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SMASH COMICS #27

Cover Date: October 1941
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1941-08-20

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Cover Credits:
Art: Gill Fox


Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

ArtReed Crandall
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Ray

Supporting Character(s):

Bud

Villain(s):

Dr. Kompf (first appearance; uses a mobile atom-smasher to try and destroy an Army camp)

Location(s):

Camp Reade (first appearance)


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Second Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLane French
ArtWitmer Williams
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Black X

Supporting Character(s):

Batu
Colonel Atwater

Villain(s):

Unnamed foreign agents

Other Character(s):

Madam Doom

Location(s):

Washington, DC
Mexico


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Third Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPaul Gustavson
ArtPaul Gustavson
LetteringPaul Gustavson
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Jester

Supporting Character(s):

Detective Hustace McGinty (first appearance)

Villain(s):

Purdy Stone (first appearance; attempts to rob spectators at a ball)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Turner
ArtJim Mooney
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Wildfire

Villain(s):

Fire Devil and his Fire Cult (first appearance for all; attempt to take over a town by threat of arson)

Location(s):

Pleasantville (first appearance)


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtAlex Blum
LetteringAlex Blum
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Purple Trio:
Rocky Hill
Tiny Todd
Warren

Villain(s):

Kidnappers, Fifth Columnists and Bank robbers (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Comment(s):

Alex Blum credited as S. M. Regi.


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Sixth Story: "The Ghost of Robin Hood" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Cole
ArtJack Cole
LetteringJack Cole
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Midnight

Supporting Character(s):

Gabby the Talking Monkey
Doc Wackey

Villain(s):

The Ghost of Robin Hood (Mills; first appearance; kills and extorts the rich)

Location(s):

Big City


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Seventh Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryVernon Henkel
ArtVernon Henkel
LetteringVernon Henkel
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Wings Wendall

Supporting Character(s):

Spinner Benson

Villain(s):

Captain Kargas and his crew (first appearance for all; spies; plan to use germ warfare; dies)

Location(s):

Washington, DC
North Atlantic Ocean


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Eighth Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryArt Pinajian
ArtArt Pinajian
LetteringArt Pinajian
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Invisible Justice

Villain(s):

White Wizard and his men (first appearance for all; from an underground city (destroyed), plans or ruling America; next in issue Smash Comics #30)

Comment(s):

Art Pinajian credited as Art Gordon.


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Ninth Story: [No Title] (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGeorge E. Brenner
ArtGeorge E. Brenner
LetteringGeorge E. Brenner
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Hugh Hazzard
Bozo the Iron Man

Villain(s):

Zork (first appearance; a scientific assistant; kills his mentor and steals a formula for a powerful explosive; dies)
Herr Gitler (first appearance; a foreign agent who kills Zork for the formula; dies)

Comment(s):

George E. Brenner credited as Wayne Reid.


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