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54May 1948
$0.10

Crack Comics #54

Quality Comics · May 1948

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Series
Crack Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series)
Issue
#54
Publication date
May 1948
Key date
1948-05-00
Indicia publisher
Comic Magazines
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed CrandallCaptain Triumph
1Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears a Crowncomic story15pencils: Reed CrandallCaptain Triumph; Carl Del Rey (first appearance); Parro (first appearance; death); Supremo (first appearance; villain; death)
2-comic story1script: Bernard Dibble; pencils: Bernard Dibble; inks: Bernard DibbleHinky Dooly; Mom Dooly; Joe Dooly; Uncle Buxby
3Kid Cruncho, the Boy Heavyweightcomic story5Floogy the Fiji
4-comic story1script: Bernard Dibble; pencils: Bernard Dibble; inks: Bernard DibbleMolly the Model [Molly Maloney]; Pop Maloney
5-comic story1script: Bernard Dibble; pencils: Bernard Dibble; inks: Bernard DibblePop Maloney; Molly Maloney; Pete
6The Assembly Line Slavescomic story6pencils: Chuck Cuidera; inks: Chuck CuideraHack O'Hara; Ephriam Troule (first appearance; villain)
7Swagger Kane's Shoe-Smuggling Racketcomic story5script: Klaus Nordling; pencils: Klaus Nordling; inks: Klaus NordlingPen Miller; Swagger Kane (first appearance; villain); Cookie Johnson (first appearance; villain); Paddy (first appearance; villain); their gang (first appearance; villains)
8-comic story5script: Bernard Dibble; pencils: Bernard Dibble; inks: Bernard DibbleBeezy Bumble; Gloria McGaga; J.B. McGaga
9The Skeletontext story1.75letters: typesetCaptain Triumph; The Skeleton [Peter Gross] (first appearance; villain)
10Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulationstatement of ownership0.25letters: typeset
11Gas Tabletscomic story6script: Al Stahl; pencils: Al Stahl; inks: Al StahlInkie

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