Crack Comics #17 Mile High pedigree (Quality, 1941) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages....

Auction amount: $3,585.00

Sold: Aug 9, 2014

Crack Comics #17 Values

Publisher: Quality Comics, 1941

About Crack Comics #17

Lou Fine, Fred Guardineer, Paul Gustavson, and Rube Goldberg art.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr. as Senator Tom Wright] (inset); Molly the Model (inset); The Spider [Tom Hallaway] (inset); Ned Brant 9Inset)

Pencils: Gill Fox ?

Inks: Gill Fox ?

STORY DETAILS

(20 Stories)

Title: A flying enemy of all evil...

Characters: The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr. as Senator Thomas Wright]; Wendy Foster; Dr. Foster; Senator Jaspar Crow (villain); Fifth Columnists (villains)

Synopsis: When Senator Wright sides with the Indians on a proposed tax bill, Jaspar Crow objects because he stands to gain from it. A group of fifth columnists incite the Indians, who then turn on the tax collectors, forcing the Condor to use his Black Ray to help turn some of the Indians to his side.

Pages: 9.000

Pencils: Lou Fine [as Louis K. Fine] (signed)

Inks: Lou Fine [as Louis K. Fine] (signed)

Title: The Red Torpedo vs. the Black Shark

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

Synopsis: The Red Torpedo goes fearlessly into the lair of the Black Shark via parachute without his ship.

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.

Title: The Monster Men

Characters: The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Leader of the Green Horde (villain); The Green Hoard (villains)

Synopsis: In Manhattan, green gas was unleashed by the Green Horde, an army of monster men. The Spider succumbed to the gas and was taken beneath the streets to their leader, who claimed that his network of caverns criss-crossed the Earth. The Spider eventually choked him into unconsciousness and his Horde fell asleep as well.

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.

Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license

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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	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	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
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	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	11

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