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Crack Comics 27

CRACK COMICS #27

Cover Date: January 1943
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1942-11-13

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Cover Credits:
Art: Ruben Moreira


Story: "Captain Triumph" (13 Pages)

Credits:

ArtAlfred Andriola
EditingJohn Beardsley

Feature Character(s):

Captain Triumph (Lance Gallant; first appearance; joins with his ghostly brother to fight crime)

Supporting Character(s):

Michael Gallant (first appearance; Lance's twin brother; dies; possesses Lance's body to give him ghostly abilities)
Kim Meridith (first appearance; Michael's fiancee')

Villain(s):

Nazi saboteurs (first appearance for all; Otto Rattler and Baron Bragg (dies) named)

Comment(s):

This story takes place in the early fall, 1942.
Lance and Michael were born in the early fall, 1919.
This story continues into next issue.


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Second Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

EditingJohn Beardsley

Feature Character(s):

Black Condor

Villain(s):

The Ear (first appearance; uses information to commit crimes)

Other Character(s):

Professor Tinker (first appearance; either creates or discover Do-Bos)
Do-Bos (first appearance for both; two invisible beings that can predict future events; both die)

Location(s):

Washington, DC


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Third Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPaul Gustavson
ArtJoey Cavallo
EditingJohn Beardsley

Feature Character(s):

Spider

Villain(s):

Mergertroi and Looie (first appearance; two thugs)
Iggie the Yogi (first appearance; a fake fortune teller)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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Fourth Story: "The House of Horror!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGeorge Brenner
ArtGeorge Brenner
LetteringGeorge Brenner
EditingJohn Beardsley

Feature Character(s):

Clock

Supporting Character(s):

Butch
The Orchid

Villain(s):

Cyrus Vultan (first appearance; a smuggler; dies?)

Location(s):

Morganville


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