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Smash Comics #43 [Jun'43]-68pg-c2c -Rolster scans

Issue: #43
Published: June 1943, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: George Brenner
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-Stitched Publishing Format: Was On-Going Series
Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	The Murder Mask
Featuring:	Midnight
Credits:	Pencils: Reed Crandall \| Inks: Reed Crandall
Genre:	Adventure Superhero
Characters:	Midnight [Dave Clark] Lady Luck [Brenda Banks] Doc Mortimer Wackey Gabby (a Monkey)

Comic Story (11 pages)	The Murder Mask
Featuring:	Midnight
Synopsis:	When Dave voices the latest installment of a radio drama called "The Mask", a real life Mask appears on the scene and murders several of the station's crew before Midnight could stop him.
Credits:	Script: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Pencils: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Inks: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Letters: Paul Gustavson
Genre:	Adventure Superhero
Characters:	Midnight [Dave Clark] Doc Mortimer Wackey Gabby (a Monkey) Sniffer Snoop Hot Foot (a Polar Bear) Jolly Rogers Anderson Edgar Tompkins The Mask (villain)

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Alien Racket
Featuring:	Lady Luck
Synopsis:	Brenda breaks up a racket to shake down innocent aliens in exchange for "protection" against the government.
Credits:	Script: Klaus Nordling (signed) \| Pencils: Klaus Nordling (signed) \| Inks: Klaus Nordling (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Lady Luck [Brenda Banks] Count D.Change [Count DiChange] Bruce Banks

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Archie O'Toole
Credits:	Script: Bernard Dibble \| Pencils: Bernard Dibble \| Inks: Bernard Dibble
Genre:	Humor Children
Characters:	Archie O'Toole McScribe

Comic Story (7 pages)
Synopsis:	The Marksman lands in Berlin and has Hitler on the run until the Führer escapes by autogyro.
Genre:	Adventure War
Characters:	The Marksman [Baron Povalski, Aka Major Hurtz] Yurka Adolf Hitler (villain)

Comic Story (8 pages)	What Shall it Benefit a Man If He Gain the Whole World and Lose His Own Soul?
Genre:	Spy
Characters:	Black X Batu Dr. Harvey Bedsloe

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Wun Cloo
Credits:	Pencils: Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns] (signed) \| Inks: Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns] (signed)
Genre:	Humor Detective-mystery
Characters:	Wun Cloo (detective)

Comic Story (7 pages)	Daffy Meets the Man with the Horrible Hobby
Featuring:	Daffy
Genre:	Humor Sports
Characters:	Daffy Dill Mr. Nitemayer Tea Biscuit Vita Hayweed Count De Corpuscles

Comic Story (8 pages)	The World's Champion
Featuring:	Rookie Rankin
Synopsis:	Rookie investigates crooked boxing matches.
Credits:	Pencils: Witmer Williams \| Inks: Witmer Williams
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Foxy Harris Spike Tolan Masked Marvel Bone Crusher Harrigan

Text Story (2 pages)	The Yukon Murders
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Sailor Missed His Boat
Featuring:	Yankee Eagle
Synopsis:	Larry is stranded at the island of Jawalla on his return from the orient.
Credits:	Pencils: Joe Cavallo (signed) \| Inks: Joe Cavallo (signed)
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Yankee Eagle [Larry Noble] Nicky Malone (sailor And Stuntman)

Comic Story (7 pages)
Synopsis:	Petty thief Oscar Oople gets Chuck Lane to take one his truth pills, and Lane confesses to Detective McGinty that he was the Jester. However, McGinty is too skeptical and doesn't believe it.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Jester [Chuck Lane] Detective Hustace McGinty Oscar Oople (villain) Ace Morgan (villain) The Major (villain) Lord Andrew (villain) Slick (villain)

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