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SMASH COMICS #45

Cover Date: August 1943
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Alex Kotzky


Story: [No Title] (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPaul Gustavson
ArtPaul Gustavson
LetteringPaul Gustavson
EditingGeorge Brenner

Feature Character(s):

Midnight

Supporting Character(s):

Gabby the Talking Monkey
Doc Wackey (creates a foldable floating canoe)
Sniffer Scoop
Hot Foot

Villain(s):

Prentiss (first appearance; kills several guests at Crazy Meadows because they won't loan the owner money)


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Second Story: [No Title] (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryFred Guardineer
ArtFred Guardineer
LetteringFred Guardineer
EditingGeorge Brenner

Feature Character(s):

Marksman

Villain(s):

Col. Hermann Von Kollner and other Nazis (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Countess Stephanie Winowski (first appearance; Markman's cousin)

Location(s):

Poland

Comment(s):

Marksman wears his cape.


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Third Story: "Traitor's Doom" (8 Pages)

Credits:

ArtBernard Sachs
EditingGeorge Brenner

Feature Character(s):

Black X

Supporting Character(s):

Batu

Villain(s):

Nazi spies and Fifth Columnists (first appearance; a Nazi spy who poses as a disc jockey to send coded messages to U-Boats)
Von Ribbentrop (first DCU appearance?; Nazi propagandist)

Location(s):

Negaphur (first appearance; a small principality near Burma)


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryVern Henkel
ArtVern Henkel
EditingGeorge Brenner

Feature Character(s):

Yankee Eagle

Villain(s):

Nazi agents (first appearance for all; try to retrieve a Buddha statue that contains a formula for gunpowder)

Location(s):

Washington, DC
Northern India


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Fifth Story: "The Jester is a Heel Drip Bum Sap Goon and a No Good Kid Chaser" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPaul Gustavson
ArtPaul Gustavson
LetteringPaul Gustavson
EditingGeorge Brenner

Feature Character(s):

Jester

Supporting Character(s):

Inspector McGinty

Villain(s):

Hoiman and his partner (first appearance for both; two crooks who con McGinty's brat nephew into helping them)

Other Character(s):

Thomas (first appearance; McGinty's bratty nephew)
McGinty's sister (first appearance; Thomas' mother)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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