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Issue: Crack Comics #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1940
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Issues: #2 of 62 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/01/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Edward Cronin
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date and the volume number found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 460355. Volume number not listed in the comic's indicia.
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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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Original Artwork
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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): The Black Condor
Character(s): The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr., aka Sen. Tom Wright]; Jane Arden (inset); The Clock [Brian O'Brien] (inset); The Red Torpedo [Captain Jim Lockhart] (inset); The Spider [Tom Hallaway] (inset)
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In Content Item: FlagContinuum #5 published June 2008
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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]; The Orchid; Harvey Gibbs (villain, introduction); Nick (villain, introduction); other un-named gangsters (villains, introduction for all)
First Line: Known to the police and underworld as only the much feared "Clock," Brian O'Brien, polished young society man, now lounges...
Synopsis: Obviously knowing his double identity, the mysterious Orchid sends notes to Brian, who acknowleges having met her twice before.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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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; Nifty; Danny; Gloria Glamour
First Line: Ah there y'are-H'lo kids!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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New Way to Get a Seat

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 reprints
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The Blastproof Battleship

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Kiefer ?
Penciller(s): Henry Kiefer [as Roy Larkin] (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Kiefer [as Roy Larkin] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Red Torpedo
Character(s): The Red Torpedo [Captain Jim Lockhart]; Adolf Hitler (villain); Herman Göring (villain); Josef Goebbels (villain); the Nazis (villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The Who's Who suggests, as do Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash in the Quality Companion, that Kiefer not only created this feature, but did the art for it through the strip's entire run. Kiefer is also usually considered to have written it.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Zuppke
Penciller(s): B. W. DePew
Inker(s): B. W. DePew
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Ned Brant
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: strip reprints
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Mission to Chenfu

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Powell [as Terence McCauley]
Penciller(s): Bob Powell
Inker(s): Bob Powell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lee Preston of the Red Cross
Character(s): Lee Preston; Ken Davis (introduction); Chinese renegades (villains)
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Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Reed
Penciller(s): Ed Reed
Inker(s): Ed Reed
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Off the Record
First Line: I'll pounce on that vanilla.
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Pages: 1
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The Villain from Venus

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: science fiction
Feature(s): Space Legion
Character(s): Space Legion; Rock Braddon; Jafek (villain, introduction, death); Prof. Wadsworth (introduction); Elaine Wadsworth (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gill Fox
Penciller(s): Gill Fox
Inker(s): Gill Fox
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Slap Happy Pappy
First Line: Git a move on!- yo' ornery critter!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Patterson's Plot

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): Alias the Spider
Character(s): The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Patterson (villain, introduction, death)
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Pages: 4
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): 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: An army captain carrying valuable plans was slain on Jane's train.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: strip reprints
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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: humorous
Feature(s): Lena Pry
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Runs on the bottom half of each Jane Arden page.
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About that fourth inning in Philadelphia in 1925.

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Zupke?
Penciller(s): B. W. DePew
Inker(s): B. W. DePew
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): They're Still Talking
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Professor Discovers New Destructive Chemical

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Art Pinajian
Penciller(s): Art Pinajian (signed)
Inker(s): Art Pinajian
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Madam Fatal
Character(s): Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton]; Prof. Lane (introduction); Sgt. O'Malley (introduction); A spy (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Doom Syndicate

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Spain
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Eric Vale
Character(s): Eric Vale (first appearance)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Jean Hersholt

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gill Fox
Penciller(s): Gill Fox
Inker(s): Gill Fox
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): Screen Snapshots
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The House of Fear

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Francis Campbell (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Francis Campbell (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Francis Campbell (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Wizard Wells
Character(s): Wizard Wells; Black Morda (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Adventure of Ali Kan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed)
Penciller(s): Lou Fine
Inker(s): Lou Fine
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Condor
Character(s): The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr., aka Sen. Tom Wright]; Andrea Kent (introduction); Denny Kent (introduction); Ada (introduction); Ali Kan (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The Condor defends a British brother and sister from the clutches of Ali Kan while brandishing a new weapon: a paralyzing black ray gun.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCollection Fantôme #[24] published September 1945
as L'homme volant [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagContinuum #5 published June 2008
as The Adventure of Ali Kan [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagContinuum #6bis published October 2008
as The Adventure of Ali Kan [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Richard Grey Jr. eventually assumes the identity of Senator Thomas Wright.
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I Swam for My Life and Won!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Spiers Benjamin
Penciller(s): Hake (signed)
Inker(s): Hake (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Royal Portable typewriters
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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