Crack Comics #9 Values

Publisher: Quality Comics, 1941

About Crack Comics #9

Artists include Jack Cole, Lou Fine, and Paul Gustavson.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Alias the Spider [Tom Hallaway] (inset); The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.] (inset); Jane Arden; The Red Torpedo [Captain Jim Lockhart] (inset)

Pencils: Gill Fox ?

Inks: Gill Fox ?

STORY DETAILS

(17 Stories)

Title: Monks Gallagher

Characters: The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; Dr. Patche (introduction); Jackie (introduction, crime victim); Jackie's wife (introduction); Jackie's son (introduction); Monks Gallagher (villain, introduction); Slugs (villain)

Synopsis: The Condor comes upon a man named Jackie who has been stabbed in the chest and attempts to get medical help for him, and he then notifies the man's wife and lame child of what has happened and that he'll be all right. But the Condor wants to track down the attempted murderer, a man named Gallagher, who has stolen this victim's rights to citizenship and who has threatened to expose him.

Pages: 9.000

Script: ? [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed)

Pencils: Lou Fine

Inks: Lou Fine

Notes: The reprint titles this story "Jackie Boy". Art credits revised from Charles Sultan art to Lou Fine in reference to Jim Amash in The Quality Companion (TwoMorrows, 2011 series) #1 (November, 2011), page 93.

Title: The Tiger Woman

Characters: Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton]; Tiger Woman (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis: Madam Fatal faces his first costumed opponent, The Tiger, who lead a gang of savages retaliating for treasures stolen in her home country. She ends up perishing after going over a stone wall while in conflict with Madam Fatal.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Art Pinajian ?

Pencils: Art Pinajian ?

Inks: Art Pinajian ?

Title: Smashing the Schrecklichkeit

Characters: The Red Torpedo [Jim Lockhart]; Dr. Freiheit (introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain); the Nazis (villains)

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. Drew Allen is Kiefer's pen-name used on the strip.

Title: The Spider: Framed

Characters: The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Chuck; Bill French (villain, introduction); Baldy Riker (villain, introduction); Nick (villain, introduction); Trigger (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. In this story, the Black Widow does the Batman's Batmobile one better: it can careen horizontally along the face of a building.

Title: The Screw Gang

Characters: The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Pat "Pug" Brady; The Screw [David Gratten] (villain, introduction); the Screw Gang (villains, introduction for all)

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	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	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
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
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
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
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5

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