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SMASH COMICS #23

Cover Date: June 1941
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1941-04-18

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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

Supporting Character(s):

Bud

Villain(s):

Beetle (first appearance; a hired killer; steals important papers)
Long Woo (first appearance; head of a tong; dies)

Location(s):

New York City, NY
San Francisco, CA


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Second Story: [No Title] (4 Pages)

Credits:

StoryVernon Henkel
ArtVernon Henkel
LetteringVernon Henkel
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Wings Wendall

Supporting Character(s):

Spinner Benson

Villain(s):

A foreign dictatorship (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Washington, DC


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Third Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPaul Gustavson
ArtPaul Gustavson
LetteringPaul Gustavson
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Jester

Supporting Character(s):

Inspector Mulligan

Villain(s):

Limpy (first appearance; a bank robber)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtAlex Blum
LetteringAlex Blum
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Purple Trio:
Rocky Hill
Tiny Todd
Warren

Villain(s):

Bandits (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Cactus, AZ

Comment(s):

Alex Blum credited as S. M. Regi.


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Cole
ArtJack Cole
LetteringJack Cole
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Midnight (temporarily turned into a baby)

Supporting Character(s):

Gabby the Talking Monkey

Villain(s):

Doc Wackey (Dr. Mortimer Wackey; first appearance; an elderly scientist who uses a youth pill to rob banks; promises to go straight and joins Midnight and Gabby)

Location(s):

Big City


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Sixth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLane French
ArtWitmer Williams
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Black X

Supporting Character(s):

Madam Doom

Villain(s):

Louie Piscato (first appearance; an agent for a foreign government)
A fifth columnist group (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Washington, DC


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Seventh Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryArt Pinajian
ArtArt Pinajian
LetteringArt Pinajian
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Invisible Justice

Villain(s):

Cagilo the Magician (first appearance; an imprisoned killer who uses a mystical gem to commit crimes; probably dies)

Comment(s):

Art Pinajian credited as Art Gordon.


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Eighth Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryHarry Francis Campbell
ArtHarry Francis Campbell
LetteringHarry Francis Campbell
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Scarlet Seal

Supporting Character(s):

Captain Pat Moore

Villain(s):

Morta (first appearance; a sculptor who kidnaps women and uses them as his sculptures)


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Ninth Story: [No Title] (4 Pages)

Credits:

StoryVernon Henkel
ArtVernon Henkel
LetteringVernon Henkel
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Chic Carter

Supporting Character(s):

Inspector Monahan

Villain(s):

Black Death (first appearance; kills men who accidentally killed his father with poison darts)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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Tenth Story: [No Title] (7 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Hugh Hazzard
Bozo the Iron Man

Villain(s):

Karl Zoff (first appearance; an enemy agent who sends a lookalike to prison instead of him)

Comment(s):

George E. Brenner credited as Wayne Reid.


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