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Smash Comics 16

SMASH COMICS #16

Cover Date: November 1940
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Gill Fox


Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

ArtLou Fine
LetteringLou Fine
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Ray

Villain(s):

Bela Jat (first appearance; a Hindu mystic who takes revenge on his accusers and the men who jailed him; dies)
Shimego and Gar (first appearance for both; his henchmen)

Comment(s):

Fine credited as E. Lectron.


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Second Story: "Mystery of the Empty Theatre" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtAlex Blum
LetteringAlex Blum
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Purple Trio
Rocky Hill
Tiny Todd
Warren

Villain(s):

A spinster (first appearance; plots to kill her brother; dies)

Comment(s):

Alex Blum credited as S. M. Regi.


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Third Story: [No Title] (4 Pages)

Credits:

StoryVernon Henkel
ArtVernon Henkel
LetteringVernon Henkel
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Chic Carter (works for the New York Daily Star)

Supporting Character(s):

Mae "Scoop" Merrill (first appearance; an attractive rival reporter)

Villain(s):

Counterfeiters (first appearance)
Hugo (first appearance; The Phantom's assistant; dies)

Location(s):

New York City, NY
New Orleans, LA


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Fourth Story: "The Scarlet Seal" (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryManning de Villeneuve Lee
ArtManning de Villeneuve Lee
LetteringManning de Villeneuve Lee
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Scarlet Seal (Barry Moore; first appearance; a former movie actor and make-up master who becomes a Police Scientist; dresses as a leader of a Chinese Tong to fight crime)

Supporting Character(s):

Captain Pat Moore (first appearance; Barry's father and a police captain)

Villain(s):

Lt. Bemis (first appearance; a dishonest cop; dies)


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryArt Pinajian
ArtArt Pinajian
LetteringArt Pinajian
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Invisible Justice

Villain(s):

Robb (first appearance; uses the power of Tutkamen to commit crimes)

Comment(s):

Art Pinajian credited as Art Gordon.


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Sixth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtDan Zolnerowich
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Black X

Villain(s):

Japanese spies (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Washington, DC
Mexico

Comment(s):

Dan Zolnerowich credited as William Erwin.


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Seventh Story: [No Title] (4 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPaul Gustavson
ArtPaul Gustavson
LetteringPaul Gustavson
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Magno

Supporting Character(s):

Mike Harvey

Villain(s):

Big Tim (first appearance; a phony union racketeer)


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Eighth Story: [No Title] (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryVernon Henkel
ArtVernon Henkel
LetteringVernon Henkel
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Wings Wendall

Villain(s):

Fifth Columnists (first appearance for all)


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Ninth Story: [No Title] (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGeorge E. Brenner
ArtGeorge E. Brenner
LetteringGeorge E. Brenner
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Hugh Hazzard (rides inside Bozo and uses a remote to control him)
Bozo the Iron Man

Villain(s):

Fifth Columnists (first appearance for all; many die)

Comment(s):

George E. Brenner credited as Wayne Reid.


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