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SMASH COMICS #25

Cover Date: August 1941
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1941-06-20

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Cover Credits:
Art: Gill Fox


Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

ArtReed Crandall
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Ray

Supporting Character(s):

Bud

Villain(s):

Mitch Mullden and his gang (first appearance for all; heading up a crime spree)


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Second Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Cole
ArtJack Cole
LetteringJack Cole
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Midnight (now uses a wrist radio)

Supporting Character(s):

Gabby the Talking Monkey
Doc Wackey

Villain(s):

Liver-Lip McGaw and his gang (first appearance; runs a crooked union racket at a motor company; dies)

Location(s):

Big City


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Third Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryVernon Henkel
ArtVernon Henkel
LetteringVernon Henkel
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Wings Wendall (in his Bullet-Plane; wears a costume)

Supporting Character(s):

Spinner Benson

Villain(s):

Captain Krawl and his crew (first appearance for all; uses a submersible aircraft carrier to plunder the seven seas; dies?)


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryArt Pinajian
ArtArt Pinajian
LetteringArt Pinajian
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Invisible Justice

Villain(s):

Ghosts of the Glen (first appearance for all; a group of occult worshipers who are convinced to steal by Tom Slade)

Location(s):

Panama

Comment(s):

Art Pinajian credited as Art Gordon.


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Fifth 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):

Saboteurs (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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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):

Batu
Colonel Atwater

Villain(s):

Spies (first appearance)

Location(s):

New York City, NY
Cape May, NJ


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Seventh Story: "Wildfire" (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Turner
ArtJim Mooney
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Wildfire (Carol Vance Martin; first appearance)

Supporting Character(s):

Mr. and Mrs. Martin (first appearance; adopt Carol)

Villain(s):

Green Masked Bund (first appearance for all; sabotages American defense plants)

Other Character(s):

Lord of Fire (first appearance; a mystical being that gives Carol abilities over fire and heat)
Frank Vance (first appearance; a forest ranger; dies in flashback)


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Eighth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtAlex Blum
LetteringAlex Blum
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Purple Trio:
Rocky Hill
Tiny Todd
Warren

Villain(s):

Winsul (first appearance; a scammer who escapes to Brazil)

Location(s):

New York City, NY
Rio de Janiero, Brazil

Comment(s):

Alex Blum credited as S. M. Regi.


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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
Bozo the Iron Man

Villain(s):

Clown (first appearance; kills the prosecutor that sent him to prison and takes over the city's gangs)

Comment(s):

George E. Brenner credited as Wayne Reid.
This story is very similar to the first Joker story in Batman #1.


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