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Smash Comics 5

SMASH COMICS #5

Cover Date: December 1939
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1939-10-20

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Cover Credits:
Art: Gill Fox


Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryWill Eisner
ArtWill Eisner
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Black Ace

Supporting Character(s):

Colonel Atwater
Batu

Villain(s):

Basil Taneo (first appearance; the chief spy and saboteur of a foreign hostile nation)

Location(s):

Washington, DC
New York City, NY

Comment(s):

Takes place during baseball season.


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Second Story: [No Title] (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryVernon Henkel
ArtVernon Henkel
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Chic Carter

Villain(s):

Duke Boris and his crew (first appearance for all; attempts a coup in Moravia)

Location(s):

New York City, NY
Moravia (first appearance; a small European country, possibly near Austria)


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Third Story: [No Title] (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryVernon Henkel
ArtVernon Henkel
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Wings Wendall

Villain(s):

Foreign spies (first appearance for all; record test flights of new fighter planes)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryArt Pinajian
ArtArt Pinajian
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Invisible Hood

Villain(s):

Judge Hyde and his gang (first appearance for all; kidnaps a prominent District Attorney)

Location(s):

Parkville


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGeorge Brenner
ArtGeorge Brenner
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Hugh Hazzard
Bozo the Iron Man

Villain(s):

Weizer and his gang (first appearance for all; foreign agents that try to buy, then try to destroy Bozo, then attempt to steal a new projectile plans)

Other Character(s):

Pat

Comment(s):

Hazzard's home address is 210 W. Park St., NYC.


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryVernon Henkel
ArtVernon Henkel
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Chic Carter

Villain(s):

Slugger and his crew (first appearance for all; pirates in the South China Sea)

Other Character(s):

Red Branigan

Location(s):

Singapore, China

Comment(s):

This story continues from last issue and takes several weeks or months.


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryVernon Henkel
ArtVernon Henkel
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Wings Wendall

Villain(s):

An unnamed would-be tyrant (first appearance; uses and Ultra-sonic ray to cause airplanes to conk out; dies)

Location(s):

Washington, DC
Seattle, WA
Near Fairbanks, Alaska Territory


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