Digital Comic Museum - Cannonball Comics 01


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Issue: #1
Published: February 1945, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Newsprint Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Crash Kid
Genre:	Superhero

Comic Story (1 page)	Stolen Pie
Featuring:	Hobo-Ken
Synopsis:	Hobo-Ken steals a pie, and shares it with the cop who chases him.
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Hobo-Ken

Comic Story (11 pages)	The Strange Case of the Black Dragon Gods!
Featuring:	Crash Kid
Synopsis:	The Crash Kid joins forces with the daughter of a murdered Asian businessman to track down and halt the activities of the Black Dragon Cult.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Crash Kid [Rusty Adams] (introduction) Pook (Rusty's Pal) Ho Lin Fong Lum Fo (villain)

Comic Story (1 page)	Shrunken Uniform
Featuring:	Mussel-Man
Synopsis:	Mussel-Man is late getting to a crime because he has to iron his uniform. He lands in a puddle and his uniform shrinks.
Genre:	Satire-parody Superhero
Characters:	Mussel-Man

Comic Story (9 pages)	Saving the Football Game
Featuring:	Hardy of Hillsdale High
Synopsis:	Ted Hardy transfers from a rural school to a big city school where he tries to fit in. He gets his chance in the final football game of the season.
Genre:	Teen
Characters:	Ted Hardy Cal Vetter Zelda Lizzie Jones

Comic Story (1 page)	Dangerous Dancing
Featuring:	Hank the Hero
Synopsis:	Hank outfights a dozen Japanese soldiers on an island in the Pacific but breaks his leg while jitterbugging when he gets home.
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Hank

Text Story (2 pages)	The Crash Kid Scores a Scoop
Featuring:	The Crash Kid
Synopsis:	Mr. Comedy pulls a robbery each day, and the Crash Kid has to figure out where he will strike next.
Credits:	Script: Don Grange (credited) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Crash Kid [Rusty Adams] Pook Tommy Brown Mr. Comedy [Tim Carmody] (villain)

Comic Story (12 pages)	The Strange Deaths of the Painted Grin
Featuring:	Crime Crusader
Synopsis:	The Crime Crusader investigates a series of murders. Each corpse has a grotesque grin, and a stuffed animal is found near the body.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Crime Crusader [Jonathan Jones] (intro) Kewpie O'Toole Flip Baroni Van Park Joseph Miller Lloyd Cosgrove Verne Stanton

Comic Story (1 page)	Foiling the Bank Robbery
Featuring:	Officer O'Heck
Synopsis:	Officer O'Heck chases a little kid for riding his bike on the grass and accidentally breaks up a bank robbery.
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Officer O'Heck

Text Story (1 page)	The D.A. Dares Danger
Synopsis:	A district attorney uses a card trick to distract a thug who wants a statement that the D.A. has in his possession that proves the thug is a murderer.
Credits:	Script: Elliott Sanders (credited) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Crime
Characters:	Andy Prescott Mysto The Magician Spud Mahoney

Comic Story (10 pages)	Raid on Algiers
Featuring:	Thunderbrand
Synopsis:	Young Brand wins a sword fight and earns the right to find out how he came to be part of a pirate ship's crew. A lost golden scepter holds the secret of his identity. A raid against Algiers goes badly, and Brand has to rescue Barbarossa, the captain.
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Brand [Thunderbrand] (first Appearance) Barbarossa Giacomo Teng-ha Hassan

Comic Story (1 page)	The Rabbit Hunt
Featuring:	Gunsite Gus
Synopsis:	Gunsite Gus goes hunting for rabbits, but the one he finds tricks him into having his shotgun smashed by rocks.
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Gunsite Gus

Advertisement (0 pages)	Birthstone Ring Given Away
Featuring:	Gold Crown Spot Remover
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Advertisement (0 pages)	New True-Love and Friendship Ring
Featuring:	Empire Diamond Co.
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Advertisement (0 pages)	New Enlargement 3¢ Stamp
Featuring:	Dean Studios
Credits:	Letters: typeset

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