Digital Comic Museum - Smash Comics 031


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The Ray - Who is Monsieur Le Rat
Espionage - Staring Black X
Bozo the Robot
Wings Wendall
Invisible Justice
The Purple Trio
Midnight
The Jester
Rookie Rankin
Wildfire
Text story - The Monster
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Issue: #31
Published: February 1942, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Gill Fox
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-Stitched Publishing Format: Was On-Going Series
Notes: Gill Fox listed as editor in Police #7. On Sale Date from the publication date and volume number from the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Volume 37, Number 1. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 524533. Volume number not in the original comic.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Midnight
Credits:	Pencils: Gill Fox \| Inks: Gill Fox
Genre:	Adventure Superhero
Characters:	Midnight [Dave Clark] Doc Mortimer Wackey Gabby (a Monkey) The Ray [Happy Terrill] (inset) Espionage [Black X] (inset) Wings Wendall (inset) Rookie Rankin (inset)

Comic Story (9 pages)	Who Is Monsieur Le Rat?
Featuring:	The Ray
Synopsis:	In Syria, Happy and Bud meet Sue Saunders of a rival newspaper, and uncovers a French surveillance device disguised as the giant Monsieur le Rat.
Credits:	Pencils: Lou Fine \| Inks: Lou Fine
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Ray [Happy Terrill] (war Correspondent) Bud Sue Saunders (newspaper Woman) Monsieur Le Rat (villain, Surveilance Device)

Comic Story (6 pages)	Burly Monahan
Featuring:	Rookie Rankin
Synopsis:	Burly Monahan is out on parole and gunning for Rookie.
Credits:	Pencils: Arthur Peddy (signed) \| Inks: Arthur Peddy (signed)
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Rookie Rankin Ma Rankin Burly Monahan Sgt. Burns Riley

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Archie O'Toole
Credits:	Script: John Devlin \| Pencils: John Devlin \| Inks: John Devlin
Genre:	Humor Children

Comic Story (5 pages)
Featuring:	The Jester
Synopsis:	The Jester shuts down an illegal gambling joint masquerading as a charity.
Credits:	Script: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Pencils: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Inks: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Letters: Paul Gustavson
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Jester [Chuck Lane] Detective McGinty Caraso

Comic Story (5 pages)	Snow Valley
Featuring:	Wildfire
Synopsis:	Criminals try to kidnap young movie star Micky Keene and Carol Martin in Snow Valley to hold them for ransom, but Wildfire foils their plans.
Credits:	Script: Robert Turner [as Bob Turner] (signed) \| Pencils: Jim Mooney (signed) \| Inks: Jim Mooney (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Wildfire [Carol Vance Martin] Mickey Keene (movie Star) Kidnappers [Slippery Red Coles Others Unnamed](villains)

Comic Story (5 pages)
Featuring:	Invisible Justice
Synopsis:	Rogar wants to know where Prof Watson's lab is, so he kidnaps Jane in order to blackmail the professor.
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:	Kent Thurston Rogar Jane Watson Yar

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Transmutation Machine
Featuring:	Midnight
Synopsis:	Doc's latest invention can transmute matter from one element to another.......just the thing Spade and Weasel are looking for.
Credits:	Script: Jack Cole (signed) \| Pencils: Jack Cole (signed) \| Inks: Jack Cole (signed)
Genre:	Adventure Superhero
Characters:	Midnight [Dave Clark] Doc Mortimer Wackey Gabby (a Monkey) Spade (villain) Weasel (villain)

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Espionage Starring Black X
Synopsis:	Klotz and his spies occupy a secret floor in the Cronin Building.
Credits:	Script: Lane French ? [as Erwin] (signed) \| Pencils: Witmer Williams \| Inks: Witmer Williams
Genre:	Spy
Characters:	Espionage [Black X] Colonel Atwater Batu Madame Doom (villain) Herr Klotz (villain)

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Wun Cloo
Credits:	Pencils: Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns] (signed) \| Inks: Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns] (signed)
Genre:	Humor Detective-mystery
Characters:	Wun Cloo

Comic Story (5 pages)
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 [Rocky Hill Warren Tiny Todd] Bull Karten (villain)

Text Story (2 pages)	The Monster
Featuring:	Jimmy Christian
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Wings Wendall
Synopsis:	The Red Menace has a deadly atomic bomb with which he plans to conquer the world.
Credits:	Script: Vernon Henkel (signed) \| Pencils: Vernon Henkel (signed) \| Inks: Vernon Henkel (signed)
Genre:	Aviation
Characters:	The Red Menace Wings Wendall Diane Westcott

Comic Story (7 pages)
Featuring:	Bozo the Robot
Synopsis:	Hugh and Bozo track down two spies who shot a security guard in a defense plant. They kidnap an American scientist and force him to make a new explosive.
Credits:	Script: George Brenner ? \| Pencils: George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed) \| Inks: George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed)
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Hugh Hazzard Bozo The Robot Kurt Eric Alan Hall

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