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Issue: Crack Comics #13 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1941
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Issues: #13 of 62 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/28/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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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 493109. 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: mystery
Feature(s): The Clock
Character(s): The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr. as Senator Tom Wright] (inset); Jane Arden (inset); The Spider [Tom Hallaway] (inset); Molly the Model (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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General Korn

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lou Fine [as Louis K. Fine] (signed)
Inker(s): Lou Fine [as Louis K. Fine] (signed)
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; Dr. Foster; Carl Stark (introduction, inventor, death); General Korn (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The Condor must solve the murder of inventor Carl Stark, who had created a remote control bomb that was used by a Nazi named General Korn to destroy ten tall buildings.
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Pages: 9
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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
Character(s): Molly
First Line: Good old Maloney, my boyhood chum
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Evil of Krenko

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]; Krenko (villain); Nizni (villain, introduction, death); the Nazis (villains, many die)
Synopsis: While on assignment in Alaska, Slade comes upon a ring of spies intent on stealing U.S. munitions. When the spies destroyed his car, Slade walks into town, and, as Tor, uses his magical ability to walk on water to the spies' submarine, where he snapped pictures of them just before they ran into underwater American mines.
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Pages: 5
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Black Shark Sells Out

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Kiefer ? [as Roy Larken] (credited)
Penciller(s): Henry Kiefer [as Roy Larken](credited)
Inker(s): Henry Kiefer [as Roy Larken](credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Red Torpedo
Character(s): The Red Torpedo [Jim Lockhart]; The Black Shark (villain); the Japanese (villains)
Synopsis: The Torpedo heads to the South Seas in order to save a native girl from the Black Shark and his Japanese cohorts.
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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.
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The Shoes and the Sack

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns] (signed)
Penciller(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns] (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Slap Happy Pappy
Character(s): Slap-Happy Pappy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Salt of Doom

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; Elaine Adams (introduction); Josef (villain, introduction, death); other spies (villains, introductions)
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Pages: 5
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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
Character(s): Jane Arden
First Line: Jessel goes to meet Jane, believing she is ready to sell the secret radio plane plans
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Reprint Notes: from Jane Arden Sunday (Register and Tribune Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX - 19XX-XX-XX
Miscellaneous
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
Character(s): Lena Pry
First Line: Lena, I never seen sich business!
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Reprint Notes: from Lena Pry Sunday (Register and Tribune Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX - 19XX-XX-XX
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Lena Pry is the Sunday footer (topper) comic strip to the Jane Arden comic strip.
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The Phony Resurrectionist

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 Hallaway]; John Stuart (introduction); Mary Stuart (introduction); Mr. Stuart (introduction); The Professor (villain, introduction, death); Grekko (villain, introduction); Hank (villain, introduction); Joe (villain, introduction); other un-named gangsters (villains, introduction for all)
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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
Character(s): Ned Brant
First Line: Well I'm afraid I'm going to have to get back to town
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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): 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
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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 Gypsy Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Art Pinajian (signed)
Penciller(s): Art Pinajian (signed)
Inker(s): Art Pinajian (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Madam Fatal
Character(s): Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton]; Jim Graves; Gypsy Band [Demo; Felipe; Maria (Demo's daughter); others unnamed]; Bastani (villain, introduction); Goro (villain, introduction); Madame De Farge (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: Richard is visiting his friend Jim at his country mansion and is told about the band of Gypsies that come into the area yearly for a great festival, so he decides to go into town and check out things. He sees a man named Bastani murder a man named Demo, the father of a girl the evil villain wants to marry himself, but doesn't succeed in capturing the man. Felipe, in love with Maria, is blamed for the crime and Madam Fatal steps in to solve the crime to the Gypsy Band's satisfaction.
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Reprint Notes: in Super Weird Heroes (IDW, 2016 series) nn (November 2016)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Fire Moose

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Larry Spain] (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Eric Vale
Character(s): Eric Vale
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Larry Spain is a house by-line and not the name of a real person.
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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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Pages: 1
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Rock Braddon vs. Captain X

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: science fiction
Feature(s): Space Legion
Character(s): Space Legion [Rock Braddon; Commander Crosby]; Captain X (villain)
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Pages: 5
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That Breath Taking Olympic Finish

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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[untitled]

Story  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): Snappy
Character(s): Snappy
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Pages: 1
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The Crab's Extortion Plot

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; The Crab (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 7

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