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Issue: Crack Comics #3 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1940
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Issues: #3 of 62 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/31/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Edward Cronin
Disclose Notes: On sale date given in Crack Comics #2.
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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
Penciller(s): Gill Fox
Inker(s): Gill Fox
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): The Clock
Character(s): The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.] (inset); The Spider [Tom Hallaway] (inset); Jane Arden; Ned Brant
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Black Condor in America

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed)
Penciller(s): Lou Fine
Inker(s): Lou Fine
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Condor
Character(s): The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; the Princess of Singat (introduction); Ras Gyn (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: On his first trip to America, the Condor serves as protector of a friend's daughter.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Jim Amash identifies the penciller in The Quality Companion (TwoMorrows, 2011 series) #1 (November, 2011), page 93.

Richard Grey Jr. eventually assumes the identity of Senator Thomas Wright.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Zuppke
Penciller(s): Walt DePew [as B. W. DePew] (signed)
Inker(s): Walt DePew [as B. W. DePew] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Ned Brant
First Line: Come on! A bunch of Standish players over at the chocolate shop are looking for trouble!
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Reprint Notes: From newspaper strips.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Thomas Andrews Kidnapped By the Spider

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)
Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inker(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Alias the Spider
Character(s): The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Harry (the Spider's chauffeur) (introduction); Thomas Andrews (villain, introduction); Mrs. Andrews (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Devlin
Penciller(s): John Devlin
Inker(s): John Devlin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Molly the Model
First Line: What's your boyfriend like, Molly?
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Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Reed
Penciller(s): Ed Reed
Inker(s): Ed Reed
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Off the Record
First Line: Your piano has a nice tone, neighbor- May I try something on it?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Pirate Subs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Kiefer ?
Penciller(s): Henry Kiefer [as Roy Larkin] (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Kiefer [as Roy Larkin] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Red Torpedo
Character(s): The Red Topedo [Captain Jim Lockhart]; X-1 [William Wotan] (villain, introduction); Wotan's submarine pirates (villains, introduction for all)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The Who's Who suggests, as do Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash in the Quality Companion, that Kiefer not only created this feature, but did the art for it through the strip's entire run. Kiefer is also usually considered to have written it.
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In Double Trouble

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gill Fox (signed)
Penciller(s): Gill Fox (signed)
Inker(s): Gill Fox
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Slap Happy Pappy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Cameo: Gill Fox (or at least his hand)
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Captured by Kiroto

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Powell [as Terrence Macauley]
Penciller(s): Bob Powell
Inker(s): Bob Powell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lee Preston of the Red Cross
Character(s): Lee Preston; Major Kiroto (villain, introduction); Kip (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Gang Czar's Right Hand Man Arrested

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)
Penciller(s): George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)
Inker(s): George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): The Clock
Character(s): The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Pat "Pug" Brady; Lieutenant Foxx; Scar Sizza (villain, introduction); Sparks (villain, introduction, death); Mack (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: When O'Brien is framed and arrested on the testimony of gangster Scar Sizza, Pug disguises himself as the Clock and shoots to death Sparks and Mack.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The fact that Pug and Brian were the spitting image of one another served well in future stories to protect the identity of the Clock, since the Clock and Brian could appear together.
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Glenna Collett's Greatest Uphill Fight to Win

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Zupke ?
Penciller(s): B. W. Depew
Inker(s): B. W. Depew
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): They're Still Talking
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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A Way to Mark Husbands

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rube Goldberg
Penciller(s): Rube Goldberg
Inker(s): Rube Goldberg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Rube Goldberg's Side Show
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Reprint Notes: From newspaper strips.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Death-Ray Decoy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Francis Campbell (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Francis Campbell (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Francis Campbell (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Wizard Wells
Character(s): Wizard Wells; Tug; Mary Perry; Smythe (introduction); Hitlin (villain, introduction); foreign spies (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Scourge of the Skies

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Spain
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Eric Vale
Character(s): Eric Vale
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gill Fox
Penciller(s): Gill Fox
Inker(s): Gill Fox
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): Screen Snapshots
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Mystery at Windward Castle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Art Pinajian (signed)
Penciller(s): Art Pinajian (signed)
Inker(s): Art Pinajian (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Madam Fatal
Character(s): Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton]; John Gordon (introduction); Betty Gordon (introduction); Jack Dale (introduction); Ross (villain, introduction, death); Slade (villain, introduction); Max (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Monte Barrett
Penciller(s): Russell Ross [as Russell E. Ross]
Inker(s): Russell Ross [as Russell E. Ross]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Feature(s): Jane Arden
First Line: After Alice Furze gets rid of the man who helped tie up Jane...
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Reprint Notes: from Jane Arden Sundays (Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Monte Barrett
Penciller(s): Russell Ross [as Russell E. Ross]
Inker(s): Russell Ross [as Russell E. Ross]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Lena Pry
First Line: Oh, Dan'l! You're wounded!
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Reprint Notes: from Lena Pry Sundays (Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: appears on bottom half of Jane Arden pages.
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The Escape of Lucky Largo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Vernon Henkel [as Vern]
Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel [as Vern]
Inker(s): Vernon Henkel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Space Legion
Character(s): Space Legion; Rock Braddon; Lucky Largo (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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