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Issue: Smash Comics #20 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1941
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Issues: #20 of 85 Issues (86 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: E. M. Arnold
On Sale Date: 01/17/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ed 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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Bozo the Robot; The Ray [Happy Terrill] (inset); Midnight [Dave Clark] (inset); Espionage [Black X] (inset); Wings Wendall (inset)
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Pages: 1
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The Curse of the Marshwoods

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Timothy Marshwood (introduction); Mr. Marshwood (flashback, introduction, death, in flashback); Jud Marshwood (villain, Tim's uncle, introduction); Slyme (villain, Marshwood family butler, introduction, death)
Synopsis: Happy has been assigned to cover the waterfront for his newspaper and discovers Timothy Marshwood trying to drown himself. Rescuing him, Tim relates the gruesome family history of family members dying violent deaths, usually by their own hands.....and Happy decides to investigate.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Lou Fine Comics Treasury #[nn] published January 1991
as The Curse of the Marshwoods [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Some of the story is told in flashback.
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The Peace-Maker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Character(s): Wings Wendal; The Peace-Maker (Intro, Dies); Zaroff; Olga Varick (Intro); Intro: Spinner; Steve Conroy (Dies)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Ghost of Old King Ghoul

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Chango the Magician

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Midnight [Dave Clark]; Gabby (a monkey); Chango (villain, introduction)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Men of Mystery #8 published January 1998
as Chango the Magician [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Chango was Midnight's first "super villain".
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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 [Warren; Tiny Todd; Rocky Hill]; Joe (introduction); Charlie (introduction)
First Line: Hmm...how wonderful and strong you are!!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: S. M. Regi was a pen-name sometimes used by Jerry Iger, but also by others as a house by-line. Jerry Iger did not write this feature, but that Alex Blum, under this pen-name or by-line, did draw the strip.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Hey, smart guy -- I'm the one who's supposed...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Final appearance.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Kent Thurston; Ghost Rider
First Line: From out of the past the legend of the Ghost Rider comes to life as Kent Thurston, alias the Invisible Hood, comes to grips with a mystical foe...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Madame Doom Strikes at Sea

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Espionage [Black X]; Madame Doom (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Will Eisner created the Espionage feature, using Will Erwin was a pen name (Erwin was Eisner's middle name), but it also became a house by-line after Eisner's tenure after 1940. Dick French wrote the feature in 1941, followed by Toni Blum (1942) and Otto Binder (1942-43).
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The Story of Salome

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Abdul; Hassan
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Pages: 4
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Gat-the-Rat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Character(s): Villain: Gat-the-Rat (Intro)
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): The Scarlet Seal (Barry Moore); Captain Tim Moore; The Panasians (villains, introduction for all)
First Line: Always something new!
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Credits suggested by the Who's Who.
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Pharaoh's Daughter

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert M. Hyatt
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Jimmy Christian
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Framing of Tony Segora

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Magno [Tom Dalton]; Tony Segora (introduction, death)
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Pages: 4
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Mongol Menace

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Chic Carter; Gordon Bruce; Wong Kai (Intro, Dies); Princess Chin Lu and her father (intro)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Building Racketeers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Acton (Intro); Hugh Hazzard; Bozo
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Pages: 7

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