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Issue: Crack Comics #9 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1941
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/29/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (17 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, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 1.
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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
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets2
 
 

Statement of Ownership
 
 
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Gill Fox ?
Gill Fox ?
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
The Clock
The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Alias the Spider [Tom Hallaway] (inset); The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.] (inset); Jane Arden; The Red Torpedo [Captain Jim Lockhart] (inset)
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Miscellaneous
1
Monks Gallagher

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.]; Dr. Patche (introduction); Jackie (introduction, crime victim); Jackie's wife (introduction); Jackie's son (introduction); Monks Gallagher (villain, introduction); Slugs (villain)
The Condor comes upon a man named Jackie who has been stabbed in the chest and attempts to get medical help for him, and he then notifies the man's wife and lame child of what has happened and that he'll be all right. But the Condor wants to track down the attempted murderer, a man named Gallagher, who has stolen this victim's rights to citizenship and who has threatened to expose him.
Reprinting
FlagThe Quality Companion #[nn] published November 2011
 
Miscellaneous
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The reprint titles this story "Jackie Boy". Art credits verified in The Quality Companion (TwoMorrows, 2011 series) #1 (November, 2011), page 93.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Devlin
John Devlin
John Devlin
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Molly the Model
Molly the Model
But Molly- a butcher's errand boy- and at my age!
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Miscellaneous
2
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rube Goldberg
Rube Goldberg
Rube Goldberg
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Rube Goldberg's Side Show
Screwball rules of behavior
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Miscellaneous
1
strip reprint
Blaster Meers and the Pirates of Ceres

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Vernon Henkel
Vernon Henkel
Vernon Henkel
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Space Legion
Space Legion; Rock Braddon; Blaster Meers (first appearance; villain; death)
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Miscellaneous
5
The Tiger Woman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Art Pinajian ?
Art Pinajian ?
Art Pinajian ?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Madam Fatal
Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton]; Tiger Woman (villain, introduction, death)
Madam Fatal faces his first costumed opponent, The Tiger, who lead a gang of savages retaliating for treasures stolen in her home country. She ends up perishing after going over a stone wall while in conflict with Madam Fatal.
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Miscellaneous
5
Smashing the Schrecklichkeit

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]; Dr. Freiheit (introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain); the Nazis (villains)
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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
Fortune hunting count Ivan takes Jane to the polo matches
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
What are you doing, Dan'l?
Reprinting
from Lena Pry Sundays (Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
2
bottom half of the Jane Arden pages
The Spider: Framed

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; Bill French (villain, introduction); Baldy Riker (villain, introduction); Nick (villain, introduction); Trigger (villain, introduction)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

In this story, the Black Widow does the Batman's Batmobile one better: it can careen horizontally along the face of a building.
War Declared

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole (Ralph Johns)
Jack Cole
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Slap Happy Pappy
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Miscellaneous
2
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Zuppke
Walt DePew [as B. W. DePew] (signed)
Walt DePew [as B. W. DePew] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
sports
Ned Brant
Boy! Have I met a girl!
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Miscellaneous
4
strip reprints
The Hijacked Plane Peril

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Terrence Macauley]
Nick Cardy
Nick Cardy
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Lee Preston of the Red Cross
Lee Preston; Nazi spies (Intro, Die)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Quoth the Raven

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Larry Spain
?
?
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1.75
Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc.

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Everett M. Arnold
typeset
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Miscellaneous
0.25
Statement of Ownership
Crack Comics 322 Main St Stamford Ct
Editor: Edward Cronin 322 Main ST Stamford Ct
Bus Mgr: Everett M Arnold 198 Shore Rd Old Greenwich, CT
Owners: Comic Magazines, Inc. Everett M Arnold; Claire C. Arnold;
Fred A. Little 4006 Grand Ave Des Moines, IA;
Henry P Martin Jr. 8 Foster Dr Des Moines, IA
Printed at Cleveland, OH.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Arthur Beeman (signed)
Arthur Beeman (signed)
Arthur Beeman
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Snappy
Gee this is fun being down here in Florida
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Miscellaneous
1
T.N.T. Trousers Trap

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ed Reed
Ed Reed
Ed Reed
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Off the Record
Yum-yum! Even Daddy wants more of your good food!
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Miscellaneous
1
The Screw Gang

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; The Screw [David Gratten] (villain, introduction); the Screw Gang (villains, introduction for all)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
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