Released February 1941
Crack Comics #12
Synopsis
A collection of comics and stories, including -- "Jasper Crow and the Miners" , featuring the Black Condor : In Washington DC, Senator Tom Wright sponsors the "Wright Mining Bill," mandating better working conditions for miners, which is voted down and goes back to committee. Pennsylvania mine owner Jaspar Crow opposes the bill with outright thuggery directed against some U.S. Senators. -- "Doom in the Lagoon" , featuring the Red Torpedo : The Red Torpedo has returned to Oriental waters, where a Mongol submarine has just sunk an unarmed neutral merchantman. -- "Crushing the Crickets" , featuring the Spider : Trapped by the notorious Cricket in a hideout on the fifth floor of a hotel, the Spider avoids his doom by jumping out of the window, as guns blast away at him. He breaks his fall by dropping through a canopy, walks back into the hotel, grabs a drunk out of a phone booth, steals his suit and fedora, and returns to the fifth floor, where the Crickets are scrambling out of the building. Now in disguise, he falls in among them to learn the location of their secret meeting place. PLUS : Space Legion, Wizard Wells, Madame Fatal, the Clock, and more!!
Synopsis
A collection of comics and stories, including -- "Jasper Crow and the Miners" , featuring the Black Condor : In Washington DC, Senator Tom Wright sponsors the "Wright Mining Bill," mandating better working conditions for miners, which is voted down and goes back to committee. Pennsylvania mine owner Jaspar Crow opposes the bill with outright thuggery directed against some U.S. Senators. -- "Doom in the Lagoon" , featuring the Red Torpedo : The Red Torpedo has returned to Oriental waters, where a Mongol submarine has just sunk an unarmed neutral merchantman. -- "Crushing the Crickets" , featuring the Spider : Trapped by the notorious Cricket in a hideout on the fifth floor of a hotel, the Spider avoids his doom by jumping out of the window, as guns blast away at him. He breaks his fall by dropping through a canopy, walks back into the hotel, grabs a drunk out of a phone booth, steals his suit and fedora, and returns to the fifth floor, where the Crickets are scrambling out of the building. Now in disguise, he falls in among them to learn the location of their secret meeting place. PLUS : Space Legion, Wizard Wells, Madame Fatal, the Clock, and more!!
Details
- Series
- Crack Comics
- Cover Date
- February 1941
- Pages
- 68
- UPC
- N/A
- Cover Price
- $0.10
- Final Orders Cutoff
- N/A
Creators
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ArtistFred Guardineer
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ArtistPaul Gustavson
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ArtistVernon Henkel
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ArtistArt Pinajian
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ArtistHenry Kiefer
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ArtistLou Fine
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ArtistRussell E. Ross
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ArtistH. Weston Taylor
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ArtistWalt Depew
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WriterHarry Campbell
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WriterBob Zuppke
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WriterMonte Barrett
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WriterFred Guardineer
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InkerFred Guardineer
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WriterPaul Gustavson
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InkerPaul Gustavson
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WriterVernon Henkel
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InkerVernon Henkel
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WriterArt Pinajian
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InkerArt Pinajian
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WriterHenry Kiefer
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InkerHenry Kiefer
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InkerLou Fine
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InkerRussell E. Ross
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InkerH. Weston Taylor
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InkerWalt Depew
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Cover ArtistGil Fox