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Issue: Smash Comics #55

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Publication Date: October 1944

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- Lady Luck

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Issues: #55 of 85 Issues (86 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

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Publisher: Flag

Quality Comics

Brand: Quality Comic Group

Indicia Publisher: E. M. Arnold

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: none

Pages: 60

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 11 (10 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Martin DeMuth

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Format

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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Content Items (11 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Writer(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, superhero

Character(s): Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Sniffer Snoop; Hotdog; Gabby

First Line: Midnight and his pals agree! Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you!

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Trouble?

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Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, superhero

Character(s): Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Sniffer Snoop; Hotdog; Gabby; Professor Adoniram P. Twerk; Lobelia Lump; Killer Klaw (villain)

Synopsis: Professor Twerk wants to investigate Midnight's reactions to being kidnapped.

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Pages: 11

Notes: Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

[untitled]

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, mystery

Character(s): Wun Cloo; Alfonso P. Green

First Line: Wun Cloo! I just seen a thug slug a man an' snatch his wallet!

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Pages: 1

Giltrox to Adopt Baby!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Milt Stein (signed)

Penciller(s): Milt Stein (signed)

Inker(s): Milt Stein (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, sports

Feature(s): Daffy

Character(s): Daffy Dill; Slug; Duffy; Mr. Giltrox; Mrs. Giltrox

Synopsis: Slug and Duffy have a great racket, Slug pretends to be a baby and when rich folks adopt him, he robs them blind.

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Pages: 7

The Vanguard for Vengeance

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Mort Leav

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Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Rookie Rankin

Character(s): Rookie Rankin; Slug; Pinkie Pizetti

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Pages: 8

Notes: Originally credited "Witmer Williams ?", but does not match his other credited stories in this features. Compared with Leav's signed story in Power Comics #4, everything matches, face of the policeman, large hands, way of running with high lifted knees and some panels without backgrounds. Only the inking is different.

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bernard Dibble

Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble

Inker(s): Bernard Dibble

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Subject Matter

Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Archie O'Toole

First Line: How's the kingly cash account...

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Pages: 1

Invaders from Within!!!

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Genres: adventure, war

Character(s): Marksman

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Pages: 7

Notes: Heads in 3/4 rearview with stretched necks and jawbones going back behind the ear, even in side view, is peculiarly Tirman. This can be found in his credited "Mike Gibbs Guerilla" story in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #88.

There Are No Neutral Countries Today

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Don Rico

Inker(s): Don Rico

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Subject Matter

Genres: espionage

Feature(s): Espionage Starring Black X

Character(s): Black X; Batu; Miss Niloa

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Pages: 8

Notes: That this is Rico can be seen by the way he draws clouds, cumulus or long stratus ones.

A Skunk Never Forgets

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 2

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Klaus Nordling (signed)

Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling (signed)

Inker(s): Klaus Nordling (signed)

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Lady Luck

Character(s): Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Soupbone (villain); Gumbo (villain)

First Line: This numbers racket is for pikers........

Synopsis: Lady Luck investigates and captures Soup Bone and his thugs, who are caught red....legged.....wearing silk stockings while attempting to hoard and re-sell them.

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The Spirit #6/6/1943 [unnamed variant] published June 1943
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 4

Visitor's Day!

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Jester; McGinty; Loogey; Smug

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Pages: 7

Notes: This is like Leav's signed story in Wanted Comics (Wanted-Orbit, 1947 series) #52.