Quality Released October 1940

Smash Comics #17

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Published October 1940
Cover Price $0.10
Pages 68

A collection of comics and stories, including -- "Music Hath Charm" , featuring the Ray :   The musician Stradivous, who can hypnotize anyone with his clarinet, works with Jennings to hijack a shipment of gold. -- "The Gaston Necklace" , featuring the Invisible Hood :   For months, police have been baffled... A ring of international jewel thieves are at work, smuggling stolen gems into the United States. -- "Magno" , featuring the titled hero, Magno :   Steve Recka sends a thug to scare Mary Wallace away from snooping around his properties that should probably be condemned.  Magno decides to investigate further into what Recka might be hiding. -- Plus :  Wings Wendall, Black X, the Purple Trio, and more!

Key Facts

  • Prototype of Plastic Man
  • In the story Wun Cloo, the protagonist drinks a can of Super Putty, gaining the ability to manipulate his body into impossible shapes, including that of a giant frog
  • Jack Cole, the creator of Plastic Man, wrote the Wun Cloo story featured in this issue, published nine months before the first appearance of Plastic Man in Police Comics #1
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