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Issue: Smash Comics #9 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1940
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Issues: #9 of 85 Issues (86 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Everett M. Arnold
On Sale Date: 02/16/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (18 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ed Cronin
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 451090.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Black X; Bozo the Robot; Wings Wendall; Invisible Hood; Clip Chance
First Line: You'll never take me alive, Black X!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pencil and ink credits previously suggested as Gill Fox ?, but this looks very much like Eisner, possibly a lift from an unidentified story panel.
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Louis Strakes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Louis Strakes
First Line: Louis Strakes was a sandwich man...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Printed in black and red.
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Proxoff the Revolutionary

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Black X; Col. Atwater; Batu; Proxoff; Von Damm; Count Trini
First Line: "Our mighty legions will sweep Europe."
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In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Greats #3 published January 1995
as Proxoff the Revolutionary [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #2 published November 2003
as Proxoff the Revolutionary [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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The Khabib Gang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Abdul; Hassan; Khabib (Intro); Saudah (Intro, Dies)
First Line: Captain King, I was only able to capture one of the Khabib Gang...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Professor Ratheart

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Character(s): Wun Cloo; Prof. Ratheart (Intro)
First Line: So, here is the chance for me...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Revolutionary Papers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Flash Fulton; Andy
First Line: Well, Andy...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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In the Decathlon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): Clip Chance; Coach Barr; Spud; Slim and the Boss
First Line: That's all, Clip!
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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: Why buy a baby carriage...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Five unrelated gag panels.
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The Espionage Planes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Character(s): Wings Wendall; The Nazis
First Line: At the Army headquarters in San Francisco...
Synopsis: Wings must protect our bases in Hawaii from attack by enemy submarines.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Case of the Proxy Burglar

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Philpot Veep; Waldo
First Line: Hm - A very strange series of burglaries going on...
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Pages: 2
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Case of the Roving Taxicab

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Captain Cook; Sgt. Kelly; Sir Thomas Wentworth (Intro, Dies)
First Line: Two men have just finished a business transaction...
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Pages: 4
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Jim Humphrey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Phantom Fog

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): John Law; June Carter; The Avenger
First Line: What's coming off?
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Pages: 5
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The Marijuana Ring

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Chic Carter; Mary Neel; Prof. Hayes (Intro, villain, Dies); Blackie Norton (Intro)
First Line: In the small college townof Devlin...
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Pages: 4
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The Cat Men

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert M. Hyatt
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Jimmy Christian
Character(s): Jimmy Christian
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: What are you standing over here throwing rocks at that little boy for?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Six unrelated gag panels.
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The Treasure of Hawk Island

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Invisible Justice [Kent Thurston]; Mr. Dexter; Joan Dexter; Pete the Hermit; Phil; Slade; Slade's gang
First Line: On Hawk Island...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Cousin Montgomery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): King Archie O'Toole; Montgomery
First Line: Throw it up, Mr. Mailman!
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Pages: 2
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War

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Motler (villain, death); Fritz Goeing (villain); Hans Gonn (villain)
First Line: The plague that drains from a nation...
Synopsis: Hazzard and Bozo get involved in European affairs, and world peace is declared after the evil dictator Motler is sent to his doom.
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In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #2 published November 2003
as War [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7

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