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52January 1948
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Crack Comics #52

Quality Comics · January 1948

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Series
Crack Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series)
Issue
#52
Publication date
January 1948
Key date
1948-01-00
Indicia publisher
Comic Magazines
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Porcupine!cover1pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed CrandallCaptain Triumph
1The Porcupine!comic story15pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed CrandallCaptain Triumph [Lance and Michael Gallant]; Kim Meredith; The Porcupine (villain, introduction, death); Spunky (villain, introduction, death); Wicksey (villain, introduction, death); un-named hood (villain, introduction, death)
2Mighty Midgetcomic story6script: Al Stahl; pencils: Al Stahl; inks: Al StahlInkie; Mighty Midget (first appearance)
3-comic story1script: Bernard Dibble; pencils: Bernard Dibble; inks: Bernard DibbleMolly the Model [Molly Maloney]; Pop Maloney; Mr. De Chipstein
4-comic story1script: Bernard Dibble; pencils: Bernard Dibble; inks: Bernard DibbleMolly Maloney; Pop Maloney
5Love and Larceny Don't Mixcomic story6pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard StarrHack O'Hara; Cash Kalish (villain); Clarence (villain); Honey (villain)
6The Pearl Swindlecomic story5script: Klaus Nordling; pencils: Klaus Nordling; inks: Klaus NordlingPen Miller; Boroddi (first appearance; villain)
7Floy Floycomic story5Floogy the Fiji
8Murderer Up a Treetext story2letters: typesetCaptain Triumph
9Gamblingcomic story1script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole
10-comic story5script: Bernard Dibble; pencils: Bernard Dibble; inks: Bernard DibbleBeezy Bumble

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