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Smash Comics #56 [Dec'44]-60pg-c2c -Henry Peters scans
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Issue: #56
Published: December 1944, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 60, Editing: Martin De Muth
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-Stitched Publishing Format: Was On-Going Series

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	The Laughing Killer!
Featuring:	Midnight
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Midnight [Dave Clark] Doc Mortimer Wackey Gabby (a Monkey)

Comic Story (11 pages)	The Laughing Killer
Featuring:	Midnight
Synopsis:	Midnight tracks a killer who can't stop laughing.
Credits:	Script: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Pencils: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Inks: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Letters: Paul Gustavson
Genre:	Adventure Superhero
Characters:	Midnight [Dave Clark] Gabby (a Monkey) Doc Mortimer Wackey Sniffer Snoop Hotdog Laughing Killer (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (8 pages)	Black X Marks the Spot
Featuring:	Espionage Starring Black X
Synopsis:	The liberation of Taoten, in China. While Black X helps to organize the Chinese underground, Batu is captured by the Japanese.
Credits:	Pencils: Bill Quackenbush (signed) \| Inks: Bill Quackenbush (signed)
Genre:	Spy
Characters:	Black X Batu

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Boogie Woogie Dirge
Featuring:	Rookie Rankin
Synopsis:	A drug addict musician is mysteriously killed backstage.
Credits:	Pencils: Mort Leav
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Rookie Rankin Mel Marvel Gus Getti Tony Getti

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring:	Lady Luck
Synopsis:	The Count gets mixed up with a fight promoter who's hoping to make a quick buck on a fixed match.
Credits:	Script: Klaus Nordling (signed) \| Pencils: Klaus Nordling (signed) \| Inks: Klaus Nordling (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Lady Luck [Brenda Banks] Count DiChange

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Archie O'Toole
Genre:	Humor Children

Comic Story (7 pages)
Synopsis:	The Marksman has to battle a dinosaur in South America in order to uncover a Japanese poison gas plant.
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	The Marksman [Baron Povalski, Aka Major Hurtz) Anna Juan Captain Hinushi (villain) Captain Kioto (villain)

Comic Story (2 pages)	Mountains of the Moon
Featuring:	Jimmy Christian
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Adventure

Comic Story (1 page)	Up with the U.S.A.!
Featuring:	Wun Cloo
Credits:	Pencils: Jack Cole? \| Inks: Jack Cole?
Genre:	Humor Detective-mystery

Comic Story (7 pages)
Featuring:	Daffy
Credits:	Pencils: Milt Stein (signed) \| Inks: Milt Stein (signed)
Genre:	Humor Sports
Characters:	Daffy Dill Deke Parsons Cobina Vanderast Percy Harlow

Comic Story (7 pages)
Synopsis:	McGinty tries to arrange a double-date for Chuck, but someone poisoned the pie and the Jester has to sort through the clues.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Jester [Chuck Lane] Detective Hustace McGinty Celeste (French Maid) Bridget Mister Palmer Dennis Harpe Myrna Max Lubold

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