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Issue: Crack Comics #12 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1941
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Issues: #12 of 62 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/28/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (17 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ed Cronin
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date as submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Volume 36, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 493111. Volume number also reported to Copyright Office but not in the actual comic book itself.
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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 Ongoing Series
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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: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Condor
Character(s): The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr. as Senator Tom Wright]; The Clock [Brian O'Brien] (inset); The Spider [Tom Hallaway] (inset); Molly the Model (inset); The Red Torpedo [Jim Lockhart] (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Jasper Crow and the Miners

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed)
Penciller(s): Lou Fine
Inker(s): Lou Fine
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Condor
Character(s): The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr. as Senator Thomas Wright]; Wendy Foster; Senator Jasper Crow (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Art credits from Jim Amash in The Quality Companion (TwoMorrows, 2011 series) #1 (November, 2011), page 93.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Devlin
Penciller(s): John Devlin
Inker(s): John Devlin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Molly the Model
First Line: Molly is getting very difficult
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Captured by Captain X

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Vernon Henkel [as Vern](signed)
Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel [as Vern](signed)
Inker(s): Vernon Henkel [as Vern](signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Space Legion
Character(s): Rock Braddon; Space Legion; Commander Crosby; Captain X (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Out of Thin Air

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Francis Campbell (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Weston Taylor ?
Inker(s): Henry Weston Taylor ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Wizard Wells
Character(s): Wizard Wells; Tug; Karl (villain, introduction, death); other fifth columnists (villains, introductions, deaths)
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Reed
Penciller(s): Ed Reed
Inker(s): Ed Reed
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Off the Record
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Doom in the Lagoon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Kiefer ? [as Drew Allen] (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Kiefer [as Drew Allen] (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Kiefer [as Drew Allen] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Red Torpedo
Character(s): The Red Torpedo [Jim Lockhart]; The Mongolese (villains, introduction for all)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose 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.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Monte Barrett
Penciller(s): Russell Ross [as Russell E. Ross]
Inker(s): Russell Ross [as Russell E. Ross]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Feature(s): Jane Arden
First Line: Jane has felled the intruder who overpowered Eric
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Reprint Notes: from Jane Arden Sunday (Register and Tribune Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX - 19XX-XX-XX
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Pages: 3
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Monte Barret
Penciller(s): Russell Ross [as Russell E. Ross]
Inker(s): Russell Ross [as Russell E. Ross]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Lena Pry
First Line: Yo' is spendin' yo' money too fast, Lena!
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Reprint Notes: from Lena Pry Sunday (Register and Tribune Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX - 19XX-XX-XX
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Lena Pry is the Sunday footer (topper) comic strip to the Jane Arden comic strip.
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Crushing the Crickets

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): Alias the Spider
Character(s): The Spider [Tom Halloway]; The Big Cricket (villain, death?); the Crickets (villains)
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Zuppke
Penciller(s): B. W. DePew
Inker(s): B. W. DePew
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Ned Brant
First Line: I guess that will hold Jake for quite some time
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Reprint Notes: from Ned Brant Sunday (Register and Tribune Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX - 19XX-XX-XX
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arthur Beeman (signed)
Penciller(s): Arthur Beeman (signed)
Inker(s): Arthur Beeman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Snappy
First Line: Hey what's that noise downstairs?
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Pages: 1
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The Counterfeit Plot of Phrogg Zaran

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Guardineer (signed)
Penciller(s): Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Guardineer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Tor, the Magic Master
Character(s): Tor [Jim Slade]; Lucy Stone; Phrogg Zaran (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 5
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While Rome Burns

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Spain
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Eric Vale
Character(s): Eric Vale
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rube Goldberg
Penciller(s): Rube Goldberg
Inker(s): Rube Goldberg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Rube Goldberg's Side Show
First Line: Hey get off there! You're no ornament!
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Reprint Notes: from Rube Goldberg's Side Show Sunday (Register and Tribune Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX - 19XX-XX-XX
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Blue Cloak Gang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Art Pinajian (signed)
Penciller(s): Art Pinajian (signed)
Inker(s): Art Pinajian
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Madam Fatal
Character(s): Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton]; The Blue Cloak Gang (villains, introduction); Dan Rogers (introduction, a stage magician)
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Pages: 5
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That Soaring Norwegian

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Zuppke ?
Penciller(s): B. W. DePew
Inker(s): B. W. DePew
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): They're Still Talking
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Pages: 1
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Talent Scout for Sap

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]
Penciller(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]
Inker(s): Jack Cole
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Slap Happy Pappy
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Pages: 1
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The Murder of Hy Jakker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)
Penciller(s): George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)
Inker(s): George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): The Clock
Character(s): The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Pug; Big Boy Broge (villain, introduction); Hy Jakker (villain, introduction, death)
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Pages: 7

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