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Issue: Crack Comics #27 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1943
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Issues: #27 of 62 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/13/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): John Beardsley
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, 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
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Meet Captain Triumph

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ruben Moreira
Inker(s): Ruben Moreira
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Triumph
Character(s): Captain Triumph [Lance Gallant]
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Pages: 1
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Introducing Captain Triumph!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alfred Andriola
Inker(s): Alfred Andriola
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Triumph
Character(s): Captain Triumph [Lance and Michael Gallant] (introduction); Kim Meredith (Michael's girlfriend); Pop Mason (Michael's friend); Otto Ratter (villain); Baron von Bragg (villain)
Synopsis: When Michael Gallant is killed, his brother Lance vows to fight evil. His brother's ghost appears in order to hold him to that promise. When Lance rubs the birth mark on his arm, his brother's ghost will combine with him into one super-powered individual.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Alfred Andriola was the creator of this character, obviously based on Fawcett's Captain Marvel.
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The Jap Zero...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al McWilliams (signed)
Inker(s): Al McWilliams
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Spitfire
Character(s): Spitfire [Tex Adams]
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Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Cole
Inker(s): Jack Cole
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Slap Happy Pappy
Character(s): Slap Happy Pappy; Zeke
First Line: Halp! Where ya takin' me to. Zeke?
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Pages: 1
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The Secret of the Hills

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Condor
Character(s): The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr. as Senator Thomas Wright]; Professor Tinker; the Do-Bos
Synopsis: The Condor aids Professor Tinker and his weird, invisible and prescient Do-Bos, when crooks seek to acquire them. Tinker's place is set aflame, allegedly killing the Do-Bos.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble
Inker(s): Bernard Dibble
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Molly The Model
Character(s): Molly The Model; Danny; Bad News Brannigan
First Line: Okay, Danny, I'll do it as a favor
Synopsis: Molly tries to teach a boxer some dance moves.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble
Inker(s): Bernard Dibble
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Molly The Model
Character(s): Molly The Model; Mr. Fitzwillie; Mr. Maloney (Molly's father); Mrs. Fitzwillie
First Line: Jove! A real Javanese Fantail!
Synopsis: Molly has her dad deliver a rare fish to Fitzwillie.
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Pages: 1
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Maharaja of Maraka

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Gustavson
Penciller(s): Joey Cavallo
Inker(s): Joey Cavallo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Alias the Spider
Character(s): The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Maharaja of Maraka (villain)
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Gustavson script credit from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

Art credits suggested by the Who's Who and agreed to by Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash in the Quality Companion.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Koda
Inker(s): Alex Koda
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Hack O'Hara
Character(s): Hack O'Hara
First Line: Criminals use Hack O'Hara's taxi for a slaughterhouse...
Synopsis: Hack has a fare murdered in his cab. His nephew, Little Ned, needs a lifesaving operation.
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Pages: 6
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The Great Invention

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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Pages: 1.6
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Statement of Ownership: Publisher: Comic Magazines, Inc. 322 Main St., Stamford, Connecticut. Editor: John Beardsley. Owners: Claire C. Arnold, Everett M. Arnold, Henry P. Martin, Jr. Submitted, September 26, 1942.
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Little Butch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rube Goldberg
Penciller(s): Rube Goldberg
Inker(s): Rube Goldberg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Rube Goldberg's Side Show
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: strip reprint
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Brad and Dad

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rube Goldberg
Penciller(s): Rube Goldberg
Inker(s): Rube Goldberg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Rube Goldberg's Side Show
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: strip reprint
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Weekly Invention

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rube Goldberg
Penciller(s): Rube Goldberg
Inker(s): Rube Goldberg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Rube Goldberg's Side Show
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Pages: 0.34
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling [as Klaus]
Inker(s): Klaus Nordling
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Pen Miller
Character(s): Pen Miller
First Line: I could use a couple of new ideas...
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Pages: 5
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The House of Horror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)
Penciller(s): George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)
Inker(s): George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): The Clock
Character(s): The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Butch (The Clock's aide); The Orchid; Cora Vultan (Cyrus' sister); Cyrus Vultan (villain)
Synopsis: The Orchid sends the Clock to confront Cyrus Vultan, a smuggler and thief who keeps his own sister captive in his gothic style country house, Morgan Manor.
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Pages: 9

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