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Issue: Smash Comics #72 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1947
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Issues: #72 of 85 Issues (86 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: E. M. Arnold
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Nancy Smith
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Sniffer Snoop; Hot-Foot (a polar bear)
First Line: Midnight chases Angela, the beautiful bovine!
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Sniffer Snoop; Hot-Foot (a polar bear); Angela (villain, a cow); Percy Sharker (villain)
First Line: All that fuss over an animated milk wagon!
Synopsis: Midnight is searching for a stolen sapphire, but the criminal is searching for a stolen cow. Midnight's job is to protect that cow.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: This adventure echos one of Cole's other creations: The Barker.
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The Apache Dancer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bart Tumey
Inker(s): Bart Tumey
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, sports
Feature(s): Daffy
Character(s): Daffy; Barney; Deke; Gaston; Yvette
Synopsis: Deke gets Daffy a gig as an apache dancer.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Dope Smugglers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): Black X
Character(s): Black X; Batu; Beef Burton (inspector); Mona
Synopsis: Two of the force's best men have been killed trying to find the headquarters of the dope runners, and now Inspector Burton summons Blzck X for help.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Art identical to Zolne's credited Swing Sisson story in Feature Comics #111 and #119. Faces, way of standing with a bend in the hips and knees. Also the shuffling walking or running are special. The art has some resemblance to Alex Blum, but leg movement is quite different.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lady Luck; Peecolo; Rat-Ears; Mr. Rample
First Line: The life of a cigar is brief and unimportant...
Synopsis: A parcel of counterfeit money is picked up at the railway station.
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Batch Bachelor
Character(s): Batch Bachelor; Bunny Bananas; Junior
First Line: Hmmmm!
Synopsis: Batch rents a car to take Bunny out.
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Pages: 6
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This Is the Bird

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Jimmy Christian
Character(s): Jimmy Christian (reoorter); Senor Lopez (miner)
Synopsis: In the Andes the giant bird out of a legend comes down on the mountain winds and scares the guides and carries off.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: text story
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The Club Presidency

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gill Fox (signed)
Inker(s): Gill Fox (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Spunky
Character(s): Spunky; Curly; Marge; Pug
Synopsis: The boys have an explosive club meeting after Mom's hen drinks some nitroglycerine.
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Jester; McGinty; Miss Van Gander; Rocky; Migg
First Line: The police department is visited by the daughter of the bluest-blooded society family in the city...
Synopsis: A society dame sends a false kidnapping note to attact Chuck's attention
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The art is identical to Zolnerowich's credited Swing Sisson stories in Feature Comics (Quality, 1939 series) #111 and #119.

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