Digital Comic Museum - Smash Comics 014


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Issue: #14
Published: September 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Ed Cronin
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-Stitched Publishing Format: Was On-Going Series
Notes: editor from Feature 36

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Bozo the Robot
Credits:	Pencils: Gill Fox \| Inks: Gill Fox
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Bozo The Robot Espionage [Black X] (inset) The Ray [Happy Terrill] (inset) The Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston] (inset) Wings Wendall (inset)

Comic Story (9 pages)	The Legion of Living Bombs
Featuring:	Espionage Starring Black X
Synopsis:	Black X resigns his commission due to his love for Madame Doom, but her plan to use her men as human explosives so revolts him, he changes his mind.
Credits:	Script: Will Eisner [as Erwin] (signed) \| Pencils: Dan Zolnerowich \| Inks: Dan Zolnerowich
Genre:	Spy
Characters:	Espionage [Black X] Batu Madame Doom (villain) Mirov (villain)

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Electric Paralyzer Ray
Featuring:	Magno
Credits:	Script: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Pencils: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Inks: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Letters: Paul Gustavson
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Magno [Tom Dalton] Professor Abbot

Comic Story (4 pages)	Nurse and Spy
Featuring:	Abdul the Arab
Credits:	Script: Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts] \| Pencils: Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts] \| Inks: Bob Powell
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Abdul Colonel Gerard Hassan Nurse Renaud Achmed The Beduin Lt. Picon

Comic Story (2 pages)	Fatima the Queen
Featuring:	Archie O'Toole
Credits:	Script: George Tuska [as Bud Thomas] \| Pencils: George Tuska [as Bud Thomas] \| Inks: George Tuska [as Bud Thomas]
Genre:	Humor Children
Characters:	Archie O'Toole Fatima Ida Clare

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Auto Race
Featuring:	Clip Chance at Cliffside
Credits:	Script: George Brenner \| Pencils: George Brenner \| Inks: George Brenner
Genre:	Adventure Sports
Characters:	Cliff Spud Red Dutch Monk

Cartoon (1 page)
Featuring:	Kidding the Kids
Credits:	Script: Arthur Beeman (signed) \| Pencils: Arthur Beeman (signed) \| Inks: Arthur Beeman (signed)
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Invasion of Tronvik
Featuring:	Wings Wendall
Credits:	Script: Vernon Henkel \| Pencils: Vernon Henkel (signed) \| Inks: Vernon Henkel
Genre:	Aviation
Characters:	Wings Wendall Captain Ludz (Intro) Nazis Lucky (a Girl) Ambassador Stanton

Comic Story (6 pages)	Origin of the Ray
Featuring:	The Ray
Synopsis:	Cub reporter Happy Terrill gains incredible powers when he rides a balloon through a cosmic storm in the high stratosphere. The balloon mission of Professor Styne also uncovered a new, powerful gas, which is stolen by the thug, Anton Rox.
Credits:	Script: Will Eisner ? \| Pencils: Lou Fine [as E. Lectron] (signed) \| Inks: Lou Fine [as E. Lectron] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Ray [Happy Terrill] (newspaper Reporter, Origin) Professor Styne Anton Rox (villain)

Comic Story (1 page)	Rowdy Dick Bartell
Featuring:	Sportraits
Credits:	Script: Gill Fox \| Pencils: Gill Fox (signed) \| Inks: Gill Fox
Genre:	Non-fiction Sports
Characters:	Dick Bartell

Comic Story (5 pages)
Featuring:	Invisible Justice
Synopsis:	While on a tropical isle in the south Pacific, the Hood encounters other invisible opponents, who are intent on acquiring valuable gas deposits. Their invisibility was a ruse, but they were surprised when they encountered a "real" ghost.
Credits:	Script: Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed) \| Pencils: Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed) \| Inks: Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston] John Wallace Renly (villain) Darke (villain) Matt (villain) Spike (villain)

Comic Story (4 pages)	Mountain of Madness
Featuring:	Chic Carter
Credits:	Script: Vernon Henkel \| Pencils: Vernon Henkel \| Inks: Vernon Henkel
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Chic Carter Grayson (Intro, Dies)

Text Story (2 pages)	Mystery of the Mine
Featuring:	Jimmy Christian
Credits:	Script: Robert M. Hyatt ? \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Jimmy Christian

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	The Purple Trio
Synopsis:	One of the trio's uncles is president of a steamship company and he tells the boys that he suspects a certain criminal of being in league with spies who are trying to ruin his firm's shipping in the Dardanelles. The Trio immediately volunteers to round up the felon and turn him over to the Turkish Police.
Credits:	Pencils: Alex Blum [as S. M. Regi] (signed) \| Inks: Alex Blum [as S. M. Regi] (signed)
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	The Purple Trio [Tiny Todd Rocky Hill Warren]

Comic Story (2 pages)	Knocky Knish
Featuring:	Wun Cloo
Credits:	Script: Gill Fox \| Pencils: Gill Fox (signed) \| Inks: Gill Fox
Genre:	Humor Detective-mystery
Characters:	Wun Cloo Knocky Knish

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Monster from the Graveyards
Featuring:	Bozo the Robot
Synopsis:	Bozo truly meets his match in a modern-day Prometheus named Brutus, created by a mad scientist, who stole its body parts from graves. Battling to a stalemate, the encounter only ended when Bozo threw Brutus into his creator, destroying both of them.
Credits:	Script: George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed) \| Pencils: George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed) \| Inks: George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed)
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Hugh Hazzard Bozo The Robot Un-named Mad Scientist (villain, Death) Brutus (villain, Introduction, A Monster, Death)

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