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7February 1940
$0.10

Smash Comics #7

Quality Comics · February 1940 · on sale 1939-12-20

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Series
Smash Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series)
Issue
#7
Publication date
February 1940
Key date
1940-02-00
On-sale date
1939-12-20
Indicia publisher
E. M. Arnold
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Gill Fox; inks: Gill FoxWings Wendall; Archie O'Toole; Black X; Bozo the Robot; Abdul the Arab
1The Suicide Torpedoescomic story9script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner; letters: Will EisnerBlack X; Batu; Colonel Atwater; Madame La Coquin (villain, death); the Death Squadron (villains, introduction for all)
2The Masked Onecomic story4script: Vern Henkel; pencils: Vern Henkel; inks: Vern HenkelAbdul; Hassan; The Masked One [Webb]
3The Voice and the Red Star Diamondcomic story4pencils: Stan Asch; inks: Stan AschCaptain Craig Cook; Lola Barnes; Sir Sidney Barnes; Kelly; The Voice (villain, introduction)
4King Crunchcomic story2script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner; letters: Will EisnerArchie O'Toole; King Crunch
5The Red Clay Cluecomic story4script: Scott Sheridan; pencils: Scott Sheridan; inks: Scott SheridanClip Chance; Coach Barr; Marko (introduction)
6-comic story1script: John Devlin; pencils: John Devlin; inks: John Devlin
7Battling the Bundcomic story7script: Vern Henkel; pencils: Vern Henkel; inks: Vern HenkelWings Wendall; Heinrich (introduction); Karla (introduction); The Bund (villains); The Nazis (villains)
8The Episode of the Malicious Mitecomic story2script: John Devlin; pencils: John Devlin; inks: John DevlinPhilpot Veep; Waldo
9-comic story1pencils: Arthur Beeman; inks: Arthur Beeman
10The Arson Robberiescomic story5script: Art Pinajian; pencils: Art Pinajian; inks: Art PinajianInvisible Justice [Kent Thurston]; John Steele; Weymann Brent (villain, introduction); an arson gang (villains, introduction for all)
11The Kidnapping of Babs Bartoncomic story4script: Paul Gustavson; pencils: Paul Gustavson; inks: Paul Gustavson; letters: Paul GustavsonFlash Fulton; Babs Barton (introduction); Andy; Nick (villain); Trigger (villain); Punchy (villain)
12Von Fritz's Assassination Plotcomic story4script: Vern Henkel; pencils: Vern Henkel; inks: Vern HenkelChic Carter; King Ludwig (introduction); Princess Maria (of Moravia, introduction); General Von Fritz (villain, introduction)
13The Master of Mu: Part 2text story2script: Robert M. Hyatt
14Red Duttoncomic story1script: Gill Fox; pencils: Gill Fox; inks: Gill Fox
15Double Death Trapcomic story5script: Harry Campbell; pencils: Harry Campbell; inks: Harry CampbellJohn Law; June Carter; Albert Lewis; The Avenger (villain)
16Advertising the Gangsterscomic story2script: Gill Fox; pencils: Gill Fox; inks: Gill FoxWun Cloo
17The Master Plan of Rudolf Hitzcomic story7script: Wayne Reid; pencils: Wayne Reid; inks: Wayne ReidHugh Hazzard; Bozo the Iron Man; Scar Papalle (introduction, death); Jim Hart (introduction); Sergeant Kelly (introduction); Sergeant Hill (introduction); Sergeant Dolan (introduction); Captain John "Ironsides" Dolan (introduction); Rudolf Hitz (villain, Jarmanian spy); Olga (villain, Jarmanian spy,

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