Digital Comic Museum > Smash Comics 022

Issue: #22
Published: May 1941, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Ed Cronin
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)
Featuring:	Bozo the Robot
Credits:	Pencils: George Brenner \| Inks: George Brenner
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Bozo The Robot The Ray [Happy Terrill] (inset) Midnight [Dave Clark] (inset) Espionage [Black X] (inset) The Jester [Chuck Lane] (inset)

Comic Story (9 pages)	The Return of Captain Blue
Featuring:	The Ray
Synopsis:	Bud returns home as he ward of Happy Terrill, whom he no longer remembers to be the Ray for some reason. That night, Bud has a dream that wraith Lupo kidnaps him and takes him on Blitzen to Elixir, the realm of King Percival, where he and the Ray battle Captain Blue again.
Credits:	Pencils: Lou Fine \| Inks: Lou Fine
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Ray [Happy Terrill] Bud [once Known As Jackie] Lupo (villain, A Wraith, Dream) King Peveral (villain, Dream) Blitzen (villain, A Six-legged Horse, Dream) Kulik (villain, Dream) Captain Blue (villain, Dream)

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Spy Broadcast
Featuring:	Wings Wendall
Credits:	Script: Vernon Henkel (signed) \| Pencils: Vernon Henkel (signed) \| Inks: Vernon Henkel (signed)
Genre:	Aviation
Characters:	Wings Wendall General Harris Bullet Plane Spinner

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

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Milk Shortage
Featuring:	Midnight
Synopsis:	When Dave goes to work at the radio station, he sends Gabby on a mission to expose two dueling milk companies thast were endangering the public. When Midnight is captured and the crooks attempt to unmask him, he protects his identity by making a nonstop series of funny faces until Gabby manages to free him.
Credits:	Script: Jack Cole \| Pencils: Jack Cole \| Inks: Jack Cole
Genre:	Adventure Superhero
Characters:	Midnight [Dave Clark] Gabby (a Monkey)

Comic Story (6 pages)	Tony Miscardi
Featuring:	The Purple Trio
Credits:	Pencils: Alex Blum [as S. M. Regi] (signed) \| Inks: Alex Blum [as S. M. Regi] (signed)
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	The Purple Trio [Tiny Todd Warren Rocky Hill]

Comic Story (1 page)	Athlete's Foot
Featuring:	Wun Cloo
Credits:	Script: Jack Cole \| Pencils: Jack Cole \| Inks: Jack Cole
Genre:	Humor Detective-mystery

Comic Story (5 pages)	Mrs. Van Cornish's Bequest
Featuring:	The Jester
Synopsis:	Lane calls on a wealthy woman at her home whose fortune was targeted by Looie the Mouse, and, as the Jester, hogties the thug and throws him out the window of her home, which greatly displeases the Inspector.
Credits:	Script: Paul Gustavson \| Pencils: Paul Gustavson \| Inks: Paul Gustavson \| Letters: Paul Gustavson
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Jester [Charles "Chuck" Lane] (Police Officer, Introduction) Inspector Mulligan Mrs. Van Cornish Looie The Mouse (villain)

Comic Story (6 pages)	Defending Suez
Featuring:	Espionage Starring Black X
Credits:	Script: Lane French [as Will Erwin] (signed) \| Pencils: Witmer Williams (signed) \| Inks: Witmer Williams (signed)
Genre:	Spy
Characters:	Espionage [Black X] Batu

Comic Story (5 pages)	Captured?
Featuring:	The Scarlet Seal
Synopsis:	The Seal invents a complex scheme to save his father's job, which was on the line because the Captain had failed to catch the Scarlet Seal.
Credits:	Script: Harry Francis Campbell [as Duane Byrd Monroe] (signed) \| Pencils: Harry Francis Campbell [as Duane Byrd Monroe] (signed) \| Inks: Harry Francis Campbell [as Duane Byrd Monroe] (signed)
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	The Red Seal [Barry Moore] Captain Tim Moore

Comic Story (5 pages)	Castle of Doom
Featuring:	Invisible Justice
Credits:	Script: Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed) \| Pencils: Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed) \| Inks: Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston] James Gotham Geoffrey Baxter Slade (villain)

Text Story (2 pages)	Today is Tomorrow
Featuring:	Jimmy Christian
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Adventure

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring:	Abdul the Arab
Synopsis:	Abdul and Hassan have to play bodyguard to a little princess.
Credits:	Script: Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts] (signed) \| Pencils: Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts] (signed) \| Inks: Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts] (signed)
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Abdul Hassan Fawida Aman Ibn Kawir Gang

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Vicious Racket
Featuring:	Chic Carter
Credits:	Pencils: Vernon Henkel \| Inks: Vernon Henkel
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Chic Carter Monahan Commisioner Martin

Comic Story (7 pages)	Dutch the Loan Shark
Featuring:	Bozo the Robot
Synopsis:	Hugh Hazzard takes on a loan shark who preys on working people.
Credits:	Pencils: George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] \| Inks: George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Hugh Hazzard Bozo The Robot Dutch

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