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Issue: Crack Comics #25 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1942
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Issues: #25 of 62 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/15/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Gill Fox [as Gilbert Fox]; Everett M. Arnold [as E. M. Arnold] (general manager)
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1942 by Comic Magazines, Inc.

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. 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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted as/ in another Issue.
reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagLäderlappen #12/1976 published December 1976 as Skytten [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; The Clock [Brian O'Brien] (inset); Spitfire [Tex Adams] (inset); Molly the Model (inset); Hack O'Hara (inset)
First Line: Another thriller of the Black Condor
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Pumpkinhead Plot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Black Condor [Senator Thomas Wright]; Dr. Foster; Wendy Foster; Senator Pumpkinhead Hardy (introduction); Jaspar Crow (villain); Elsa Papendorf (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: Wendy is taking a first aid course in school, taught by an Austrian refugee with a "W" scar on his face. He uses the same girl each day to model injuries, bandaging her, but, strangely enough, giving that girl the bandages each day. Tom smells a rat and decides to investigate as the Condor and literally drops into the classroom, feigning injury to get bandaged. The bandages contain secret messages, and the Condor follows the clues to Jaspar Crow himself!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Script credits suggested by the Who's Who.
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Joe Chang's Guerillas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Character(s): Spitfire [Tex Adams]; Joe Chang (first appearance); Japanese (villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Sweet Nothings

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Pen Miller's Nazi Double

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Pen Miller; Pen's secretary (first appearance); Scribbler (first appearance; villain); Hack (first appearance; villain); Mummer (first appearance; villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Who Is He?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Don Q; A German field marshall (first appearance; villain; death); Gen. Gerichter (first appearance; villain; death); Captain Grunz (villains); Nazis (villains)
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic
First Line: Formula K. Secret of a deadly explosive was stolen.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: strip reprints
Last appearance in Crack Comics. Jane Arden reprints appear next in a comic book in Pageant of Comics (St. John, 1947 Series) #2 (October 1947).
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Molly The Model [Molly Maloney]; Pop Maloney; Danny Deever; P.T. Bumpf
First Line: While you kids dawdle, I'll take a dip
Synopsis: At the beach, Pop destroys Molly's chance to impress P.T. Bumpf, who could help her modeling career.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Molly Maloney; Pop Maloney; Willie
First Line: Wonder what our new neighbors are like?
Synopsis: Pop uses his new neighbor's telephone to call his bookie. The unsuspecting neighbor is arrested as a result.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Blame it on Wilbur
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: strip reprint
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In Deep Water

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Hack O'Hara; Toughy (first appearance)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Artist's signature appears in the final panel of page 4.
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The Secret of Mouse Malone

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Chuck; Mouse Malone [aka Shorty] (villain); Honest Abe Lavery (villain); Slippery (villain, death); Joe (villain, death); Butch Parker (villain)
Synopsis: The Spider must track down a killer who has horribly strangled two of Honest Abe Lavery's men following a poker game. Chuck finally is able to steer the Spider in the right direction to the killer.
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In Issue: FlagLäderlappen #12/1976 published December 1976
In Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #441 published June 1974
as The Secret of Mouse Malone [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
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
Penciller(s): E. W. DePew
Inker(s): E. W. DePew
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
First Line: Lay off Bud, I'm trying to read the help wanted ads
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Strip reprints
Last appearance in Crack Comics, and in comic books in general. The Ned Brant comic strip continued in newspapers until 1948.
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The White Leopard

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Spain?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Eric Vale
Character(s): Eric Vale
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: So we want you to take care of Laura's little boy while we're gone
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Pages: 1
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Raid in Holland

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy
Character(s): Tor [Jim Slade] (press photographer); Jim's unnamed newspaper editor; Dutch Van Meer (introduction, death); the Nazis (villains, many die)
Synopsis: Jim is given the tough assignment of photographing a British commando unit in action during a raid in Holland. He teams up with commando Dutch van Meer. When Dutch is killed during the raid, Jim assumes his magical identity of Tor and fills in for him.
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Pages: 5
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The Gonky Mob Copycat Crimes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Butch; Gonky (first appearance; villain); Rip (first appearance; villain); Slug (first appearance; villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Butch mentions that she should've teamed with The Spirit; Clock: "The Spirit--BAH!!"; Clock has Spirit / Dr. Strange style window

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