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Smash Comics 1

SMASH COMICS #1

Cover Date: August 1939
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1939-06-16

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Cover Credits:
Art: Ed Cronin


Story: "Espionage!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryWill Eisner
ArtWill Eisner
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Black Ace (last in Feature Comics #22, now known as Black Ace)

Supporting Character(s):

Batu
Colonel Atwater

Villain(s):

Vladmir Koran (first appearance; dictator of Argentina and conqueror of much of South America; leader of the Black Spots, a fascist group)
Mata Hani (first appearance; a beautiful spy; dies)

Other Character(s):

President Roosevelt

Location(s):

Buenos Aries, Argentina
Panama Canal, Panama
Washington, DC
Calamar, Columbia


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Second Story: "Chic Carter" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryVernon Henkel
ArtVernon Henkel
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Chic Carter (first appearance; a reproter for the New York Daily Star; see Comments)

Supporting Character(s):

Pop (first appearance; Chic's editor)
Inspector Monahan (first appearance; NYPD Inspector)

Villain(s):

Van Drenn (first appearance; owner of a night club; murders a client)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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Third Story: "Wings Wendall" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryVernon Henkel
ArtVernon Henkel
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Wings Wendall (Captain Wendall; first appearance; an Army Intelligence officer and pilot)

Villain(s):

Spies (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Washington, DC
South Pacific Ocean


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Fourth Story: "Hooded Justice" (4 Pages)

Credits:

StoryArt Pinajian
ArtArt Pinajian
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Invisible Hood (Kent Thurston; first appearance)

Villain(s):

Unnamed sapphire thieves (first appearance for all; Butch and Spike named)


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Fifth Story: "Hugh Hazzard and His Iron Man" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGeorge Brenner
ArtGeorge Brenner
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Hugh Hazzard (first appearance; a special investigator; takes control of Bozo, the Iron Man)
Bozo the Iron Man (first appearance; a remote controlled robot)

Villain(s):

Von Thorp (first appearance; a scientist who builds a remote controlled robot)


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