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Issue: Smash Comics #53

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Publication Date: May 1944

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- Lady Luck

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Issues: #53 of 85 Issues (86 Printings)

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Variant: unnamed

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Publisher: Flag

Quality Comics

Brand: Quality Comic Group

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: 11 (10 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Martin De Muth

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Format

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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Content Items (11 total)

Is There Honor among Thieves?

Illustration on Cover, Front

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Midnight [Dave Clark]; Dr. Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey)

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Pages: 1

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, superhero

Character(s): Midnight [Dave Clark]; Gabby (a monkey); Doc Mortimer Wackey; Sniffer Snoop; Hot-Foot (a polar bear); Darla Dee (villain); Sam Doe (villain); Moxie Doe (villain)

First Line: That female wench!.. I'll get her for this!

Synopsis: Lady mob boss Darla Dee drops in on Dave to announce her takeover of the city, and when he refuses to lead her to Midnight, she frames him for murder.

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Pages: 11

Notes: Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

Ronnie the Rat

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Mort Leav

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Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Rookie Rankin

Character(s): Rookie Rankin; Ronnie the Rat; Black Hand Gang

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Pages: 8

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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Genres: humorous, mystery

First Line: Hi, Wun Cloo!...How's the detective business?

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Pages: 1

Daffy's School For the Muscular Development of American Womanhood

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Milt Stein?

Inker(s): Milt Stein?

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Genres: humorous, sports

Feature(s): Daffy

Character(s): Daffy Dill; Deke Parsons

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Pages: 7

Notes: All Quality humor features credited to Marvin Stein are actually by Milt Stein.

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble

Inker(s): Bernard Dibble

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Archie O'Toole

First Line: Them subjects o' mine...

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Pages: 1

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Genres: adventure, war

Character(s): Marksman; Irma Lee; Prof Lee

First Line: The customary end of another naval engagement in the South Pacific!..

Synopsis: Japanese soldiers stranded in Ecuador capture an American archaeologist.

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Pages: 7

Notes: Heads in 3/4 rearview with stretched necks and jawbones going back behind the ear, even in side view, is peculiarly Tirman. This can be found in his credited "Mike Gibbs Guerilla" story in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #88.

False Surrender

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Don Rico (signed)

Inker(s): Don Rico (signed)

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Subject Matter

Genres: espionage

Feature(s): Espionage Starring Black X

Character(s): Black X; Kortis; Batu; Thezda

Synopsis: Black X deals with the difficulties of life in Allied occupied former Axis territories.

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Pages: 8

Death Came on the Wind

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Jimmy Christian

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Pages: 2

The Haunted House Hoax

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Klaus Nordling (signed)

Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling (signed)

Inker(s): Klaus Nordling (signed)

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Lady Luck

Character(s): Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Peecolo; Bruce Banks; Jim Jameson; Jiggers (villain)

First Line: Don't tell me you haven't sold the old Philbunk estate yet, Jameson?

Synopsis: Lady Luck and Peecolo discover a secret passage in a supposedly haunted house, which leads to the discovery of a Japanese spy.

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Pages: 4

The Joke is on the Racketeers!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Jester; Quinopolis; McGinty; John McMurry Spencer; Stoneface

Synopsis: The Jester has to deal with a rookie cop who does things by the book.

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Pages: 7

Notes: This matches Leav's work in his signed story in Wanted Comics (Wanted-Orbit, 1947 series) #52.