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Issue: Smash Comics #54 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1944
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Issues: #54 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:
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby
First Line: When Midnight meets Hammer-Head Horgan and Smear-Face Schmalz, the fur flies!
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby; Hotdog; Sniffer Snoop; Hammer-Head Horgan (villain); Smear-Face Schmalz (villain)
First Line: He done it!
Synopsis: Two crooks decide to bury the hatchet when they find out they have the same birthday. Only they decide to bury the hatchet in Midnight.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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The Framing of Rookie Rankin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Rookie Rankin; Big Shott; Breezy; Velvet; Al
Synopsis: Big Shott and his gang try to put the frame on Rankin.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Art is similar to his signed story in Wanted Comics (Wanted-Orbit, 1947 series) #52.

This looks very much like the Al Bryant inks on his credited art on Manhunter in Police Comics (Quality, 1941 series) #35.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Black X; Batu; Dr. Yong
First Line: In the heart of invaded China...
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Pages: 8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lady Luck; Count diChange
First Line: Sabotage in the Subway
Synopsis: Nazis try to sabotage the subway system
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: Sire, a new bunch of applicants...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Marksman; Major Inuki; Quito; Anna; Ian Gorsky
First Line: Can any good come out of war and oppression?
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Pages: 7
Disclose 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.
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Swamp Revenge

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Jimmy Christian
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: text story
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The Case of the Tainted Limburger!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Jester; Van Astor; McGinty; Marie Van Astor
First Line: It's true, Quinopolis!
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: This is Leav; compare to his signed story in Wanted Comics (Wanted-Orbit, 1947 series) #52.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, sports
Character(s): Daffy; Louis Lafitte; Deke; Fanny Farrel
First Line: The Love of Louis Lafitte
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Pages: 8
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Captain Tootsie and the Haunted House

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Synopsis: Captain Tootsie and Rollo have to spend the night at a haunted house.
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Pages: 1

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