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CRACK COMICS #5

Cover Date: September 1940
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Gill Fox

Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Lou Fine
Lettering	Lou Fine
Editing	Ed Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Black Condor

Villain(s):

"Sapphire King" (first appearance; an tyrant who uses slaves to mine for sapphires under water; uses giant eagles to keep control; dies)

Location(s):

Ceylon (now called Sri Lanka)

Comment(s):

Fine credited as Kenneth Lewis.

Black Condor uses the Black Ray Gun to melt metal in this story.

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Second Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Henry Kiefer
Lettering	Henry Kiefer
Editing	Ed Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Red Torpedo (Jim Lockhart)

Villain(s):

Lone Shark (first appearance; operates a submarine pirate vessel)

Comment(s):

Henry Kiefer credited as Roy Larkin.

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Third Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Art Pinajian
Lettering	Art Pinajian
Editing	Ed Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Madame Fatal

Villain(s):

criminal circus folks (first appearance for all)

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Fourth Story: [No Title] (4 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Paul Gustavson
Art	Paul Gustavson
Lettering	Paul Gustavson
Editing	Ed Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Spider

Villain(s):

Dr. Corsica (first appearance; a deranged scientist who experiments on women)

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Fifth Story: "The Talking Light" (7 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Harry Francis Campbell
Art	Harry Francis Campbell
Lettering	Harry Francis Campbell
Editing	Ed Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Wizard Wells

Supporting Character(s):

Tug

Villain(s):

Rags Rollin (first appearance; an extortionist)

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Sixth Story: [No Title] (7 Pages)

Credits:

Story	George Brenner
Art	George Brenner
Lettering	George Brenner
Editing	Ed Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Clock

Supporting Character(s):

Pug Brady

Villain(s):

Jay Bird (first appearance; uses a biplane to make it seem like he flies)

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