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Issue: Smash Comics #13 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1940
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Issues: #13 of 85 Issues (86 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: E. M. Arnold
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Espionage [Black X]; Wings Wendall (inset); Bozo the Robot (inset); Archie O'Toole (inset); Abdul the Arab (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Devil's Island

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Espionage [Black X]; Dean (death); Batu; M'sieu Rolande (death); Camille; Commandant of Devil's Island; Rene (death); Moran (villain, thief)
First Line: Into the jaws of death...
Synopsis: A thief named Moran has sole possession of the secret to a new gun. When he is captured for murder and sent to Devil's Island, Black X has to go along to keep him from giving the secret to the French.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Men of Mystery #12 published January 1999
as Devil's Island [Story on Interior Page(s)]in black and white; originally in color
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Will Eisner created the Espionage feature, and Will Erwin was a pen name used by Will Eisner (Erwin was Eisner's middle name) until he left the feature after 1940. It also became a house by-line as well for future writers.
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Old Clutchcopper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Character(s): Wun Cloo; Old Clutchcopper (Intro)
First Line: Wun Cloo would like to deposit money...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Northern Fur Robbery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Chic Carter; Gat Griffin; Trixie; Blinky
First Line: Guess I'll leave, Captain...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: Sis named my doggie Conscience...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Six unrelated gag panels.
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The Golden Dragon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston]; Joyce Clark; Dan Clark; Thomas Clark; The Golden Dragon [Ah Sin](villain, introduction)
First Line: Along a darkened street...
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Pages: 5
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The Golden Spike

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): King Archie O'Toole; Gil O'Teen
First Line: I hereby dedicate this fine new railroad...
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Pages: 2
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Cliff Melton

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, sports
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Pages: 1
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The Rifle Robbery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Character(s): Wings Wendall; Conrad Gunther (introduction); Judy Mallon (introduction)
First Line: A dreary rain...
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Pages: 7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): The Purple Trio [Tiny Todd (a midget); Rocky Hill (an acrobat); Warren (a magician)] (introduction, origin); Sandra Starr
First Line: Vaudeville is dead! Now get out...and stay out!
Synopsis: Tiny, Rocky and Warren are ousted from their jobs in the faltering performance industry and decide to band together to pool their talents in fighting crime.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The Who's Who indicates that S. M. Regi was a pen-name sometimes used by Jerry Iger, but also by others as a house by-line. It further indicates that Jerry Iger did not write this feature, but that Alex Blum, under this pen-name or by-line, did draw the strip.

The Purple Trio were three vaudevillains. Rockey wore a red suit, Warren wore a blue suit and Tiny wore a yellow suit.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): Clip Chance; Spud; Chuck
First Line: Spud, it was swell of you to invite me to spend the summer vacation with you!
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Pages: 4
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An Almost Perfect Swindle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Philpot Veep; Waldo
First Line: Hmm - Interesting...
Synopsis: Veep spots a suspicious character who is obviously charging protection money to merchants, and has him arrested.
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Pages: 1
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The Episode of the Prominent Proboscis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Philpot Veep; Waldo
First Line: I'm worried, Mr. Veep...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: last appearance
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The Origin of Magno

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Magno the Miracle Man
Character(s): Magno [Tom Dalton] (introduction, origin); Mike Harvey (introduction)
First Line: Known to his fellow workers as plain Tom Dalton...
Synopsis: Tom is electrocuted by 10,000 D.C. volts, then revived by an equal shock of A.C. volts, all of which result in his obtaining powers of magnetism. As a blue collar lineman in a local town, he often uses excuses to duck away from his job to right injustices.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: The Who's Who does not indicate that Gustavson wrote this feature.
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Kickback

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Jimmie Christian
Character(s): Tobe Waller; Tony
First Line: Tobe Waller, grizzled, sun-dried old desert rat...
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Pages: 2
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Ahmed the Bedouin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Abdul the Arab; Hassan; Ahmed; Najaf (Intro); Sheik Tell Akib (intro)
First Line: In answer to a plea for help...
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Pages: 4
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Tracking the Chinatown Terror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Craig Cook; Kelly; The Key (intro)
First Line: What is wrong at Scotland Yard?
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Previously credited to Bill Smith, but clearly by Stan Asch.

Final appearance.
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The Pneumonia Cure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Bozo the Robot; Hugh Hazzard; Dr. E. Salor (intro); Boss Patone; Slick; Horg (Dies)
First Line: Hmm - What's this?
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Ray
Character(s): The Ray
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: ad for the first appearance of the Ray in the next issue. On sale July 19
On back cover.

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