Unofficial Smash Comics Index

SMASH COMICS #36

Cover Date: October 1942
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1942-08-14

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Cover Credits:
Art: Reed Crandall

Story: "The Death of Midnight!!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jack Cole
Art	Jack Cole
Lettering	Jack Cole
Editing	Gill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Midnight (dies; asks to be sent from Heaven to continue his fight for justice in Hell; returned to life)

Supporting Character(s):

Gabby the Talking Monkey

Doc Wackey (gives up his soul to return Midnight to life)

Villain(s):

Cyclops Ceylon and his gang (first appearance for all)

Satan

Mrs. Satan

The Professor (first appearance; wants Doc Wackey's soul in exchange for returning Midnight to the land of the living)

Location(s):

Big City

Heaven

Hell

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Second Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Alex Kotzky
Editing	Gill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Black X

Supporting Character(s):

Batu

Villain(s):

Japanese Army (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Sagon Archipelago

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Third Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Robert Turner
Art	Jim Mooney
Editing	Gill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Wildfire

Supporting Character(s):

Mr. and Mrs. Martin

Villain(s):

Spies (first appearance for all; try to torture a soldier)

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Fourth Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Paul Gustavson
Art	Paul Gustavson
Lettering	Paul Gustavson
Editing	Gill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Jester

Supporting Character(s):

Detective McGinty

Villain(s):

Unnamed scientist and his six gang members (first appearance for all; uses a shrink spray to enable his gang to steal bundles of money)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Comment(s):

Uses his weighted "Jester Ball".

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Fifth Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

Story	George Brenner
Art	George Brenner
Lettering	George Brenner
Editing	Gill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Hugh Hazzard

Bozo the Iron Man

Villain(s):

Unscrupulous scrap dealers

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Sixth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Reed Crandall
Editing	Gill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Ray

Supporting Character(s):

Bud

Villain(s):

Hammerhand and his men (first appearance for all; German spies)

Location(s):

Philadelphia, PA

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Seventh Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Alex Blum
Editing	Gill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Purple Trio:

Tiny Todd

Warren

Rocky Hill

Villain(s):

Countess Agnes and her men (first appearance for all; use Tiny to deliver a coded message)

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Eighth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Vernon Henkel
Editing	Gill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Wings Wendall

Villain(s):

Nazis (first appearance for all)

Adolph Hitler

Location(s):

Berlin, Germany

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Ninth Story: [No Title] (7 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Ed Cronin
Art	Alex Koda
Editing	Gill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Marksman (fakes killing Marksman to get close to Hitler)

Supporting Character(s):

Vorka

Villain(s):

Nazis (first appearance for all?)

Adolph Hitler

Location(s):

Poland

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