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Illustration on Cover, Front

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Penciller(s): Gill Fox

Inker(s): Gill Fox

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Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, superhero

Feature(s): Midnight

Character(s): Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey (inset); Gabby (a monkey) (inset); The Ray [Happy Terrill] (inset); Espionage [Black X] (inset); Bozo the Robot (inset); The Jester [Chuck Lane] (inset)

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Pages: 1

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Lou Fine [as E. Lectron] (signed)

Inker(s): Lou Fine [as E. Lectron] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Ray

Character(s): The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Buddy; Sue Saunders; Baron Hoff (villain); Syrian gangsters (villains); the Nazis (villains)

First Line: Ancient Greece speaks

Synopsis: The Ray, Sue and Bud are returning from Syria, and make a stop in Greece, where Syrian gangsters have followed them in search for a prophetic scroll of Hippotius.

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Pages: 9

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Toni Blum ?; Otto Binder ? [as Erwin] (signed)

Penciller(s): Witmer Williams

Inker(s): Witmer Williams

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage

Feature(s): Espionage Starring Black X

Character(s): Espionage [Black X]; Batu; Colonel Atwater; the Nazis (villains)

First Line: Across the great Arizona desert, flashes a Curtiss Helldiver en route to the west.

Synopsis: Nazis in Arizona are plaguing an air base with clouds of man-made smoke.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Will Eisner created the Espionage feature, and Will Erwin was a pen name used by Will Eisner (Erwin was Eisner's middle name), but it also became a house by-line after Eisner's tenure after 1940. Lane French wrote the feature in 1941, followed by Toni Blum (1942) and Otto Binder (1942-43).

Bus Stop- No Parking

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): John Devlin

Penciller(s): John Devlin

Inker(s): John Devlin

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Archie O'Toole

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The Murderous Frog of the Mardi Gras

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Robert Turner (signed)

Penciller(s): Jim Mooney (signed)

Inker(s): Jim Mooney (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Wildfire

Character(s): Wildfire [Carol Vance]; Meredith (Army post commander, death); The Frog (villain, death)

Synopsis: Froggy Miller was booted out of the U.S. Army for cowardice and for theft, and now seeks revenge as The Frog on those who made fun of him.

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Quality Companion #[nn] published November 2011

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Pages: 5

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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): The Jester

Character(s): The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Detective McGinty; Doc Reinhart; Sarcoris

First Line: Blazing headlines flash across the front pages of the city newspapers...

Synopsis: The Jester chases a body snatcher.

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Pages: 5

Notes: The Quality Companion states that Gustavson created this feature and did it the first two years of its existence.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Alex Blum [as S. M. Regi] (signed)

Inker(s): Alex Blum [as S. M. Regi] (signed)

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): The Purple Trio

Character(s): The Purple Trio [Tiny Todd; Warren; Rocky Hill]

First Line: The trio receives a call from a casting office and...

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Pages: 5

Notes: Alex Blum's gloomy faces are not to be mistaken.

S. M. Regi was a pen-name sometimes used by Jerry Iger, but also by others as a house by-line. Jerry Iger did not write this feature, but that Alex Blum, under this pen-name or by-line, did draw the strip.

War over Iceland!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jack Cole (signed)

Penciller(s): Jack Cole (signed)

Inker(s): Jack Cole (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, superhero

Feature(s): Midnight

Character(s): Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doctor Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Hienrich (villain); von Kamp (villain); Hans (villain); other un-named Nazis (villains, all die)

Synopsis: Doc has been granted a patent on his atom reviser machine and vows to turn it over to the government for national defense. However, the Nazis try to use the machine to take over Iceland, so Midnight steps in to turn the tables on the Nazis.

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Pages: 6

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns] (signed)

Inker(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns] (signed)

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, mystery

Feature(s): Wun Cloo

First Line: What th -- ??

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Pages: 1

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): George Brenner ?

Penciller(s): George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed)

Inker(s): George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed)

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Bozo the Robot

Character(s): Bozo; Hugh Hazzard

First Line: Wow -- ! Another explosion in a defense plant --

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Pages: 7

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)

Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)

Inker(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: aviation

Feature(s): Wings Wendall

Character(s): Wings Wendall; Red Menace

First Line: Sharps bows cut through the waters of the two oceans as the United States Navy defends our ramparts against the war machine of the Red Menace!!

Synopsis: Red Menace is building a tunnel under the Pacific Ocean in order to invade America.

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Pages: 6

Flight to the Unknown

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Jimmy Christian

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Pages: 2

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed)

Penciller(s): Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed)

Inker(s): Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Invisible Justice

Character(s): The Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston]; Jane Watson; Waxman (villain); Rox (villain)

First Line: The giant eastern steel plant works deep into the night...

Synopsis: While fighting sabotage inside a defense plant, the Hood saves the life of Jane Watson from abusive thugs.

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Pages: 5

Notes: Last episode in Smash Comics. Next appearance is in All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #32.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Arthur Peddy (signed)

Inker(s): Arthur Peddy (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Rookie Rankin

Character(s): Rookie Rankin; Sgt. Burns; Pat

First Line: Tis an ill and cold wind that blows no good, but an ever resourceful Rookie Rankin bravely bucks the icy blasts of an ill-fated beat and again proves himself worthy of his badge.

Synopsis: Rookie and the night watchman drink doped coffee and almost fall victim to a burglary scheme.

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Pages: 6