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Issue: Smash Comics #61 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1945
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Issues: #61 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 De Muth
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Midnight [Dave Clark]; Gabby (a monkey); Doc Mortimer Wackey
First Line: Midnight grows old and his body commits murder!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Gimme Back My Body

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]; Sniffer Snoop; Gabby (a monkey); Doc Mortimer Wackey; Hotfoot; Belinda Marsey; Colin Marsey; Professor Padsel (villain)
Synopsis: Professor Padsel's machine can switch minds into different bodies, which results in everybody getting mixed up. Then Padsel uses Midnight's body to commit murder!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble
Inker(s): Bernard Dibble
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Archie O'Toole
Character(s): Archie O'Tolle (king)
First Line: What a change that new outfit makes!
Synopsis: They make Archie look like a king, but can't make him act like one.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Zambizi the Hypnotist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sid Lazarus (signed)
Inker(s): Sid Lazarus (signed)
Colorist(s): ??
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Spunky
Character(s): Curly; Marge; Spunky; Zambizi
Synopsis: Zambizi the Hypnotizer is in town.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Rookie Rankin; The Chief; Mona Forbes; Rand; Bleek
First Line: The fabulous necklace of Rajidore on the lovely throat of a Hollywood queen brought out more than the usual quota of fans!
Synopsis: The fabulous necklace of Rajidore is stolen and Hollywood star Mona Forbes kidnapped.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: This is similar art to the many Manhunter stories in Police Comics credited to Peter Riss on pencils. Probably a mix up by Who's Who, who has him only on ink on this feature.
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Colonel Snath's Murder Plot

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]; Hilgo; Peecolo; Colonel Eustace Snath (villain)
Synopsis: The Colonel, a persistent foe who has discovered Lady Luck's dual identity, tries to have her killed, and hires some fake painters to get Brenda Banks out of his way. For a time, she lets him think he has succeeded.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Queen Mai of Xanxal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Quackenbush
Inker(s): Bill Quackenbush
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): Espionage Starring Black X
Character(s): Black X; Batu; Queen Mai
Synopsis: Black X and Batu cross the border into the forbidden kingdom of Xanxal deep in Asia.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The two lines between chin and jaws, making him look a bit fat, narrow skull and round lower lip in sideview on Black X, make this the art of Quackenbush. Compare with his signed stories in previous issues.
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Cloud of Death

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Jimmy Christian
Character(s): Jimmy Christian (reporter); Ogo (old chief); Col. Kemper
Synopsis: Locust swarms over an oil field in Africa.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: text story
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble?
Inker(s): Bernard Dibble?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Wun Cloo
Character(s): Wun Cloo (detective); Widow Smith; Spike (robber)
First Line: In a deep, dark, dank lair...
Synopsis: They say that rich widow Smith carries a mint on her, and Spike plans to get it.
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Pages: 1
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The Match in the Mine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Janice Valleau [as "Ginger"] (signed)
Inker(s): Janice Valleau [as "Ginger"] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, sports
Feature(s): Daffy
Character(s): Daffy Dill; Deke Parsons; Evelyn Ballit (wrestler)
Synopsis: Daffy wrestles in a coal mining town.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Busting of Big Nick Lester

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Pete Riss
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Jester
Character(s): The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Detective Hustace McGinty; Big Nick Lester (villain)
Synopsis: A man is framed by Big Nick and his mob.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Similar art to the credited pencil work on Manhunter stories in Police Comics #37-#59 by Peter Riss.
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The Return of Dr. Narsty

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck (signed)
Inker(s): Pete Costanza (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Tootsie
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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