Digital Comic Museum - Smash Comics 007 (diff ver)


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February, 1940 - 300 dpi coverless comic, 150dpi cover scans by Henry Peters to make a complete cover to cover comic. Featuring Espionage and Archie O'Toole by Will Eisner, plus work by Paul Gustavson, George Brenner, Gill Fox, Stanley Aschmeier, Vernon Henkel, and more!

Issue: #7
Published: February 1940, 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:	Wings Wendall
Credits:	Pencils: Gill Fox ? \| Inks: Gill Fox ?
Genre:	Aviation
Characters:	Wings Wendall Archie O'Toole Black X Bozo The Robot Abdul The Arab

Comic Story (9 pages)	The Suicide Torpedoes
Featuring:	Espionage Starring the Black 'X'
Synopsis:	The Pan-American Congress erects "The Caldwell Line," like a seagoing Maginot Line, that parallels the entire eastern coast of the western hemisphere. This is in place in order to blockade the landlocked Axis powers, thus crimping their food supply. So now the Axis Secret Police need to do some sabotage, but first Madame La Coquin invites Black X to a fashionable Washington party, so that she can kill him. Batu uses an illusion to make them think Black X is really dead, allowing the Axis to complete their plans to destroy The Caldwell Line.
Credits:	Script: Will Eisner \| Pencils: Will Eisner \| Inks: Will Eisner \| Letters: Will Eisner
Genre:	Spy
Characters:	Black X Batu Colonel Atwater Madame La Coquin (villain, Death) The Death Squadron (villains, Introduction For All)

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Masked One
Featuring:	Abdul the Arab
Credits:	Script: Vernon Henkel \| Pencils: Vernon Henkel \| Inks: Vernon Henkel
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Abdul Hassan The Masked One (Webb)

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Voice and the Red Star Diamond
Featuring:	Captain Cook of Scotland Yard
Synopsis:	The Voice kidnaps Lola Barnes and demands Sir Sidney trade the Red Star Diamond for her.
Credits:	Pencils: Stanley Asch \| Inks: Stanley Asch
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Captain Craig Cook Lola Barnes Sir Sidney Barnes Kelly The Voice (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (2 pages)	King Crunch
Featuring:	Archie O'Toole
Synopsis:	Archie turns over a new leaf and decides to be tough.
Credits:	Script: Will Eisner \| Pencils: Will Eisner \| Inks: Will Eisner \| Letters: Will Eisner
Genre:	Humor Children
Characters:	Archie O'Toole King Crunch

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Red Clay Clue
Featuring:	Clip Chance at Cliffside
Credits:	Script: George Brenner [as Scott Sheridan] (credited) \| Pencils: George Brenner [as Scott Sheridan] (credited) \| Inks: George Brenner [as Scott Sheridan] (credited)
Genre:	Sports
Characters:	Clip Chance Coach Barr Marko (introduction)

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Small Stuff
Credits:	Script: John Devlin \| Pencils: John Devlin \| Inks: John Devlin
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (7 pages)	Battling the Bund
Featuring:	Wings Wendall
Credits:	Script: Vernon Henkel (signed) \| Pencils: Vernon Henkel (signed) \| Inks: Vernon Henkel (signed)
Genre:	Adventure Aviation
Characters:	Wings Wendall Heinrich (introduction) Karla (introduction) The Bund (villains) The Nazis (villains)

Comic Story (2 pages)	The Episode of the Malicious Mite
Featuring:	Philpot Veep
Credits:	Script: John Devlin \| Pencils: John Devlin (signed) \| Inks: John Devlin
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Philpot Veep Waldo

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Kidding the Kids
Credits:	Pencils: Arthur Beeman (signed) \| Inks: Arthur Beeman
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Arson Robberies
Featuring:	Invisible Justice
Synopsis:	Police are baffled as a safe goes missing after a horrible fire at a local hotel. Kent Thurston suspects arsonists, and investigates as the Invisible Hood. The arson gang wears asbestos suits, but are quickly defeated.
Credits:	Script: Arthur Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed) \| Pencils: Arthur Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed) \| Inks: Arthur Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Invisible Justice [Kent Thurston] John Steele Weymann Brent (villain, Introduction) An Arson Gang (villains, Introduction For All)

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Kidnapping of Babs Barton
Featuring:	Flash Fulton
Synopsis:	Flash and Andy accidentally stumble upon a kidnapping.
Credits:	Script: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Pencils: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Inks: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Letters: Paul Gustavson
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Flash Fulton Babs Barton (introduction) Andy Nick (villain) Trigger (villain) Punchy (villain)

Comic Story (4 pages)	Von Fritz's Assassination Plot
Featuring:	Chic Carter
Credits:	Script: Vernon Henkel (signed) \| Pencils: Vernon Henkel (signed) \| Inks: Vernon Henkel (signed)
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Chic Carter King Ludwig (introduction) Princess Maria (of Moravia, Introduction) General Von Fritz (villain, Introduction)

Text Story (2 pages)	The Master of Mu: Part 2
Credits:	Script: Robert M. Hyatt \| Letters: typeset

Comic Story (1 page)	Red Dutton
Featuring:	Sportraits
Credits:	Script: Gill Fox \| Pencils: Gill Fox \| Inks: Gill Fox
Genre:	Sports

Comic Story (5 pages)	Double Death Trap
Featuring:	John Law, Scientective
Credits:	Script: Harry Francis Campbell \| Pencils: Harry Francis Campbell \| Inks: Harry Francis Campbell
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	John Law June Carter Albert Lewis The Avenger (villain)

Comic Story (2 pages)	Advertising the Gangsters
Featuring:	Wun Cloo
Credits:	Script: Gill Fox \| Pencils: Gill Fox (signed) \| Inks: Gill Fox
Genre:	Humor Detective-mystery
Characters:	Wun Cloo

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Master Plan of Rudolf Hitz
Featuring:	Hugh Hazzard and His Iron Man
Synopsis:	Jarmanian spies Rudolf Hitz and Olga, working with Public Enemy #1, Scar Pipalle, kidnap a General's son, and try to blackmail him for the gold at Fort Adam in Kentucky. Hugh Hazzard and his Iron Man Bozo the Robot stop them, with the unexpected help of the notorious but patriotic Pipalle, who in the critical moment refuses to betray his country, and gets shot in the back by Hitz, who gets captured alive.
Credits:	Script: George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (credited) \| Pencils: George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (credited) \| Inks: George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (credited)
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Hugh Hazzard Bozo The Iron Man Scar Papalle (introduction, Death) Jim Hart (introduction) Sergeant Kelly (introduction) Sergeant Hill (introduction) Sergeant Dolan (introduction) Captain John "Ironsides" Dolan (introduction) Rudolf Hitz (villain, Jarmanian Spy) Olga (villain, Jarmanian Spy, Introduction) Holtz (villain, Dictator Of Jarmania, Behind The Scenes)

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