Crack Comics #6 Values

Publisher: Quality Comics, 1940

About Crack Comics #6

Features the Black Condor by Lou Fine inside, and on the cover by Gill Fox. Bob Powell and Henry Kiefer art.

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COVER DETAILS

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

Pencils: Gill Fox

Inks: Gill Fox

STORY DETAILS

(17 Stories)

Title: The Kite-Men

Characters: The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; The Kite-Men (villains, introduction, most die), the Master (villain, introduction); Karlo Klug (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: The Condor must battle the strange Karlo Klug, who, at the direction of his midget master, launches an army of "human kites".

Pages: 9.000

Script: ? [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed)

Pencils: Lou Fine

Inks: Lou Fine

Notes: Richard Grey Jr. eventually assumes the identity of Senator Thomas Wright.

Title: The Attack of the U7

Characters: The Red Torpedo [Jim Lockhart]; The Black Shark (villain); the Nazis (villains)

Synopsis: Lockart follows the Black Shark into uncharted depths and ends up battling a giant sea creature while each side allies themselves with different underseas peoples.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Henry Kiefer ? [as Drew Allen] (signed)

Pencils: Henry Kiefer [as Drew Allen] (signed)

Inks: Henry Kiefer [as Drew Allen] (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. The Black Shark was originally called the Lone Shark in the previous issue.

Title: The Phony Haunted House

Characters: The Spider [Tom Halloway]; Weasel Nolan (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 Paralyzer Gun

Characters: The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Pat "Pug" Brady; The Skull Gang (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis: The Clock and Pug come face to face with a weird, masked gang who call themselves the Skull Gang.

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	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11

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