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Issue: Smash Comics #7 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1940
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Issues: #7 of 85 Issues (86 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: E. M. Arnold
On Sale Date: 12/20/1939
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (17 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from Smash Comics (Quality, 1939 series) #6 (January 1940).

Copyright 1940 by Everett M. Arnold.
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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
Genres: aviation
Character(s): Wings Wendall; Archie O'Toole; Black X; Bozo the Robot; Abdul the Arab
First Line: Wings, if we get caught in this air defense net, we're done for!
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The Suicide Torpedoes

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Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Black X; Batu; Colonel Atwater; Madame La Coquin (villain, death); the Death Squadron (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: The Pan-American Congress erects "The Caldwell Line," like a seagoing Maginot Line, that parallels the entire eastern coast of the western hemisphere. This is in place in order to blockade the landlocked Axis powers, thus crimping their food supply. So now the Axis Secret Police need to do some sabotage, but first Madame La Coquin invites Black X to a fashionable Washington party, so that she can kill him. Batu uses an illusion to make them think Black X is really dead, allowing the Axis to complete their plans to destroy The Caldwell Line.
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Pages: 9
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The Masked One

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Abdul; Hassan; The Masked One [Webb]
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Pages: 4
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The Voice and the Red Star Diamond

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Captain Craig Cook; Lola Barnes; Sir Sidney Barnes; Kelly; The Voice (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The Voice kidnaps Lola Barnes and demands Sir Sidney trade the Red Star Diamond for her.
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Pages: 4
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King Crunch

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Archie O'Toole; King Crunch
Synopsis: Archie turns over a new leaf and decides to be tough.
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Pages: 2
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The Red Clay Clue

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Genres: sports
Character(s): Clip Chance; Coach Barr; Marko (introduction)
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
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Battling the Bund

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Genres: adventure, aviation
Character(s): Wings Wendall; Heinrich (introduction); Karla (introduction); The Bund (villains); The Nazis (villains)
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Pages: 7
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The Episode of the Malicious Mite

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Philpot Veep; Waldo
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
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The Arson Robberies

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Invisible Justice [Kent Thurston]; John Steele; Weymann Brent (villain, introduction); an arson gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Police are baffled as a safe goes missing after a horrible fire at a local hotel. Kent Thurston suspects arsonists, and investigates as the Invisible Hood. The arson gang wears asbestos suits, but are quickly defeated.
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The Kidnapping of Babs Barton

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Flash Fulton; Babs Barton (introduction); Andy; Nick (villain); Trigger (villain); Punchy (villain)
Synopsis: Flash and Andy accidentally stumble upon a kidnapping.
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Von Fritz's Assassination Plot

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Chic Carter; King Ludwig (introduction); Princess Maria (of Moravia, introduction); General Von Fritz (villain, introduction)
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The Master of Mu: Part 2

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Red Dutton

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Genres: sports
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Double Death Trap

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): John Law; June Carter; Albert Lewis; The Avenger (villain)
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Advertising the Gangsters

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Genres: humorous, mystery
Character(s): Wun Cloo
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The Master Plan of Rudolf Hitz

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Iron Man; Scar Papalle (introduction, death); Jim Hart (introduction); Sergeant Kelly (introduction); Sergeant Hill (introduction); Sergeant Dolan (introduction); Captain John "Ironsides" Dolan (introduction); Rudolf Hitz (villain, Jarmanian spy); Olga (villain, Jarmanian spy, introduction); Holtz (villain, Dictator of Jarmania, behind the scenes)
Synopsis: Jarmanian spies Rudolf Hitz and Olga, working with Public Enemy #1, Scar Pipalle, kidnap a General's son, and try to blackmail him for the gold at Fort Adam in Kentucky. Hugh Hazzard and his Iron Man Bozo the Robot stop them, with the unexpected help of the notorious but patriotic Pipalle, who in the critical moment refuses to betray his country, and gets shot in the back by Hitz, who gets captured alive.
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Pages: 7

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