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Issue: Smash Comics #61 Public Domain
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Indicia Publisher: E. M. Arnold
On Sale Date: 08/08/1945
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1945 Periodicals, page 547.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
superhero
Midnight [Dave Clark]; Gabby (a monkey); Doc Mortimer Wackey
Midnight grows old and his body commits murder!
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Gimme Back My Body

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
adventure, superhero
Midnight [Dave Clark]; Sniffer Snoop; Gabby (a monkey); Doc Mortimer Wackey; Hotfoot; Belinda Marsey; Colin Marsey; Professor Padsel (villain)
Professor Padsel's machine can switch minds into different bodies, which results in everybody getting mixed up. Then Padsel uses Midnight's body to commit murder!
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All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Archie O'Tolle (king)
What a change that new outfit makes!
They make Archie look like a king, but can't make him act like one.
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Zambizi the Hypnotist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Curly; Marge; Spunky; Pug; Zambizi
Remember, Spunky ... there's nothing wrong with you.
Zambizi the Hypnotizer is in town. This inspires Curly to hypnotize Spunky a couple of times.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
mystery
Rookie Rankin; The Chief; Mona Forbes; Rand; Bleek
The fabulous necklace of Rajidore on the lovely throat of a Hollywood queen brought out more than the usual quota of fans!
The fabulous necklace of Rajidore is stolen and Hollywood star Mona Forbes kidnapped.
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Miscellaneous
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This is similar art to the many Manhunter stories in Police Comics credited to Peter Riss on pencils. Probably a mix up by Who's Who, who has him only on ink on this feature.
Colonel Snath's Murder Plot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Hilgo; Peecolo; Colonel Eustace Snath (villain)
The Colonel, a persistent foe who has discovered Lady Luck's dual identity, tries to have her killed, and hires some fake painters to get Brenda Banks out of his way. For a time, she lets him think he has succeeded.
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Queen Mai of Xanxal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
espionage
Black X; Batu; Queen Mai
Black X and Batu cross the border into the forbidden kingdom of Xanxal deep in Asia.
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Miscellaneous
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The two lines between chin and jaws, making him look a bit fat, narrow skull and round lower lip in sideview on Black X, make this the art of Quackenbush. Compare with his signed stories in previous issues.
Cloud of Death

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
adventure
Jimmy Christian
Jimmy Christian (reporter); Ogo (old chief); Col. Kemper
Locust swarms over an oil field in Africa.
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text story
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, mystery
Wun Cloo (detective); Widow Smith; Spike (robber)
In a deep, dark, dank lair...
They say that rich widow Smith carries a mint on her, and Spike plans to get it.
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The Match in the Mine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, sports
Daffy Dill; Deke Parsons; Evelyn Ballit (wrestler)
Daffy wrestles in a coal mining town.
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Miscellaneous
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The Busting of Big Nick Lester

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
superhero
The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Detective Hustace McGinty; Big Nick Lester (villain)
A man is framed by Big Nick and his mob.
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Miscellaneous
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Similar art to the credited pencil work on Manhunter stories in Police Comics #37-#59 by Peter Riss.
The Return of Dr. Narsty

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Dr. Narsty; Cadwallader Van Tilden; Mys. Van Tilden
Captain Tootsie and Rollo are invited to have a meeting at the Cadwallader home. But during the visit, Dr. Narsty shows up to steal the host's jewels, and Tootsie saves the day.
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