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Issue: Crack Comics #8 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1940
 
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/30/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 CAD
$0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Edward Cronin
Disclose Notes: Canadian price, not given in the indicia, shown on cover as "15ยข IN CANADA." Neither the preceding nor the following issue displayed this information on its cover.

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. 4.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Gill Fox ?
Gill Fox ?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Black Condor
The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; The Clock [Brian O'Brien] (inset); Jane Arden (inset); Alias the Spider [Tom Hallaway] (inset); Molly the Model (inset)
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Miscellaneous
1
The Menace of the Thinking Machines

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed)
Lou Fine
Lou Fine
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Black Condor
The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; Lung Woe (villain, introduction, death); un-named enemy Nazi spy (villain, introduction); the Spinning Deaths (villains, introduction, sentient machines, all die)
The Condor must overcome the Chinese Lung Woe, who has created the drilling "spinning death machine" for his Nazi cohort. Unfortunately for them, the machine turns out to have a mind of its own and manufactures an army itself!
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Miscellaneous
9
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Devlin
John Devlin
John Devlin
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Molly the Model
Molly the Model
H'lo Molly!
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Miscellaneous
2
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ed Reed
Ed Reed
Ed Reed
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Off the Record
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Vendrome's Electrical Weapon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Vernon Henkel
Vernon Henkel
Vernon Henkel
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Space Legion
Space Legion; Rock Braddon; Dr. Wadsworth; Elaine Wadsworth; Vendrome (first appearance villain; death)
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Miscellaneous
5
The Secret of the Rex

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Art Pinajian (signed)
Art Pinajian (signed)
Art Pinajian
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Madam Fatal
Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton]; Dr. Prowl (first appearance); Thor (first appearance); Trag (first appearance; villain); Prof. Crane (first appearance; villain)
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Miscellaneous
5
Allied with the Black Shark

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Henry Kiefer ? [as Drew Allen] (signed)
Henry Kiefer [as Drew Allen] (signed)
Henry Kiefer [as Drew Allen] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Red Torpedo
The Red Torpedo [Jim Lockhart]; Capt. Arville (introduction, death); Black Shark (villain); the Nazis (villains); Herr Schaft (villain, introduction, death)
Lockhart forces the Black Shark to assist him against Axis treachery by pinning the Shark's sub, then using his ability to release a screen of oil to surround Nazi submarines poised to attack the British. After this is accomplished, the Shark hastily retreats to safety.
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Miscellaneous
5
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.

Drew Allen is Kiefer's pen-name used on the strip.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Monte Barrett
Russell Ross [as Russell E. Ross]
Russell Ross [as Russell E. Ross]
?
?
Subject Matter
romantic
Jane Arden
Jane Arden
Jane is trying to trap two race swindlers by making big bets.
Reprinting
from Jane Arden Sundays (Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
2
strip reprints
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Monte Barret
Russell Ross [as Russell E. Ross]
Russell Ross [as Russell E. Ross]
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Lena Pry
Don't ya know it's bad luck fer yer apron t'be loose, Lena?
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from Lena Pry Sundays (Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
2
bottom half of the Jane Arden pages
The Boy and the Bank Robbers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Paul Gustavson (signed)
Paul Gustavson (signed)
Paul Gustavson (signed)
?
Paul Gustavson
Subject Matter
superhero
Alias the Spider
The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Chuck; Bobby (introduction); the "old timer" (introduction); Mike (villain); Spud (villain)
To save a kidnapped boy's life, the Spider doesn't hesitate to kill the kidnapper.
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Miscellaneous
6
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
The Saboteurs and the Train Crash

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Terrence Macauley]
Nick Cardy
Nick Cardy
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Lee Preston of the Red Cross
Lee Preston; Rick Royce
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Miscellaneous
4
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Arthur Beeman (signed)
Arthur Beeman (signed)
Arthur Beeman
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Snappy
Hey Sis- Wait a Minute
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Miscellaneous
2
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Zuppke
B. W. DePew
B. W. DePew
?
?
Subject Matter
sports
Ned Brant
Ned Brant
Hold that line!
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Miscellaneous
4
strip reprints
Jungle Blitzkrieg

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Larry Spain
? (illustrations)
? (illustrations)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure
Eric Vale
Eric Vale
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Miscellaneous
2
The Anti-Gun Judge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gill Fox
Gill Fox
Gill Fox
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Slap Happy Pappy
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Miscellaneous
1
With Remote Control

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Francis Campbell
Henry Weston Taylor ?
Henry Weston Taylor ?
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Wizard Wells
Wizard Wells; Tug; Jason Terrell (first appearance); Betty Terrell (first appearance); Ralph Terrell (villain); John Terrell (villain)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rube Goldberg
Rube Goldberg
Rube Goldberg
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Rube Goldberg's Side Show
Dopey Behavior Book
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Miscellaneous
1
strip reprints
Stuporman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)
George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)
George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
The Clock
The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Pat "Pug" Brady; Stuporman (villain, introduction, death); Snoop Cadrone (villain, introduction, death)
The Clock must find a way to overcome and defeat a super-strong and impervious pinheaded monster from Mongolia.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
7
Though "Stuporman" is a dumb, giant Mongolian thug, he is clearly also meant to be a parody of Superman.

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