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SMASH COMICS #37

Cover Date: November 1942
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1942-09-16

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Cover Credits:
Art: Gill Fox ?


Story: "Doc Wackey Goes Berserk!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Cole
PencilsJack Cole
InksTony DiPreta
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Midnight

Supporting Character(s):

Gabby the Talking Monkey
Doc Wackey (temporarily given super-speed by The Professor; briefly returns to crime)

Villain(s):

The Professor (makes Doc Wackey a subject of an experiment)

Location(s):

Big City


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Second Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtAlex Kotzky
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Black X

Supporting Character(s):

Batu

Villain(s):

Nazis (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Washington, DC
Holland


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Third Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPaul Gustavson
ArtPaul Gustavson
LetteringPaul Gustavson
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Jester

Villain(s):

Dagger Joe and his gang (first appearance for all; steals scrap rubber)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Comment(s):

Uses his weighted "Jester Ball".


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Turner
ArtJim Mooney
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Wildfire (becomes an air raid warden; last appearance)

Supporting Character(s):

Mr. and Mrs. Martin (last appearance for both)

Villain(s):

Dean of Darkness and his gang (first appearance for all; kidnap three air raid wardens)

Comment(s):

This is the last Wildfire story published in the Golden Age.


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGeorge Brenner
ArtGeorge Brenner
LetteringGeorge Brenner
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Hugh Hazzard
Bozo the Iron Man

Villain(s):

Terrible Trio (first appearance for all; kidnappers)


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Sixth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtReed Crandall
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Ray (now working for Metropolitan News)

Supporting Character(s):

Bud

Villain(s):

Nazi spies (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Philadelphia, PA
Newfoundland
Norway


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Seventh Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

ArtAlex Blum
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Purple Trio:
Tiny Todd (last appearance)
Warren (last appearance)
Rocky Hill (last appearance)

Villain(s):

Peters (first appearance; a disgruntled elderly zoo keeper; releases dangerous animals)

Comment(s):

Final Purple Trio story published during the Golden Age.


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Eighth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtVernon Henkel
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Wings Wendall (last appearance)

Supporting Character(s):

Spinner Benson (last appearance)

Villain(s):

Undersea Wolf (Captain Kroll; first appearance; U-Boat Captain)

Location(s):

Atlantic Ocean
Washington, DC


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Ninth Story: "The Amazing Adventure of the Three Shadows" (7 Pages)

Credits:

ArtAlex Koda
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Marksman (uses flare arrows and exploding arrows)

Supporting Character(s):

Vorka

Villain(s):

Nazis (first appearance for all?)

Other Character(s):

Three Shadows (first appearance for all; three concentration camp escapees who kill Nazis before escaping to England)

Location(s):

Poland


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