Digital Comic Museum - Smash Comics 028 (now c2c)


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Smash Comics #28 [Nov'41]-68pg-c2c -Henry Peters
Formerly missing ifc,ibc,bc
Fills confirmed in Worthpoint ad

Issue: #28
Published: November 1941, 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: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 4.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Midnight
Credits:	Pencils: Gill Fox \| Inks: Gill Fox
Genre:	Adventure Superhero
Characters:	Midnight [Dave Clark] Espionage [Black X] (inset) The Jester [Chuck Lane] (inset) Wings Wendall (inset) Rookie Rankin (inset) Doc Mortimer Wackey (inset) Gabby (a Monkey) (inset)

Comic Story (9 pages)	Zimmerman's Spy Ring
Featuring:	The Ray
Synopsis:	The Ray and Bud break up a Mexican spy ring.
Credits:	Pencils: Reed Crandall [as E. Lectron] (signed) \| Inks: Reed Crandall [as E. Lectron] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Ray [Happy Terrill] Bud Chita Zimmerman (villain) Zimmerman's Spy Ring (villains)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Liquifying Ray
Featuring:	Midnight
Synopsis:	Midnight and Gabby face a gang of crooks with an amazing ray weapon that can melt anything in Big City.
Credits:	Script: Jack Cole (signed) \| Pencils: Jack Cole (signed) \| Inks: Jack Cole (signed) \| Letters: Jack Cole
Genre:	Adventure Superhero
Characters:	Midnight [Dave Clark] Gabby (a Monkey)

Comic Story (1 page)	The Stenographer's Job
Featuring:	Archie O'Toole
Credits:	Script: John Devlin \| Pencils: John Devlin \| Inks: John Devlin
Genre:	Humor Children

Comic Story (5 pages)	Tiny Gano's Insurance Racket
Featuring:	The Jester
Credits:	Script: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Pencils: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Inks: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Letters: Paul Gustavson
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Jester [Chuck Lane] Tiny Gano (introduction)

Comic Story (5 pages)
Featuring:	Invisible Justice
Synopsis:	An invisible airplane based in a dirigible is used to kidnap the new Defense chief, Roy Mason.
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:	Kent Thurston Nazis Roy Mason

Comic Story (5 pages)
Featuring:	The Purple Trio
Credits:	Pencils: Alex Blum [as S. M. Regi] (signed) \| Inks: Alex Blum [as S. M. Regi] (signed)
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	The Purple Trio [Warren Tiny Todd Rocky Hill] Madame Zagonga (villain)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Rescue of Madame Doom
Featuring:	Espionage Starring Black X
Synopsis:	Black X tracks down stolen navy charts as two gangs of spies vie for their possession.
Credits:	Script: Lane French [as Erwin] (signed) \| Pencils: Witmer Williams \| Inks: Witmer Williams
Genre:	Spy
Characters:	Espionage [Black X] Batu Colonel Atwater Captain Vidman (introduction) Madame Doom (villain)

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

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Modern Train Robbers
Featuring:	Wildfire
Synopsis:	Wildire takes on a gang of train robbers, after a gold shipment that's riding on the same train as she and her parents.
Credits:	Script: Robert Turner (signed) \| Pencils: Jim Mooney (signed) \| Inks: Jim Mooney
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Wildfire Mutt Morgan And His Gang Mr And Mrs Martin

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Wings Wendall
Synopsis:	A parachutist tries to assassinate the president.
Credits:	Script: Vernon Henkel (signed) \| Pencils: Vernon Henkel (signed) \| Inks: Vernon Henkel (signed)
Genre:	Aviation
Characters:	Wings Wendall Kurt (introduction, Dies) Nita Dr. Goth Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Text Story (2 pages)	The City of Death
Featuring:	Jimmy Christian
Credits:	Script: Robert M. Hyatt? \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Adventure

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Squid Strikes
Featuring:	Rookie Rankin
Credits:	Pencils: Arthur Peddy (signed) \| Inks: Arthur Peddy (signed)
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Rookie Rankin Ma Rankin Sgt. Burns The Squid (Intro Not The Spirit Villain)

Comic Story (7 pages)
Featuring:	Bozo the Robot
Credits:	Script: George Brenner ? \| Pencils: George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed) \| Inks: George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed)
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Hugh Hazzard Bozo The Robot Slip Talone (introduction)

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