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Issue: Crack Comics #14 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1941
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Issues: #14 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: 05/09/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (20 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ed Cronin
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.
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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); Ned Brant (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Industrial Tyrant

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; Senator Jaspar Crow (villain)
Synopsis: After his first defeat at the hands of the Black Condor, Jaspar Crow begins a long descent into darker evil that manifests in his private endeavors. Crow create an imposter Black Condor to attack his own workers who were poised to go on strike. The true Condor infiltrates the plant and frightens Crow into paying his workers properly and agreeing to humane working conditions.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Devlin
Inker(s): John Devlin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Molly The Model
Character(s): Maloney; Murphy
First Line: You may fill it up again Murphy, m'good man!
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Devlin
Inker(s): John Devlin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Molly The Model
Character(s): Molly The Model; Buelah; Maloney
First Line: Pop-Hey Pop! Buelah says that there's someting wrong with the electric current!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Tor vs. Benito Vermin

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: occult
Feature(s): Tor, the Magic Master
Character(s): Tor [Jim Slade]; Gaspar; Siva; Benito Vermin (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Without explanation, Tor begins speaking his spells backwards in this story, similar to what Zatara and Merlin did.
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The Aviation Conspiracy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Pinajian
Inker(s): Art Pinajian
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Madam Fatal
Character(s): Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton]; Jed Kirk; Philip White; Gordon Reed
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]
Inker(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Slap Happy Pappy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Behind Locked Doors

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Francis Campbell
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; Weatherbee (villain)
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Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Monte Barrett
Penciller(s): Russell Ross
Inker(s): Russell Ross
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Feature(s): Jane Arden
First Line: You did a grand job, breaking up that spy ring, Jane
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Monte Barrett
Penciller(s): Russell Ross
Inker(s): Russell Ross
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Lena Pry
First Line: Lena, we decided tain't right'n proper fer yo'...
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Reprint Notes: from Lena Pry Sundays (Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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At Devonshire Girl's School

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Gustavson
Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson
Inker(s): Paul Gustavson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Alias The Spider
Character(s): The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Toto
Synopsis: The Spider battles an old crone who has been locked in a tomb for decades and seeks revenge on young girls.
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Pages: 7
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
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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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
First Line: Pay the man full fare Mama
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Pages: 1
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The Red Torpedo vs. the Black Shark

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 Black Shark (villain)
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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.
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The Great Bear Mystery

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Spain
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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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About That Two-Punch Championship Fight

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): 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; Professor Wadsworth; Rock Braddon; Sontak; Elaine
First Line: At exactly noon on a bright summer day in the year 2441 a strange cloud blots out the Sun
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Pages: 5
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Little Butch

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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Brad and Dad

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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Pages: 0.33
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Weekly Invention

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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Pages: 0.34
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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: You've been needing this for a long time, Spot Ol' Pal!
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Pages: 1
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Klone the Racketeer

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): Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Pug Brady; Klone (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: As of this issue, George Brenner is at least assisted by a ghost artist with a more kinetic style.

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