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Issue: Crack Comics #23 Public Domain
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/13/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (19 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Gilbert Fox (editor); E. M. Arnold (general manager)
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.
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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:  
Disclose Reprinted In2
reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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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
The Black Condor
The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr. as Senator Tom Wright]; The Clock [Brian O'Brien] (inset); Spitfire [Tex Adams] (inset); Molly the Model (inset); Don Q (inset)
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Miscellaneous
1
The Unsung Hero

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Lou Fine (signed)
Lou Fine (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Black Condor
The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr. as Senator Thomas Wright]; Jed Hawks (death); the Japanese (villains, some die); the Nazis (villains)
A former fifth columnist named Hawks had tried to warn Senator Wright of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, but he'd been out of commission and arrived after December 7th. However, Hawks also carried word of a second attack, this time on the Panama Canal. While that attack indeed takes place, Hawks takes to the skies and makes a suicide dive into a Japanese ship while the Condor disables a Nazi ship, forcing the Germans to surrender.
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Miscellaneous
9
At Eagle Squadron's field...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Al McWilliams (signed)
Al McWilliams (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
aviation
Spitfire
Spitfire [Tex Adams]
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
President Orders Expulsion of 1200 Germans

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Vernon Henkel (signed)
Vernon Henkel (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
espionage
Don Q
Don Q
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Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]
Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Slap Happy Pappy
Halt Furriner! Y'ore on private sod!
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Klaus Nordling [as Klaus] (signed)
Klaus Nordling [as Klaus] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Pen Miller
Pen Miller; Chop Chu (Pen's Chinese houseboy)
Pen and his Chinese houseboy Chop Chu...
Cartoonist Pen Miller and Chop Chu head to the waters of California to learn why so many freighters are being torpedoed, and discovers that Japanese submarines are being information as to the freighters routes and embarkation times.
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Miscellaneous
5
Feature formerly appeared in National Comics.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Zuppke (signed)
Walt DePew [as B. W. DePew] (signed)
Walt DePew [as B. W. DePew] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
sports
Ned Brant
Booooooooooo!
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Miscellaneous
4
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Devlin
John Devlin
John Devlin
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Molly The Model
Molly The Model
Y'mean I gotta wear this thing to the mask ball?
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Devlin
John Devlin
John Devlin
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Molly The Model
Molly The Model
What this house needs is system!
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Miscellaneous
1
Little Butch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rube Goldberg
Rube Goldberg
Rube Goldberg
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Rube Goldberg's Side Show
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
strip reprint
Brad and Dad

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rube Goldberg
Rube Goldberg
Rube Goldberg
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Rube Goldberg's Side Show
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
strip reprint
Weekly Invention

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rube Goldberg
Rube Goldberg
Rube Goldberg
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Rube Goldberg's Side Show
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.34
strip reprint
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Lou Fine
Lou Fine
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Hack O'Hara
Hack O'Hara; un-named lady; Slugger Joe (villain); Doc (villain)
Once more "Sir Galahad" O'Hara...
Hack picks up a lady fare, who mysteriously asks if he knows where she could pick up a skeleton......as part of a scavenger hunt. The fun and danger begins when she finds one.
Reprinting
FlagAce Comics Presents #4 published November 1987
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Lou Fine Comics Treasury #[nn] published January 1991
as Hack O'Hara [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
Mark Heike confirms Fine art.
Japanese Saboteurs

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; The Yellow Scorpion (villain); The Scorpion's spy-ring (villains)
The Spider is shot by Japanese spies, but is saved by his new bulletproof suit. Unfortunately, the Yellow Scorprion eludes him.
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Miscellaneous
6
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Arthur Beeman
Arthur Beeman (signed)
Arthur Beeman
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Snappy
Wow! You mean I can go with you today?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
From the blackness of a shadowy street...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Fred Guardineer (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
occult
Tor, the Magic Master
Tor [Jim Slade]; Officer Noonan; Doc Moke (villain)
Tor takes a page from Plastic Man and uses his arm to stretch out and capture his top-hatted foe, Doc Moke.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
The Flame Syndicate

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Larry Spain
? (illustrations)
? (illustrations)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure
Eric Vale
Eric Vale
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Monte Barrett
Russell Ross
Russell Ross
?
?
Subject Matter
romantic
Jane Arden
Take this tray to the invalid!
Reprinting
from Jane Arden Sundays (Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
3
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Monte Barrett
Russell Ross
Russell Ross
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Lena Pry
Now we-un've toted Dandy Jim home mebbe he'll rest better
Reprinting
from Lena Pry Sundays (Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
1
License of a Murderer

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]; Butch; Captain Kane; Gong Gong Klanes (villain); Runt Mullay (villain)
The Clock searches for the murderer of the District Attorney, while Butch, known to have used a rat trap on the enemy, is terrified with fear in firing a real gun that falls into her hands.
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Miscellaneous
7

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