Crack Comics #5 Values

Publisher: Quality Comics, 1940

About Crack Comics #5

Molly the Model features begin. Cover by Paul Gustavson, with art by Gustavson, Lou Fine, and Henry Kiefer.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: The Clock [Brain O'Brien]; Alias the Spider [Tom Hallaway] (inset); The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.] (inset); Jane Arden; Ned Brant

Pencils: Gill Fox

Inks: Gill Fox

STORY DETAILS

(17 Stories)

Title: The Eagle Battalion

Characters: The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; The Sapphire King (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: On Danger island off the coast of Ceylon, the Sapphire King stops ships and takes their crews to work as slaves in his sapphire pools. The Black Condor flies to the island to free the men, but must contend with the Sapphire King's army of trained giant eagles.

Pages: 9.000

Script: ? [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed)

Pencils: Lou Fine

Inks: Lou Fine

Title: The Lone Shark

Characters: The Red Torpedo [Jim Lockhart]; The Lone Shark (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: The Torpedo must battle a crafty sea marauder who uses a powerful vacuum cup device to attach his craft to the Torpedo's navigable torpedo and then tries to board and steal the valuables on board.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Henry Kiefer ?

Pencils: Henry Kiefer ? [as Roy Larkikn] (signed)

Inks: Henry Kiefer ? [as Roy Larkin] (signed)

Notes: The Who's Who suggests, as do Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash in the Quality Companion, that Kiefer not only created this feature, but did the art for it through the strip's entire run. Kiefer is also usually considered to have written it.

Title: Madam Fatal Goes to the Circus

Characters: Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton]; Cyclops (intro); the General; Patsy; Miss Roberts; Surat; Mr. Black (villain); Slug (villain)

Pages: 5.000

Script: Art Pinajian (signed)

Pencils: Art Pinajian (signed)

Inks: Art Pinajian

Title: The Experiment of Dr. Corsica

Characters: Alias The Spider [Tom Halloway]; Grego (introduction); Dr. Corsica (villain, introduction)

Pages: 6.000

Script: Paul Gustavson (signed)

Pencils: Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inks: Paul Gustavson (signed)

Letters: Paul Gustavson

Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

Title: The Ogre

Characters: Slap Happy Pappy; An ogre (villain, introduction, death, more like a vampire, actually)

Pages: 2.000

Script: Gill Fox

Pencils: Gill Fox

Inks: Gill Fox

Letters: Gill Fox?

Notes: Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 4-17-09.

Title: The Jay Bird

Characters: The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Pat "Pug" Brady; The Jay Bird (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: The Clock faces the Jay Bird, who appears to be able to fly, but who actually was attached to a cable from the airplane. Both he and the masked Pug resolve the case in an aerial dogfight, plane-to-plane.

Pages: 7.000

Script: George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)

Pencils: George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)

Inks: George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	9

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