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Issue: Smash Comics #50 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1944
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Issues: #50 of 85 Issues (86 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: E. M. Arnold
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Martin DeMuth
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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 On-Going Series
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Hiram the Hermit

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Kotzky (signed)
Inker(s): Alex Kotzky (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Midnight
Character(s): Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Hiram the Hermit

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: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Midnight
Character(s): Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Sniffer Snoop; Hotdog; Hiram the Hermit; Oscar the Coyote; the Grover Mob (villains); the Nolan Mob (villains); Dirty John Boonton (villain)
Synopsis: Hiram the Hermit has the biggest diamond in the world and a pet coyote and he's going to appear on Dave Clark's radio show.
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Pages: 11
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Old Jim

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Leav
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Rookie Rankin
Character(s): Rookie Rankin; Old Jim
Synopsis: Rankin's perilous plight to retrieve the gold of the old miner.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Originally credited "Witmer Williams ?", but does not match his other credited stories in this features. Compared with Leav's signed story in Power Comics #4, everything matches, face of the policeman, large hands, way of running with high lifted knees and some panels without backgrounds. Only the inking is different.
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The Garrison of Ghouls

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): Espionage Starring Black X
Character(s): Black X; Batu; Kitsune
Synopsis: Black X is sent to a Japanese held island to find out why they are determined to hold it at all costs.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Originally credited to Bernard Sachs, but this is a different artist from the stories signed by him. The ears here are much larger and goes down beneath the nose, while Sachs makes them more angular with small flip and never extended so far down. The layout here is simpler too, and Sachs has more masculine faces than this.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Character(s): Wun Cloo
First Line: Don't rob me!
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): The Marksman [Baron Povalski, aka Major Hurtz]; Anna; the Nazis (villains)
First Line: Rubber harvest time in Brazil!!
Synopsis: The Marksman continues his fight with the Nazis in Brazil taking his friend Anna along with him.
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Pages: 7
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The Jollity Theater Affair

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Klaus Nordling (signed)
Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling (signed)
Inker(s): Klaus Nordling (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Lady Luck
Character(s): Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Peecolo; Zelda
First Line: A fishing hut on the coast--- outwardly innocent enough in appearance..
Synopsis: While searching for spies, Brenda finds herself forced on stage as an exotic dancer, and discovers that the balloon dancers at the Jollity Theatre are passing secrets on to the enemy.
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Pages: 4
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Drip Van Winkle

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Dewey Van Winkle; Capt. Angus MacCloud
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Pages: 1.8
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Statement of Ownership Management Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bernard Dibble
Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble
Inker(s): Bernard Dibble
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Archie O'Toole
Character(s): Archie O'Toole (king)
First Line: I'll master this new model or die!
Synopsis: Archie, the king, designs a new paper airplane.
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Pages: 1
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Losing Weight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bart Tumey
Penciller(s): Milt Stein
Inker(s): Milt Stein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, sports
Feature(s): Daffy
Character(s): Daffy; Deke; Hoodoo Hoops; Rose Ann Rowley
Synopsis: Daffy drinks a magic tonic that makes her lose weight. All of it.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Art is consistent with Stein’s signed Daffy art from Smash Comics #52 (April 1944). Previous indexer attributed the art to Bart Tumey.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Detective Hustace McGinty; Mr. Miles; Louise Miles; Shrimp Twist (villain); Miggins (villain)
First Line: Always look on the funny side, Quinopolis!
Synopsis: The daughter of Mr. Miles is kidnapped.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: This is probably Leav as it is very similar to his signed stories in Wanted Comics (Wanted-Orbit, 1947 series) #52.

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