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Smash Comics #04 [Nov'39]-68pg-c2c -Henry Peters scans
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Bob Stump |
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Thanks, Joe!
Great scans, Black X by Eisner, etc!
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Issue: #4
Published: November 1939, 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: On sale date from the publication date and volume number found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 4. Second class periodical. Copyright number 428922.
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| Comic Story (9 pages) |
Madame Doom |
| Featuring: |
Espionage Starring Black Ace |
| Synopsis: |
Madam Doom returns from Europe to New York City, and in a luxury hotel suite is selling a set of coastal defense plans, which turn out to be fake, a decoy! At espionage HQ, Black Ace's boss, who now has the real set of plans, assigns Ace to convey them to California, plus to pick up three espionage agents from three different cities along the way. They have 24 hours, and they know that Madame Doom knows that the plans are on their way. |
| Credits: |
Script: Will Eisner | Pencils: Will Eisner | Inks: Will Eisner |
| Genre: |
Spy |
| Characters: |
Espionage [Black Ace] Batu Lt. Hayes (death) Colonel Atwater Agent O-12 (British Agent) Agent B-5 Madame Doom (villain, Introduction) Agent K-61 (villain, Introduction) Madam Doom's Thugs (villains, Introduction For Both) |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
Rivalry With Ray Snort: Part 2 |
| Featuring: |
Clip Chance at Cliffside |
| Synopsis: |
Clip is tricked into breaking training rules so he'll be suspended before the big game. And while he's out of his room, the play book is stolen. |
| Credits: |
Script: George Brenner [as Scott Sheridan] (signed) | Pencils: George Brenner [as Scott Sheridan] (signed) | Inks: George Brenner [as Scott Sheridan] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Sports |
| Characters: |
Clip Chance Spud Coach Barr Vera Ray Snort (villain) Poke (villain) Slim (villain) |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Small Stuff |
| Credits: |
Script: John Devlin (signed) | Pencils: John Devlin (signed) | Inks: John Devlin (signed) |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
The Green Lizard |
| Featuring: |
Invisible Justice |
| Synopsis: |
In Florida, Kent Thurston’s wealthy friend John Blaine is being squeezed for money by “The Green Lizard,” and two of his rich businessmen friends have already disappeared. Unbeknownst to Blaine, his servant Winters is secretly working for the extortion gang (as “Number Four”), and alerts them to Thurston’s involvement on the case. Meanwhile, in another room, Blaine’s two missing friends are still alive, but now the Lizard has decided to throw them to the crocodiles. When the Invisible Hood steps into the room, the Lizard sets a 10-minute timer on a hideout-destroying bomb, and flees. |
| 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 Blaine The Green Lizard [Winters, Aka "Number Four"] (villain, Blaine's Servant, Introduction) Green Lizard's Thugs [Baldy Others Unnamed] (villains, Introduction For All) |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
Attack of the Anarchists |
| Featuring: |
Captain Cook of Scotland Yard |
| Synopsis: |
A gang of anarchists are setting off bombs in London, so Captain Cook and Inspector Keene decide to infiltrate the gang. Posing as "Number Twelve", Cook is assigned to blow up the bridge over the North River. He sets up a dud bomb, which gets him in trouble with the anarchist gang, who then try to throw him into a quicklime pit. He and Inspector Keene outsmart the gang and subdue them with teargas. |
| Credits: |
Script: William A. Smith | Pencils: William A. Smith | Inks: William A. Smith |
| Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
| Characters: |
Captain Creig Cook [also As Number Twelve] Inspector Keene Numbers One Through Twelve (villains, Gang Of Hooded Anarchists) |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Slinging Sammy Baugh |
| Featuring: |
Sportraits |
| Credits: |
Script: Gill Fox (signed) | Pencils: Gill Fox (signed) | Inks: Gill Fox (signed) |
| Genre: |
Sports |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
The Submarine Disasters |
| Featuring: |
Hugh Hazard and His Iron Man |
| Synopsis: |
In one week, four submarines, two of them American, are mysteriously lost at sea. An FBI agent, Amos Dobbs, shows up at Hugh Hazzard’s very upscale apartment building, and tells Hugh about his investigation into the world-wide submarine sabotage ring. The problem is that the Navy’s newest and most modern submarine is set to be launched the next day, at noon, and Dobbs is certain that the bad guys have it targeted. So Dobbs wants to get Admiral Hull at Annapolis to recruit that submarine's crew from there, and Hull goes along with that plan. |
| 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 Pat Amos Dobbs (introduction, Death) Admiral Hull Commissioner Hunt (mention Only) Lugar (villain, Introduction, Death Hanz (villain, Introduction, Death) Leon (villain, Introduction, Death) |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
Sheephad Bey |
| Featuring: |
Archie O'Toole |
| Credits: |
Script: Will Eisner [as Bud Thomas] (credited) | Pencils: Will Eisner [as Bud Thomas] (credited) | Inks: Will Eisner [as Bud Thomas] (credited) |
| Genre: |
Humor Children |
| Characters: |
Archie O'Toole Sheephad Bey Movova |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
The Shammar Ruby |
| Featuring: |
Abdul the Arab |
| Synopsis: |
Sir John Lansing wants to bring the Shamar Ruby back to England with him, but others don't want that to happen. |
| Credits: |
Script: Vernon Henkel | Pencils: Vernon Henkel | Inks: Vernon Henkel |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Abdul The Arab (son Of Ali Bey, Wealthy Desert Chieftan) Hassan Sir John Lansing (introduction, Death) Lansing's Expedition Members (introduction For All, All Die) British Police (introduction For All) Ronny Forrest (villain, English Brigand, Introduction, Death) Forrest's Desert Rangers (villains, Introduction For All, All Die) Jahib (villain, Expedition Deserter, Introduction) |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
The Distressing Dilemma of the Troubled Tradesman |
| Featuring: |
Philpot Veep |
| Credits: |
Script: John Devlin | Pencils: John Devlin | Inks: John Devlin |
| Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
| Characters: |
Philpot Veep Waldo Schultz |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
The Cloudburst: Part 1 |
| Featuring: |
Jim Mitchell |
| Credits: |
Script: Toni Blum? [as A. L. Allen ] | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Just Laugh it Off |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
The Missing Bombers |
| Featuring: |
Wings Wendall |
| Synopsis: |
At a hidden base in an extinct volcano in Alaska, "His Excellency" is using an ultra-sonic engine-stalling antiaircraft weapon to steal U.S. Army bombers, and using drugs to recruit the bomber crews to his service. Wings Wendall is sent to investigate, finds the villain's secret base, disrupts his plans, and causes him to flee in a stolen bomber. Wendall uses the villain's own ray weapon to crash the fleeing plane into the villain's own arsenal. |
| Credits: |
Script: Vernon Henkel (signed) | Pencils: Vernon Henkel (signed) | Inks: Vernon Henkel (signed) |
| Genre: |
Aviation |
| Characters: |
Wings Wendall Wendall's Commanding Officer Colonel Davis Curly Jack His Excellency (villain, Introduction, Apparent Death) |
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