Smash Comics #31 Mile High pedigree (Quality, 1942) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages....

Record Price at Heritage Auctions: $1,912.00

Sold: Feb 22, 2014

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Publisher: Quality Comics, 1942

About Smash Comics #31

Gil Fox cover. Lou Fine, Arthur Peddy, Paul Gustavson, Jim Mooney, Jack Cole, and Alex Blum art.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); The Ray [Happy Terrill] (inset); Espionage [Black X] (inset); Wings Wendall (inset); Rookie Rankin (inset)

Pencils: Gill Fox

Inks: Gill Fox

STORY DETAILS

(13 Stories)

Title: Who Is Monsieur Le Rat?

Characters: The Ray [Happy Terrill] (war correspondent); Bud; Sue Saunders (newspaper woman); Monsieur Le Rat (villain, surveilance device)

Synopsis: In Syria, Happy and Bud meet Sue Saunders of a rival newspaper, and uncovers a French surveillance device disguised as the giant Monsieur le Rat.

Pages: 9.000

Pencils: Lou Fine

Inks: Lou Fine

Notes: After Happy becomes a war correspondent, he couldn't afford to take Bud with him on his adventures. Astonishingly, Bud threatens to reveal the Ray's true identity to the world if Happy refuses to take him along....so Happy caves in.

Characters: The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Detective McGinty; Caraso

Synopsis: The Jester shuts down an illegal gambling joint masquerading as a charity.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Paul Gustavson (signed)

Pencils: Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inks: Paul Gustavson (signed)

Letters: Paul Gustavson

Notes: Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

Title: Snow Valley

Characters: Wildfire [Carol Vance Martin]; Mickey Keene (movie star); kidnappers [Slippery; Red Coles; others unnamed](villains)

Synopsis: Criminals try to kidnap young movie star Micky Keene and Carol Martin in Snow Valley to hold them for ransom, but Wildfire foils their plans.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Robert Turner [as Bob Turner] (signed)

Pencils: Jim Mooney (signed)

Inks: Jim Mooney (signed)

Characters: Kent Thurston; Rogar; Jane Watson; Yar

Synopsis: Rogar wants to know where Prof Watson's lab is, so he kidnaps Jane in order to blackmail the professor.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed)

Pencils: Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed)

Inks: Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed)

Title: The Transmutation Machine

Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Spade (villain); Weasel (villain)

Synopsis: Doc's latest invention can transmute matter from one element to another.......just the thing Spade and Weasel are looking for.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Jack Cole (signed)

Pencils: Jack Cole (signed)

Inks: Jack Cole (signed)

Characters: Espionage [Black X]; Colonel Atwater; Batu; Madame Doom (villain); Herr Klotz (villain)

Synopsis: Klotz and his spies occupy a secret floor in the Cronin Building.

Pages: 6.000

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

Pencils: Witmer Williams

Inks: Witmer Williams

Notes: Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.

Characters: The Red Menace; Wings Wendall; Diane Westcott

Synopsis: The Red Menace has a deadly atomic bomb with which he plans to conquer the world.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Vernon Henkel (signed)

Pencils: Vernon Henkel (signed)

Inks: Vernon Henkel (signed)

Characters: Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Kurt; Eric; Alan Hall

Synopsis: Hugh and Bozo track down two spies who shot a security guard in a defense plant. They kidnap an American scientist and force him to make a new explosive.

Pages: 7.000

Script: George Brenner ?

Pencils: George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed)

Inks: George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (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	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	8
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	8

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