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81February 1949
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Smash Comics #81

Quality Comics · February 1949

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Series
Smash Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series)
Issue
#81
Publication date
February 1949
Key date
1949-02-10
Indicia publisher
E. M. Arnold
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Midnight Doesn't Kid with Willie the Kid!cover1pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack ColeMidnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Sniffer Snoop; Hot-Foot (a polar bear); Willy the Kid
1Wanted Dead or Alive: Willie the Kidcomic story11script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack ColeMidnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Sniffer Snoop; Hot-Foot (a polar bear); Willie the Kid (villain); Bankjob Burrows (villain)
2-comic story5script: Gill Fox; pencils: Gill Fox; inks: Gill FoxCitronella; Awful Rumpus; Mr. Mazuma; Igor Twirlsky
3-comic story1script: Bernard Dibble; pencils: Bernard Dibble; inks: Bernard DibbleArchie O'Toole (king)
4The Face of Terrorcomic story6pencils: John RosenbergerBlack X; Batu; Leatrice Lane; Beef Burton; Groland Caskill; Silas Morton
5The Zebra Clubcomic story4script: Klaus Nordling; pencils: Klaus Nordling; inks: Klaus NordlingLady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Herb Sinkwater; Giraffe Tentoes (villain)
6Four Secret Steps to Mastery Over Mencomic story6script: Bart Tumey; pencils: Bart Tumey; inks: Bart TumeyBatch Bachelor; Bunny Bananas; Grandma
7Sniffer Snoop's Fadeouttext story2letters: typesetMidnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Dave Clark; Sniffer Snoop; Hot-Foot (a polar bear); Macabre Monty (villain)
8The Great Mongoliecomic story6pencils: Pete Riss; inks: Pete RissThe Jester [Chuck Laner]; Sergeant McGinty; Richard Carlson; Mongolie (villain)
9Love Matchcomic story6script: Bart Tumey; pencils: Bart Tumey; inks: Bart TumeyDaffy; Deke; Jerome

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