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Issue: Crack Comics #22 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1942
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Issues: #22 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: 01/14/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Gill Fox [as Gilbert Fox]; Everett M. Arnold [as E. M. Arnold] (general manager)
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1941 by Comic Magazines, Inc.

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. 2.
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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
Format Notes:  
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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): Black Condor
Character(s): Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr., aka Senator Thomas Wright]; Jane Arden (inset); The Clock [Brian O'Brien] (inset); The Spider [Tom Hallaway] (inset); Spitfire [Tex Adams] (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Storm Masters

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. aka Senator Thomas Wright]; Dr. Foster; Wendy Foster; Jasper Crow (villain); Skull-Face (villain, introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: With the entrance of America into the war, Senator Wright's duties kick into high gear, and Wendy helps her father develop a special food concentrate for Europe.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Mission to Chalons

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al McWilliams
Penciller(s): Al McWilliams [as A. McWilliams] (signed)
Inker(s): Al McWilliams [as A. McWilliams] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Spitfire
Character(s): Spitfire [Tex Adams]; the Nazis (villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Signed in the second panel on the second page.
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The Henderson Murder Case

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]; Arthur Henderson (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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World's Laziest Hillbilly

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole
Penciller(s): Jack Cole
Inker(s): Jack Cole
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Slap Happy Pappy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Problem of Princess Pershwah

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; Prince Pershwah (first appearance); Shandar (first appearance); James (first appearance; death); Princess Pershwah (first appearance; villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Zuppke
Penciller(s): E. W. DePew
Inker(s): E. W. DePew
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Ned Brant
First Line: Ned, if you lose this conference championship fight
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: strip reprints
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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 The Model [Molly Maloney]; Pop Maloney [Aloysius P. Maloney]; Mrs. Ritzem; Professor McTeapot
First Line: Yes -- this is Maloney -- you mean I get the job?
Synopsis: Pop "assists" a professor by posing with a baboon during a lecture.
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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 Maloney; Danny Deever; Mr. Ripple
First Line: So after leaving the Foreign Legion
Synopsis: Molly's pal Danny helps her get out of a date with a boring blowhard.
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Pages: 1
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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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: strip reprint
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Sure-Fire Detective Agency

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Art Pinajian
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]; Scrappy Nelson; Tubby White; A spy ring (villains, introduction for all)
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Last appearance. There is a blurb at the end of the story that there will be more Madam Fatal next issue, but there wasn't.

The Who's Who does not indicate that Pinajian wrote this feature. The fact that Pinajian served in the military makes it possible that the strip ended because of his entry into the service.
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The Red Stone

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: espionage
Feature(s): Don Q
Character(s): Don Q; Sir Cedric Besford (first appearance); Tebet I (first appearance; villain; death; flashback); Ajurac I (first appearance; villain; death; flashback); Ajurac (first appearance; villain); Capt. Von Hardt (first appearance; villain); Tebet (first appearance; villain; death)
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arthur Beeman
Penciller(s): Arthur Beeman
Inker(s): Arthur Beeman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Snappy
First Line: Aw--and I was just beginning to enjoy myself!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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U-Boat Attack

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: adventure
Feature(s): Tor, the Magic Master
Character(s): Tor [Jim Slade]; the Nazis (villains)
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Pages: 5
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Return of the Mad Trapper

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Spain
Penciller(s): Gill Fox ? [as G. F.] (signed)
Inker(s): Gill Fox ? [as G. F.] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Eric Vale
Character(s): Eric Vale
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Monte Barrett
Penciller(s): Russell E. Ross
Inker(s): Russell E. Ross
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Feature(s): Jane Arden
First Line: Old Malby was robbed by an old friend
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: strip reprints
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Victims of the Fagin

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; The Fagin and his gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: The Clock returns to the streets, but now donning a domino mask, and with Butch in tow, forbids her to use a gun in their adventure, so she uses a potato studded with razor blades on the baddies!
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Pages: 7

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