbor of a tropical island in the Pacific...
Synopsis: While on a tropical isle in the south Pacific, the Hood encounters other invisible opponents, who are intent on acquiring valuable gas deposits. Their invisibility was a ruse, but they were surprised when they encountered a "real" ghost.
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Pages: 5
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Mountain of Madness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Vernon Henkel
Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel
Inker(s): Vernon Henkel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Chic Carter
Character(s): Chic Carter; Grayson (Intro, Dies)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Mystery of the Mine

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert M. Hyatt ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Jimmy Christian
Character(s): Jimmy Christian
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Blum [as S. M. Regi] (signed)
Inker(s): Alex Blum [as S. M. Regi] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Purple Trio
Character(s): The Purple Trio [Tiny Todd; Rocky Hill; Warren]
First Line: I have it! My uncle is the president of a steamship company!
Synopsis: One of the trio's uncles is president of a steamship company and he tells the boys that he suspects a certain criminal of being in league with spies who are trying to ruin his firm's shipping in the Dardanelles. The Trio immediately volunteers to round up the felon and turn him over to the Turkish Police.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The Who's Who indicates that S. M. Regi was a pen-name sometimes used by Jerry Iger, but also by others as a house by-line. It further indicates that Jerry Iger did not write this feature, but that Alex Blum, under this pen-name or by-line, did draw the strip.
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Knocky Knish

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gill Fox
Penciller(s): Gill Fox (signed)
Inker(s): Gill Fox
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Wun Cloo
Character(s): Wun Cloo; Knocky Knish
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Monster from the Graveyards

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed)
Penciller(s): George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed)
Inker(s): George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Bozo the Robot
Character(s): Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; un-named mad scientist (villain, death); Brutus (villain, introduction, a monster, death)
Synopsis: Bozo truly meets his match in a modern-day Prometheus named Brutus, created by a mad scientist, who stole its body parts from graves. Battling to a stalemate, the encounter only ended when Bozo threw Brutus into his creator, destroying both of them.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Swiped from Frankenstein.

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