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Issue: Crack Comics #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1940
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Issues: #4 of 62 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/28/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (17 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ed Cronin
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
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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
Penciller(s): Gill Fox
Inker(s): Gill Fox
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Condor
Character(s): The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; The Clock [Brian O'Brien] (inset); Jasne Arden (inset); The Spider [Tom Hallaway] (inset); Ned Brant (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Menace of Sihn Fang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lou Fine [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed)
Inker(s): Lou Fine [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Condor
Character(s): The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; Sinh Fang (villain, introduction, death); De Graf (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: Returning to the Far East, the Condor encounters Sinh Fang and his cohort in their unconquerable fortress called Mount Doom, which was finally destroyed by the Black Ray.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Richard Grey, Jr. eventually assumed the identity of Senator Thomas Wright.

Art credits revised from Charles Sultan ? with reference to Jim Amash in The Quality Companion (TwoMorrows, 2011 series) #1 (November, 2011), page 93.
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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: Si, Senor- I fall in luf' wiz her face in 'ad'-
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Zuppke
Penciller(s): B. W. DePew
Inker(s): b. W. DePew
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Ned Brant
First Line: You can't read your way into a job, Bud
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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
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Pages: 1
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The Attack of Vrak

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Vernon Henkel [as Vern]
Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel
Inker(s): Vernon Henkel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Rock Braddon of the Space Legion
Character(s): Rock Braddon; Vrak (villain, introduction, death); Sandra (villain, introduction, death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Street Polishing Department

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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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: strip reprint
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The Secret New York Sub Base

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Kiefer ? [as Drew Allen] (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Kiefer [as Drew Allen] (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Kiefer [as Drew Allen] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Red Torpedo
Character(s): The Red Torpedo [ex-Captain Jim Lockhart]; Baron Krieg (villain, introduction)
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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.

Drew Allen is Kiefer's pen-name used on the strip.

In this story, the Red Torpedo's long-sleeved shirt became sleeveless, but he often chose to doff it altogether (but never his mask) to enter the water.
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Incident on the Orient Queen

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
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Lee Preston of the Red Cross
Character(s): Lee Preston; Japanese spies (villains, introduction); Rick Royce (
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Pages: 4
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Off the Record

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Reed
Penciller(s): Ed Reed
Inker(s): Ed Reed
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Walt Depew
Inker(s): Walt Depew
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): They're Still Talking
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Monte Barrett
Penciller(s): Russell E. Ross
Inker(s): Russell E. Ross
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jane Arden; Lena Pry
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Reprint Notes: from Jane Arden Sundays (Register and Tribune Syndicate) [unknown dates]
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Benson Mine Murders

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 Halloway]; Benson (introduction); Marlin (villain, introduction, death)
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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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The Dinosaur

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gill Fox
Penciller(s): Gill Fox
Inker(s): Gill Fox
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Slap Happy Pappy
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Pages: 1
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Extra! Sabotage Ring Broken!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Art Pinajian (signed)
Penciller(s): Art Pinajian (signed)
Inker(s): Art Pinajian
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Madam Fatal
Character(s): Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton]; The Boss; Murat (villain, introduction); Slug (villain, introduction); Mike (villain, introduction); Krantz (villain, introduction, death)
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Pages: 5
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Smoke Jumper

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Spain
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Eric Vale
Character(s): Eric Vale
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Pages: 2
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The Case of the Fainting Fighters

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; The Hooded Hurricane (villain, introduction); Joe Jambon (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 5
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James Cagney

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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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arthur Beeman (signed)
Penciller(s): Arthur Beeman
Inker(s): Arthur Beeman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Snappy
Character(s): Snappy (introduction); Sis (introduction)
First Line: Aw, Sis - what do you want now?
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Pages: 2
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The Asp

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; The Asp (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: The Clock must track down a wanton killer called the Asp, who leaves his calling card at the scene of his crimes.
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Pages: 7

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