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Issue: Smash Comics #39 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1943
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Issues: #39 of 85 Issues (86 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: E. M. Arnold
On Sale Date: 11/18/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (11 stories, 1 cover)
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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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An Exciting Thriller

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Black X (inset)
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Pages: 1
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The Absent Minded Corpse!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Sam Benson; Dan Benson
Synopsis: Sam and Dan are twins. One of them shoots the other, but has amnesia, so who's really alive and who's really dead?
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Gustavson art credits per the Quality Companion (November 2011). Gustavson vainly tries to imitate Cole on his first few unsigned stories.
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Bataan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Yankee Eagle [Larry Noble]; Lt. Graymore
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Pages: 8
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Princess Fatima

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: childrens, humorous
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Zeke Punkinhed; Killer McSnarley (villain)
First Line: Harken all ye mortals who are not satisfied with what ye possess...
Synopsis: Bozo crosses the path of a loveable hillbilly named Zeke Punkinhed as he pursues a wanted criminal.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The top portion of every page of this story includes a sort of "parallel story,", which mirrors Bozo's adventure as a sort of morality play involving a cat and a mouse.
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The Borgen Art Gallery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Rookie Rankin; Dr. Schoor
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Originally credited "Rudy Palais ?" on ink, but Palais has a very marked line from the eye down the cheek in sideview and also a peculiar blot as nostril not connected to the wing of the nose. Not him here. Compare faces in his "Ray" story.
The art is identical to William's other credited stories in this feature, #40 and #41, and his signed "Eagle Evans" story in Police Comics #1. Most faces in nearly frontview with only one ear showing, and very large rounded jaw and chin are special.
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Oscar Slott

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Bud; Carol Hines (daughter of Mr. Hines); Mr. Hines (newspaper editor); Oscar Slott (villain)
Synopsis: When Happy Terrill's editor's daughter is kidnapped by the Nazi's, he's forced to fire Terrill and cover up Nazi sabotage.
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Pages: 6
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The Story of a Blind Man Who Could See

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Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, war
Character(s): Black X; Batu; Herr Dumm; Dr. Christian
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Nat Edson is credited on various features for Quality Comics by Jerry Bails' Who's Who in 1942 (and this story was definitely drawn in 1942), and he is recognised by his skewed faces and mouth, very evident on page 2. Compare with his many Roy Rogers stories for Dell.

Will Eisner created the Espionage feature, and Will Erwin was a pen name used by Will Eisner (Erwin was Eisner's middle name), but it also became a house by-line after Eisner's tenure after 1940. Lane French wrote the feature in 1941, followed by Toni Blum (1942) and Otto Binder (1942-43).
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Rabbits Are Dynamite

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Jimmy Christian
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Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: On two 3/4-pages; the first has the statement of ownership, and the second has a house ad.
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.25
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Character(s): Wun Cloo
First Line: Get 'em while they're hot, bub...
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Pages: 1
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The Gold Shipment

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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): The Marksman [Baron Povalski, aka Major Hurtz]; Vorka (villain)
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Pages: 7
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AH-H-H-H-H-C-H-W-W-W-W-W-----

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Detective Hustace McGinty; Oscar Oople
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Pages: 7

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