Digital Comic Museum - Crack Comics 031 (fiche centerfold)


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New 'paper' scans, but the cf was missing so those pages are from darkmark's old fiche.
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Issue: #31
Published: October 1943, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: George Brenner (editor); E. M. Arnold (general manager)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-Stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	Captain Triumph Helps A. Spade Dig His Own Grave!
Featuring:	Captain Triumph
Credits:	Pencils: Alex Kotzky \| Inks: Alex Kotzky
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Captain Triumph

Comic Story (15 pages)	The Return of A. Spade
Featuring:	Captain Triumph
Synopsis:	A. Spade escapes from jail on the eve of his trial, kidnaps Kim and has Carim Bombay brutally beats her. Captain Triumph tries to infiltrate his mob disguised as Bombay, but Spade shoots him (as Lance) while the real Bombay escapes.
Credits:	Pencils: Alfred Andriola \| Inks: Alfred Andriola
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Captain Triumph [Lance And Michael Gallant] Kim Meredith Biff A. Spade (villain, Death) Carim Bombay (villain, First Appearance) Torpedo (villain, First Appearance)

Comic Story (8 pages)	Lightning
Featuring:	Inkie
Synopsis:	Inkie tries to convince Al to write a story about Lightning. Lightning Jr. comes down and Inkie talks him into attacking Tokyo.
Credits:	Script: Al Stahl (signed) \| Pencils: Al Stahl (signed) \| Inks: Al Stahl
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Inkie Al Stahl Lightning

Comic Story (1 page)	Shark Fishing
Featuring:	Slap Happy Pappy
Credits:	Script: Jack Cole ? \| Pencils: Jack Cole ? \| Inks: Jack Cole ?
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (7 pages)	Gun + Killer + Victim = Murder
Featuring:	Clock
Synopsis:	Joe Doe is killed in a stick up but Butch follows the killer back to his hideout and calls in the Clock.
Credits:	Script: George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed) \| Pencils: George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed) \| Inks: George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)
Genre:	Detective-mystery Superhero
Characters:	Clock [Brian O'Brien] Joe Doe (first Appearance Death) Butch

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Molly the Model
Synopsis:	Nifty's new boxer is told to imitate everything champ Danny Deever does, but when he kisses Molly, Danny takes offense.
Credits:	Script: Bernard Dibble \| Pencils: Bernard Dibble \| Inks: Bernard Dibble
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Molly The Model [Molly Maloney] Nifty Danny Deever

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Molly the Model
Synopsis:	Pop gets a job posing for eccentric artist Boris, but gets angry when Boris tries to pay him with a drawing.
Credits:	Script: Bernard Dibble \| Pencils: Bernard Dibble \| Inks: Bernard Dibble
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Molly Maloney Pop Maloney Boris McTeapot

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Hot Swami
Featuring:	Hack O'Hara
Credits:	Pencils: Witmer Williams \| Inks: Witmer Williams
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Hack O'Hara The Hot Swami (first Appearance Villain)

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Rube Goldberg's Side Show
Credits:	Script: Rube Goldberg \| Pencils: Rube Goldberg \| Inks: Rube Goldberg
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (5 pages)	Comics Imitate Life, and Vice Versa
Featuring:	Pen Miller
Synopsis:	Pen writes a comic strip designed to smoke out stolen bank funds and nab a murderer.
Credits:	Script: Klaus Nordling \| Pencils: Klaus Nordling [as Klaus] \| Inks: Klaus Nordlng
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Pen Miller Goldy (first Appearance Villain) Benny (first Appearance

Text Story (2 pages)	Purgatory Canyon
Featuring:	Eric Vale
Credits:	Script: Larry Spain? \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Eric Vale

Comic Story (2 pages)	Open For Business
Featuring:	Ike an' Dooit
Credits:	Script: Jack Cole \| Pencils: Jack Cole \| Inks: Jack Cole
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Ike (first Appearance) Dooit (first Appearance)

Comic Story (6 pages)	On the Moon
Featuring:	Perky
Credits:	Script: Sid Lazarus \| Pencils: Sid Lazarus [as Lazarus] \| Inks: Sid Lazarus
Genre:	Fantasy
Characters:	Mr. Man In The Moon (first Appearance) Mrs. Man In The Moon (first Appearance) Mr. Comet (first Appearance) Perky

Comic Story (8 pages)	Elmer Briggs, United States Senator
Featuring:	The Black Condor
Synopsis:	A new Senator pushes a new transport plane despite opposition from enemy agents who have placed imposters in the Senate to vote against it.
Credits:	Pencils: Rudy Palais \| Inks: Rudy Palais
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr. As Senator Thomas Wright] Senator Elmer Briggs (introduction) Senator Joe Logan And His Gang (villains, Introduction For All)

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