Smash Comics #22 Values

Publisher: Quality Comics, 1941

About Smash Comics #22

Jester features begin. George Brenner Bozo the Robot cover. Jack Cole, Lou Fine, Bob Powell, Vernon Henkel, and Paul Gustavson art.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Bozo the Robot; The Ray [Happy Terrill] (inset); Midnight [Dave Clark] (inset); Espionage [Black X] (inset); The Jester [Chuck Lane] (inset)

Pencils: George Brenner

Inks: George Brenner

STORY DETAILS

(14 Stories)

Title: The Return of Captain Blue

Characters: The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Bud [once known as Jackie]; Lupo (villain, a wraith, dream); King Peveral (villain, dream); Blitzen (villain, a six-legged horse, dream); Kulik (villain, dream); Captain Blue (villain, dream)

Synopsis: Bud returns home as he ward of Happy Terrill, whom he no longer remembers to be the Ray for some reason. That night, Bud has a dream that wraith Lupo kidnaps him and takes him on Blitzen to Elixir, the realm of King Percival, where he and the Ray battle Captain Blue again.

Pages: 9.000

Pencils: Lou Fine

Inks: Lou Fine

Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Gabby (a monkey)

Synopsis: When Dave goes to work at the radio station, he sends Gabby on a mission to expose two dueling milk companies that are endangering the public. When Midnight is captured and the crooks attempt to unmask him, he protects his identity by making a nonstop series of funny faces until Gabby manages to free him.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Jack Cole

Pencils: Jack Cole

Inks: Jack Cole

Characters: The Jester [Charles "Chuck" Lane] (police officer, introduction); Inspector Mulligan; Mrs. Van Cornish; Looie the Mouse (villain)

Synopsis: Lane calls on a wealthy woman whose fortune is targeted by Looie the Mouse, and, as the Jester, hogties the thug and throws him out the window of her home, which greatly displeases the inspector.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Paul Gustavson

Pencils: Paul Gustavson

Inks: Paul Gustavson

Letters: Paul Gustavson

Notes: The Jester uses a rubber clown head (dubbed "Quinopolis in Smash #47) to bean his pursuers and as a calling card to taunt the police. Jester's costume sports a skull on it, which has disappeared by the 7th story. Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

Title: Defending Suez

Characters: Espionage [Black X]; Batu

Pages: 6.000

Script: Lane French [as Will Erwin] (signed)

Pencils: Witmer Williams (signed)

Inks: Witmer Williams (signed)

Notes: Williams is credited on drawing this feature. Writer revision from Eisner to French by Craig Delich. Will Eisner created the Espionage feature, and Will Erwin was a pen name used by Will Eisner (Erwin was Eisner's middle name), but it also became a house by-line after Eisner's tenure after 1940. Lane French wrote the feature in 1941, followed by Toni Blum (1942) and Otto Binder (1942-43).

Characters: The Red Seal [Barry Moore]; Captain Tim Moore

Synopsis: The Seal invents a complex scheme to save his father's job, which was on the line because the captain had failed to catch the Scarlet Seal.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Harry Francis Campbell [as Duane Byrd Monroe] (signed)

Pencils: Harry Francis Campbell [as Duane Byrd Monroe] (signed)

Inks: Harry Francis Campbell [as Duane Byrd Monroe] (signed)

Notes: Credits suggested by the Who's Who.

Characters: Abdul; Hassan; Fawida; Aman; Ibn Kawir gang

Synopsis: Abdul and Hassan have to play bodyguard to a little princess.

Pages: 4.000

Script: Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts] (signed)

Pencils: Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts] (signed)

Inks: Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts] (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	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6
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	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8

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