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Issue: Smash Comics #6 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1940
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Issues: #6 of 85 Issues (86 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: E. M. Arnold
On Sale Date: 11/17/1939
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (18 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 439228. Volume number 1 and publisher listed as Everett M. Arnold are also listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries.

Copyright 1939 Everett M. Arnold.
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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
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Black X; Bozo the Robot; Archie O'Toole; Wings Wendall
First Line: Now, Black X -- Tell us the government espionage plans or we blow you into space on this rocket!
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy); ? (comic art)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset (ad copy); ? (comic art)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, science and technology
First Line: Hello boys-the sensational new Erectors...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Includes the indicia at the bottom of the page.

A comics-form advertisement for the Erector set from the A. C. Gilbert Company of New Haven, Connecticut.
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Famine and Gold

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Black X; Thalga (villain, introduction); Marshal Stadt (villain, introduction); Captain Von Keil (villain, introduction); Batu; Colonel Atwater
First Line: The hopes of the dictatorships...
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In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Treasury #2 published January 2003
as Famine and Gold [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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The Affair of the Fabricating Bridegroom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Philpot Veep; Waldo
First Line: ...But it happens every night...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Mystery of the Missing Button

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): Clip Chance; Professor Devlin (introduction); Red
First Line: Gee, Clip - I'm glad that's over-!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Mission in Morania

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Character(s): Chic Carter; King Ludwig (introduction); Princess Maria (introduction)
First Line: Tonight there is grave tension in Moravia...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Texas Oil Fire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Flash Fulton; Gabby; Andy; Nick (villain, introduction); Tony (villain, introduction)
First Line: Yeah - - Right away!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: Y'don't have to sneak in, Pop...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Five unrelated gag panels.
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The Emerald of Erin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Boss Spiro (villain); Lippy (villain); Baldy (villain, introduction, death); B. B. Moss (villain)
First Line: Well, Lippy...
Synopsis: After deciding that riding on Bozo's back was a bit dangerous, Hugh makes changes in Bozo's design so he can control him from the inside, and also outfits the robot with a telescopic eye.
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Pages: 7
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King Horace of Spatoonia

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Archie O'Toole; King Horace XI (villain, introduction); Suzy Sweet
First Line: Here is the morning paper, your highness!
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Captain Cook; The Chief
First Line: On one of his rare evening away from police work, Cook has gone to the theater...
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Pages: 4
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Framed for Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Abdul; Khabar (villain, introduction); Hassan; Tommy
First Line: You know, Tommy...
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Pages: 4
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Archie Sandromani

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
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Pages: 1
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The Sound of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): John Law; The Avenger (villain); Roger Carlin; June
First Line: Kill Carlin!
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Pages: 5
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The Master of Mu [Part 1]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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He Beat the Depression!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): George Daynor
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Pages: 0.4
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Editor, Publisher and Owner: Everett M. Arnold 154 Shore Rd, Old Greenwich Ct.
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The Helium Hijackers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Invisible Justice [Kent Thurston]; Commander Stone; Slug (villain, introduction); Lane (villain, introduction); Slug and Lane's gang (villain, introduction)
First Line: Is there some trouble at the fields, Sir??
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The Invisible Justice was called the Invisible Hood on the cover.
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The Counterfeit Thousand Dollar Bills

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Character(s): Wun Cloo (introduction); the Chief of Police; Jimmy
First Line: Mr. Cloo, will you solve a counterfeit case for me?
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Pages: 2
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The Munitions Smuggling Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Character(s): Wings Wendall; B-10 (introduction, death); The Nazis (villains)
First Line: War! Europe once again resounds...
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Pages: 7
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How Jimmy Got His Bike

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jimmy; Jimmy's dad; Jimmy's mother
First Line: Gee, I never have any fun...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.

This story looks and reads like a comic-form advertisement, but no company or product name is listed. Just talks about owning a bicycle.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy); ? (comic art)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset (ad copy); ? (comic art)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Flexible Flyer Sure Sledders; The Lucky Brothers
Character(s): Bobby (Bob); Johnny (Jack); Bob and Jack's father; Bob and Jack's mother; unnamed kids
First Line: Winter..here we come!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. The advertisement contains a four-panel comic strip of The Lucky Brothers promoting the

An advertisement for the Flexible Flyer Sure Sledders from S. L. Allen & Co., Inc. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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