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Issue: Crack Comics #55 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1948
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Issues: #55 of 62 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): George Brenner
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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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Brain Against Brawn!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Triumph
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In Content Item: FlagCaptain Triumph Comics #12 published December 1948
as Captain Triumph Matches Brain Against Brawn! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Brain Against Brawn!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Triumph; Mr. Sprigg and his gang (first appearance; villains)
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In Content Item: FlagCaptain Triumph Comics #12 published December 1948
as Brain Against Brawn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Title from cover.

We formerly credited the inks to Reed Crandall, but that attribution denied by Crandall expert Roger Hill.
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Shutterbug Sholtz

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Inkie; Shutterbug Sholtz (first appearance; villain); the Boss (first appearance; villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Molly the Model [Molly Maloney]; Pop Maloney
First Line: I told Molly to meet me at 4th and Main
Synopsis: Pop wants to impress Molly with his new suit but loses his shirt (and pants, hat and jacket) to a hobo in a crap game.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Molly Maloney; Pop Maloney
First Line: Well, Dad, while I'm away this week, who's going to wake you up in the mornings?
Synopsis: Molly goes on vacation and Pop thinks he can sleep in--he's wrong.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Seven Lancelot Triches

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Hack O'Hara; Lancelot Triche (first appearance; villain); six other crooks (first appearance; villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Stamp Perforations Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Pen Miller; J. Edgar Hoover (cameo); Trigger (first appearance; villain); Mr. Driscoll (first appearance); Mrs. Driscoll (first appearance)
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In Content Item: FlagCaptain Triumph Comics #12 published December 1948
as The Stamp Perforations Mystery [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Hiccup Cure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Floogy the Fiji
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Mine Robbers

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Triumph
Character(s): Captain Triumph
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Dewey Drip; Maw Drip; Ef Moochby
First Line: Maw...we uns has always been kind an' gin'rous to po' folks
Synopsis: After Ef's cabin burns down, Dewey asks his mother if "po' li'l Jake" can stay with them. She agrees, then learns "Jake" is Ef's giant bear friend.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This hillbilly strip first appeared in Police Comics, drawn by John (Joe) Devlin. Bernard Dibble took over this strip and other Devlin features including "Molly the Model," "Lala Palooza," "Looy Dot Dope," and "Big Top."
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Beezy Bumble; Sirena Fitzbilly; Mr. Fitzbilly; Ma Bumble; Bertram Bumble
First Line: Every time about this year I seem to get this same funny feeling!
Synopsis: Mr. Fitzbilly dresses up like a monster to scare Beezy away from his daughter Sirena.
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In Content Item: FlagCaptain Triumph Comics #12 published December 1948
as Mr. Fitzbilly, the Werewolf [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Although Mr. Fitzbilly claims he comes from a "long line of werewolves," his costume (green face, yellow wig, no shirt) does not resemble a werewolf.

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