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| Publication | September 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; The Clock [Brian O'Brien] (inset); Spitfire [Tex Adams] (inset); Molly the Model (inset); Hack O'Hara (inset) |
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| Comic Story | The Pumpkinhead Plot (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wendy is taking a first aid course in school, taught by an Austrian refugee with a "W" scar on his face. He uses the same girl each day to model injuries, bandaging her, but, strangely enough, giving that girl the bandages each day. Tom smells a rat and decides to investigate as the Condor and literally drops into the classroom, feigning injury to get bandaged. The bandages contain secret messages, and the Condor follows the clues to Jaspar Crow himself! |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Condor [Senator Thomas Wright]; Dr. Foster; Wendy Foster; Senator Pumpkinhead Hardy (introduction); Jaspar Crow (villain); Elsa Papendorf (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Script credits suggested by the Who's Who. |
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| Comic Story | Joe Chang's Guerillas (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Spitfire [Tex Adams]; Joe Chang (first appearance); Japanese (villains) |
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| Comic Story | Sweet Nothings (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Pen Miller's Nazi Double (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Pen Miller; Pen's secretary (first appearance); Scribbler (first appearance; villain); Hack (first appearance; villain); Mummer (first appearance; villain) |
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| Comic Story | Who Is He? (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Don Q; A German field marshall (first appearance; villain; death); Gen. Gerichter (first appearance; villain; death); Captain Grunz (villains); Nazis (villains) |
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| Content | Genre: Drama |
| Notes | strip reprints
Last appearance in Crack Comics. Jane Arden reprints appear next in a comic book in Pageant of Comics (St. John, 1947 Series) #2 (October 1947). |
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| Synopsis | At the beach, Pop destroys Molly's chance to impress P.T. Bumpf, who could help her modeling career. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Molly The Model [Molly Maloney]; Pop Maloney; Danny Deever; P.T. Bumpf |
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| Synopsis | Pop uses his new neighbor's telephone to call his bookie. The unsuspecting neighbor is arrested as a result. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Molly Maloney; Pop Maloney; Willie |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | strip reprint |
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| Comic Story | In Deep Water (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Hack O'Hara; Toughy (first appearance) |
| Notes | Artist's signature appears in the final panel of page 4. |
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| Comic Story | The Secret of Mouse Malone (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Spider must track down a killer who has horribly strangled two of Honest Abe Lavery's men following a poker game. Chuck finally is able to steer the Spider in the right direction to the killer. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Chuck; Mouse Malone [aka Shorty] (villain); Honest Abe Lavery (villain); Slippery (villain, death); Joe (villain, death); Butch Parker (villain) |
| Notes | All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Credits | Pencils: E. W. DePew | Inks: E. W. DePew |
| Content | Genre: Sports |
| Notes | Strip reprints
Last appearance in Crack Comics, and in comic books in general. The Ned Brant comic strip continued in newspapers until 1948. |
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| Text Story | The White Leopard (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Eric Vale |
| Credits | Script: Larry Spain? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Eric Vale |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Raid in Holland (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jim is given the tough assignment of photographing a British commando unit in action during a raid in Holland. He teams up with commando Dutch van Meer. When Dutch is killed during the raid, Jim assumes his magical identity of Tor and fills in for him. |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Tor [Jim Slade] (press photographer); Jim's unnamed newspaper editor; Dutch Van Meer (introduction, death); the Nazis (villains, many die) |
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| Comic Story | The Gonky Mob Copycat Crimes (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Butch; Gonky (first appearance; villain); Rip (first appearance; villain); Slug (first appearance; villain) |
| Notes | Butch mentions that she should've teamed with The Spirit; Clock: "The Spirit--BAH!!"; Clock has Spirit / Dr. Strange style window |
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