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Issue: Smash Comics #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1939
 
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
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Indicia Publisher: Everett M. Arnold
On Sale Date: 10/20/1939
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (16 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date and volume number found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 4. Second class periodical. Copyright number 435069. Volume number not in the comic itself.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Bozo the Robot; Hugh Hazzard; Wings Wendall (inset); Espionage [Black Ace] (inset); The Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston] (inset); Archie O'Toole (inset)
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Miscellaneous
1
Taneo the Saboteur

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
espionage
Espionage [Black Ace]; Batu; Major Atwater; Basil Taneo (villain, introduction, death); a European ruler (villain, introduction)
In 1914 the World War tore Europe asunder...
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Miscellaneous
9
This feature is re-named "Espionage Starring Black X" next issue.
Depression in Crime

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Archie O'Toole; Killer Casey (villain, introduction); Hercules (villain, Introduction)
Gee, t'ings are tough...
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Miscellaneous
2
Troops Clash in Moravia

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Intro: King of Moravia; Princess Maria. Villain: Duke Boris (Intro); Chic Carter; Ludwig
New York - The office of the "Daily Star"
Chic is sent to Moravia by his editor to cover clashes between troops. He attempts to stop an attack on a young woman, but she is carried off, and Chic is arrested. The woman was the Princess Maria, and her father is told to abdicate the throne if he wants to see her again. The king is inclined to believe Chic's story when he claims the man who abducted the princess had a scar on his forehead, and identifies the king's cousin, Duke Boris.
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Miscellaneous
4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Did you hear the news, Cuthbert?
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Miscellaneous
1
Six unrelated gag panels.
The Mystery Mile

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
John Law; June Carter; Edgar Karr; Villain: The Avenger
But, Law - It's impossible...
John must solve how The Avenger is causing trains to jump the tracks along the "mystery mile".
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Miscellaneous
7
Larry Kelley

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
sports
Larry Kelley
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Miscellaneous
1
Wings over New York

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
Subject Matter
adventure, aviation
Wings Wendall; General Adams; The Boss (dies); M-29 (dies)
Wings over New York!
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Miscellaneous
7
The Adventure of the Devastating Damsel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
Subject Matter
mystery
Philpot Veep; Waldo; Villain: Cyanide Sadie (Intro)
Well, Philpot...
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Miscellaneous
2
Rivalry with Ray Snort: Part 3

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
sports
Clip Chance; Spud; Coach. Villains: Poke; Slim
An' another thing, Poke...
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Miscellaneous
4
Tom Bradley Missing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston]; Tom Bradley (introduction); Judge Hyde (villain, introduction)
Ex-traa-!!
The Hood must face a vengeful racketeer.
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Miscellaneous
5
Pete Biagi

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
biography
Pete Biagi
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Miscellaneous
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The Phony Abu Adem

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Abdul; Sgt Greg; Sgt Adams; Intro: Abu Adem; Abu Adem's father; Villain: Scott (Intro)
Let me have the telescope...
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Miscellaneous
4
The Cloudburst: Part 2

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (spot illustration)
? (spot illustration)
? (spot illustration)
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure
Jim Mitchell; Carlos Amancio; Pedro; Don Amancio
For all that anybody knew of Jim Mitchell...
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Miscellaneous
2
The Explosive Gas Smugglers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Captain Cook; the Chief; Kelly; Villain: Mike; Mike's partners (Intro for all)
Cook has been detailed to a smuggling case...
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Miscellaneous
4
The Doomed Dam

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Flash Fulton; Andy; Mayor Dillon (villain, introduction)
Helen, that dam has me worried!
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Miscellaneous
4
The Plot to Destroy Bozo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Pat; Herman Weizer (villain, introduction); Boris (villain, introduction); Fritz (villain); other un-named spies (villains, introduction for all, all die)
We'll have to cut this short, Pat...
Herman Weizer of Latvia offers Hazzard $2 million for the robot, and, when he refuses, even for the sum of $5 million, Weizer tries to destroy Bozo with a death ray machine.
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Miscellaneous
7

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