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Issue: Crack Comics #21 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1942
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Issues: #21 of 62 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/17/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Edward Cronin
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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 Thomas Wright]; The Spider [Tom Hallaway] (inset); Jane Arden (inset); The Clock [Brian O'Brien] (inset); Spitfire [Tex Adams] (inset); Ned Brant (inset); Molly the Model (inset); Tor [James Slade] (inset); Don Q (inset)
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Pages: 1
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Spy Ring

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]; Kalten Winch; Dr. Foster; Wendy Foster; Jaspar Crow (villain); Karle Kurt (villain)
Synopsis: The Condor discovers that Jaspar Crow has bugged the Senate and Senator Wright is implicated in leaking secret information. But Wendy steps in to help on this case by using her wiles on Wright's rival, and a Nazi spy, Karle Kurt.
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Pages: 9
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al McWilliams (signed)
Inker(s): Al McWilliams
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Spitfire
Character(s): Spitfire [Tex Adams]
First Line: Early dawn at the Eagle Squadron's field...
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lou Fine ?
Inker(s): Lou Fine ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Hack O'Hara
Character(s): Hack O'Hara
First Line: Driving a taxi in the big town...
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Pages: 5
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Meet Butch

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]; Butch (introduction, a tough-girl sidekick); The Mouse (villain)
Synopsis: On the waterfront, The Clock is riddled with bullets by The Mouse, but is nursed back to health by an orphan girl who first thinks him to be a gangster and fantasized about becoming his moll, then becomes his sidekick after the Clock saves her life from gangsters.
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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: Jane has a gun on the thief of the bombsight...
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Pages: 4
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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 [Molly Maloney]; Pop Maloney; Murphy
First Line: I'm going fishing, Molly
Synopsis: Pop and his fishing pal blunder into an area being used by the U.S. Navy for target practice.
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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 [Molly Maloney]; Nifty; Danny
First Line: Y'mean to say that big baboon has Danny scared?
Synopsis: Molly helps her boyfriend Danny win a prizefight.
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)
Inker(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): Don Q
Character(s): Don Q [Don]; Little Pierre; Olga Petroff; Petroff
First Line: Vastipole Square is deserted...
Synopsis: In Vastipole, working with the Vastavian Replublican Army, Don Q meets Olga Petroff while trying to avert a civil war.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Cole
Inker(s): Jack Cole
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Slap Happy Pappy
First Line: Hyar comes Amnesia Jones
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Pages: 1
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The Bombing

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]; the Nazis (villains, many die)
Synopsis: Tor begins traveling the world, transforming himself and others in all sorts of ways. In war-torn London, he rode a bomb in midair to personally destroy Nazi planes.
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Pages: 5
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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: Alice von Pepp loved the fun...
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Pages: 1
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The Basket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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]; Scrappy Nelson; Tubby White; Pop Hudson; Roxi (villain)
Synopsis: Fatal and his two teen age sidekicks rescue defense plans from a spy ring. In the process, Fatal is shot and undergoes emergency surgery. The operation is successful, but the doctor in charge is very careful not to reveal Madam Fatal's true identity to Tubby and Scrapper.
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Pages: 5
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Biggest Thrill

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Spain
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Eric Vale
Character(s): Eric Vale
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Pages: 1.6
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Statement of Ownership

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Statement of Ownership: Comic Magazines Inc. 322 Main St Stamford, CT. Edward Cronin, editor. Managing Editor Everett M. Arnold. Owners: Claire C. Arnold, Everett M. Arnold, Henry P. Martin Jr.

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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: That other guy's a veteran and smart!
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arthur Beeman
Penciller(s): Arthur Beeman (signed)
Inker(s): Arthur Beeman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Snappy
First Line: I've never seen such a thing in my life
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Pages: 1
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The Crow Escapes

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]; Chuck; The Crow (villain)
Synopsis: The Crow escapes from the death house and The Spider goes after him, but the Crow ends up stealing the Spider's car, the Black Widow, giving him an added incentive to track him down.
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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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