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Issue: Crack Comics #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1940
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Issues: #5 of 62 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/31/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Edward Cronin
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
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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
Penciller(s): Gill Fox
Inker(s): Gill Fox
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): The Clock
Character(s): The Clock [Brain O'Brien]; Alias the Spider [Tom Hallaway] (inset); The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.] (inset); Jane Arden; Ned Brant
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Eagle Battalion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed)
Penciller(s): Lou Fine
Inker(s): Lou Fine
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Condor
Character(s): The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; The Sapphire King (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: On Danger island off the coast of Ceylon, the Sapphire King stops ships and takes their crews to work as slaves in his sapphire pools. The Black Condor flies to the island to free the men, but must contend with the Sapphire King's army of trained giant eagles.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Devlin
Penciller(s): John Devlin
Inker(s): John Devlin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Molly the Model
Character(s): Molly
First Line: Quick Pop! Get off the couch!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rube Goldberg
Penciller(s): Rube Goldberg
Inker(s): Rube Goldberg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Rube Goldberg's Side Show
First Line: Isn't the weather hot and sticky
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Strip reprint.
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The Lone Shark

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Kiefer ?
Penciller(s): Henry Kiefer ? [as Roy Larkikn] (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Kiefer ? [as Roy Larkin] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Red Torpedo
Character(s): The Red Torpedo [Jim Lockhart]; The Lone Shark (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The Torpedo must battle a crafty sea marauder who uses a powerful vacuum cup device to attach his craft to the Torpedo's navigable torpedo and then tries to board and steal the valuables on board.
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In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #78 published March 2009
as The Lone Shark [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The Who's Who suggests, as do Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash in the Quality Companion, that Kiefer not only created this feature, but did the art for it through the strip's entire run. Kiefer is also usually considered to have written it.
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Madam Fatal Goes to the Circus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Art Pinajian (signed)
Penciller(s): Art Pinajian (signed)
Inker(s): Art Pinajian
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Madam Fatal
Character(s): Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton]; Cyclops (intro); the General; Patsy; Miss Roberts; Surat; Mr. Black (villain); Slug (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Revolt!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Vernon Henkel
Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel
Inker(s): Vernon Henkel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Space Legion
Character(s): Rock Braddon; Space Legion; Gulla (Intro, Dies, villain); Gulla's niece (intro)
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Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Zuppke
Penciller(s): B. W. DePew
Inker(s): B. W. DePew
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Ned Brant
Character(s): Ned Brant
First Line: Surefoot Shekels...We're on the spot!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Strip reprints.
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The Experiment of Dr. Corsica

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)
Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inker(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Alias the Spider
Character(s): Alias The Spider [Tom Halloway]; Grego (introduction); Dr. Corsica (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Monte Barrett
Penciller(s): Russell E. Ross
Inker(s): Russell E. Ross
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Feature(s): Jane Arden
Character(s): Jane Arden
First Line: As Jane finds the missing army gun plans, she notifies her chief, but the crook, Galt, awaits!
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Strip reprints.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Monte Barret
Penciller(s): Russell E. Ross
Inker(s): Russell E. Ross
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Lena Pry
First Line: What ails you this mornin' Dan'l?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Bottom half of the Jane Arden pages.
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The Ogre

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gill Fox
Penciller(s): Gill Fox
Inker(s): Gill Fox
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gill Fox?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Slap Happy Pappy
Character(s): Slap Happy Pappy; An ogre (villain, introduction, death, more like a vampire, actually)
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Pages: 2
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Saving the General

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Powell [as Terrence Macauley]
Penciller(s): Bob Powell ?
Inker(s): Bob Powell ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Lee Preston of the Red Cross
Character(s): Lee Preston; General Miller (first appearance)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Door of Death

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Spain (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Eric Vale
Character(s): Eric Vale
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Talking Light

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Francis Campbell
Penciller(s): Harry Francis Campbell
Inker(s): Harry Francis Campbell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Wizard Wells
Character(s): Wizard Wells; Tug; Rags Rollin (Intro, villain); Cal Kearney (Intro, villain, Dies)
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Reed
Penciller(s): Ed Reed
Inker(s): Ed Reed
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Off the Record
First Line: Don't swing until I get it in focus, Sir!
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arthur Beeman (signed)
Penciller(s): Arthur Beeman (signed)
Inker(s): Arthur Beeman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Arthur Beeman?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Snappy
First Line: Hey Sis, the paper says it'll be swell out today-
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Pages: 2
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The Jay Bird

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)
Penciller(s): George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)
Inker(s): George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): The Clock
Character(s): The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Pat "Pug" Brady; The Jay Bird (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The Clock faces the Jay Bird, who appears to be able to fly, but who actually was attached to a cable from the airplane. Both he and the masked Pug resolve the case in an aerial dogfight, plane-to-plane.
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Pages: 7

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