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Crack Comics 11

CRACK COMICS #11

Cover Date: March 1941
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Gill Fox


Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

ArtLou Fine
LetteringLou Fine
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Black Condor (takes over the identity of Thomas Wright)

Supporting Character(s):

Doctor Foster (first appearance; a confidant of Senator Wright's; sets up Black Condor in his stead)
Wendy Foster (first appearance; Thomas Wright's fiancee)

Villain(s):

Jasper Crow (first appearance; an influential lobbyist and industrialist)

Other Character(s):

Senator Thomas Wright (first appearance; a US Senator murdered by Crow's thugs)
Senator Gibbs (first appearance)

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Comment(s):

Fine credited as Kenneth Lewis.
It has been suggested that the state that Wright represents contains Opal City and his fellow Senator may be Senator Henry Knight.
Portions of this story are retold in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #21/2 with new details.


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Second Story: "Too Much Water" (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryHarry Francis Campbell
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Wizard Wells

Supporting Character(s):

Tug

Villain(s):

Rentrop (first appearance; a saboteur trying to destroy a glass factory; uses alias Ancil Portner; dies)

Location(s):

Upstate New York


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Third Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

ArtHenry Kiefer
LetteringHenry Kiefer
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Red Torpedo (Jim Lockhart)

Villain(s):

Japanese Marines (first appearance for all; all die)

Location(s):

South Pacific

Comment(s):

Henry Kiefer credited as Drew Allen.


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPaul Gustavson
ArtPaul Gustavson
LetteringPaul Gustavson
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Spider

Villain(s):

Crickets (last in issue #1; led by the Big Cricket (first appearance?))

Other Character(s):

Baron Karl Von Ernst (first appearance; a refugee; dies)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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Fifth Story: "Madam Fatal Meets The Jester" (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryArt Pinajian
ArtArt Pinajian
LetteringArt Pinajian
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Madame Fatal

Villain(s):

Dwarf Rogan and his gang (first appearance for all; intimidates and blackmails a former crush; dies)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Comment(s):

There is no known relation between this jester and Jester (Chuck Lane).


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Sixth Story: "Tor The Magic Master" (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryFred Guardineer
ArtFred Guardineer
LetteringFred Guardineer
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Tor, The Magic Master

Supporting Character(s):

Lucy Stone (first appearance; a reporter at The Blade)

Villain(s):

Schneider Polekat (first appearance; a crook)

Location(s):

Altamont (first appearance; a small town)


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Seventh Story: [No Title] (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGeorge Brenner
ArtGeorge Brenner
LetteringGeorge Brenner
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Clock (stops his heart for two minutes to talk to a dead man)

Supporting Character(s):

Pug Brady (a blonde in this story)

Villain(s):

Piggy Dorn and his gang (first appearance for all; a gang boss)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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