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SMASH COMICS #21

Cover Date: April 1941
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1941-02-19

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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

Supporting Character(s):

Bud (Jackie; first appearance; a young boy who survives having his plane shot down; discovers Ray's true identity)

Villain(s):

Captain Blue and his crew (first appearance for all; dies?)

Comment(s):

Fine credited as E. Lectron.


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Second Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Cole
ArtJack Cole
LetteringJack Cole
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Midnight (begins using his Vaccuum Gun)

Supporting Character(s):

Gabby the Talking Monkey (first appearance; Miss O'Day's first and only intelligent animal; begins working with Midnight)

Villain(s):

Slug McGurk and Julie the Jerk (first appearance for both; attempt to steal the process for making animals intelligent; both die)

Other Character(s):

Alice O'Day (first appearance; a researcher who creates a process that gives animals intelligence and the ability to speak; dies)

Location(s):

Big City


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Third 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):

German spies (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Washington, DC
Caribbean Sea


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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):

Child kidnapping gang (first appearance for all)

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):

Mr. Mite and his gang (first appearance for all; moves spies in and out of America)

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 (next in issue #26)

Location(s):

Washington, DC
India


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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):

Seymour Blotz (first appearance; runs a crooked investment scam)


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Eighth Story: [No Title] (4 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPaul Gustavson
ArtPaul Gustavson
LetteringPaul Gustavson
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Magno (next in flashback in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #26/2)

Villain(s):

A criminal (first appearance; kills four archaeologists; dies)

Comment(s):

This is the final Magno story published in the Golden Age.


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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):

Chung Mustah and his men (first appearance for all; a Mongol warlord; dies)

Other Character(s):

Gordon Bruce

Location(s):

Central Asia

Comment(s):

This story continues from last issue.


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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):

An insurance racket (first appearance for all)

Comment(s):

George E. Brenner credited as Wayne Reid.


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