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Smash Comics 20

SMASH COMICS #20

Cover Date: March 1941
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1941-01-17

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Cover Credits:
Art: Gill Fox


Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

ArtLou Fine
LetteringLou Fine
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Ray

Villain(s):

Uncle Ned (first appearance; tries to trick his nephew into turning over the family estate)
Slyme (first appearance; the crooked family lawyer)

Comment(s):

Fine credited as E. Lectron.


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Second Story: [No Title] (4 Pages)

Credits:

StoryVernon Henkel
ArtVernon Henkel
LetteringVernon Henkel
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Wings Wendall

Supporting Character(s):

Spinner Benson (his mechanic)

Villain(s):

Peace-Maker (Zaroff; first appearance; a spy who poses as a unifying peacemaker; dies)

Location(s):

Washington, DC
Paris, France


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Third Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Cole
ArtJack Cole
LetteringJack Cole
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Midnight

Villain(s):

Chango the Magician (first appearance; former vaudville magician)


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtAlex Blum
LetteringAlex Blum
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Purple Trio
Rocky Hill
Tiny Todd
Warren

Villain(s):

Joe and Charlie (first appearance for both; two crooked fight promoters who convince Rocky to become a fighter)

Comment(s):

Alex Blum credited as S. M. Regi.


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryArt Pinajian
ArtArt Pinajian
LetteringArt Pinajian
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Invisible Justice

Villain(s):

Gafford (first appearance; tries to fix a 500 mile cross country car race)

Location(s):

Centerville (a western town)

Comment(s):

Art Pinajian credited as Art Gordon.


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Sixth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLane French
ArtJohn Celardo
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Black X

Villain(s):

Madame Doom (disrupts naval maneuvers in the Pacific)

Location(s):

Washington, DC
Pacific Ocean


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Seventh Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryHarry Francis Campbell
ArtHarry Francis Campbell
LetteringHarry Francis Campbell
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Scarlet Seal

Supporting Character(s):

Captain Pat Moore

Villain(s):

Panasian Spies (first appearance for all)


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Eighth Story: [No Title] (4 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPaul Gustavson
ArtPaul Gustavson
LetteringPaul Gustavson
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Magno

Supporting Character(s):

Mike

Villain(s):

A Mexican gangster (first appearance; kills two crime bosses)


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Ninth Story: [No Title] (4 Pages)

Credits:

StoryVernon Henkel
ArtVernon Henkel
LetteringVernon Henkel
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Chic Carter

Villain(s):

Wong Kai and his men (first appearance for all; a Mongol warlord; dies)

Other Character(s):

Gordon Bruce

Location(s):

Central Asia


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Tenth Story: [No Title] (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGeorge Brenner
ArtGeorge Brenner
LetteringGeorge Brenner
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Hugh Hazzard
Bozo the Iron Man

Villain(s):

Acton (first appearance; crooked contractor)

Comment(s):

George E. Brenner credited as Wayne Reid.


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