Smash Comics #39 Crowley Copy Pedigree (Quality, 1943) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white pages....

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Smash Comics #39 Values

Publisher: Quality Comics, 1943

About Smash Comics #39

Reed Crandall cover. Paul Gustavson, Fred Guardineer, and Jack Cole art.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Black X (inset)

Pencils: Reed Crandall

Inks: Reed Crandall

STORY DETAILS

(11 Stories)

Title: The Absent Minded Corpse!

Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Sam Benson; Dan Benson

Synopsis: Sam and Dan are twins. One of them shoots the other, but has amnesia, so who's really alive and who's really dead?

Pages: 9.000

Script: Paul Gustavson

Pencils: Paul Gustavson

Inks: Paul Gustavson

Letters: Paul Gustavson

Notes: Credits revised as follows by Craig Delich 2013-9-3: Writer from Jack Cole ? to ?, and art from Jack Cole ? to Gustavson per Jim Amash in the Quality Companion (November 2011). Amash states that Gustavson vainly tries to imitate Cole on his first few unsigned stories. The Who's Who only lists Gustavson as artist on this strip. All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

Characters: Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Zeke Punkinhed; Killer McSnarley (villain)

Synopsis: Bozo crosses the path of a loveable hillbilly named Zeke Punkinhed as he pursues a wanted criminal.

Pages: 5.000

Script: George Brenner ?

Pencils: George Brenner (signed)

Inks: George Brenner (signed)

Notes: The top portion of every page of this story includes a sort of "parallel story,", which mirrors Bozo's adventure as a sort of morality play involving a cat and a mouse.

Title: The Borgen Art Gallery

Characters: Rookie Rankin; Dr. Schoor

Pages: 8.000

Pencils: Witmer Williams

Inks: Witmer Williams

Notes: Originally credited "Rudy Palais ?" on ink, but Palais has a very marked line from the eye down the cheek in sideview and also a peculiar blot as nostril not connected to the wing of the nose. Not him here. Compare faces in his "Ray" story. The art is identical to William's other credited stories in this feature, #40 and #41, and his signed "Eagle Evans" story in Police Comics #1. Most faces in nearly frontview with only one ear showing, and very large rounded jaw and chin are special.

Title: Oscar Slott

Characters: The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Bud; Carol Hines (daughter of Mr. Hines); Mr. Hines (newspaper editor); Oscar Slott (villain)

Synopsis: When Happy Terrill's editor's daughter is kidnapped by the Nazi's, he's forced to fire Terrill and cover up Nazi sabotage.

Pages: 6.000

Pencils: Rudy Palais

Inks: Rudy Palais

Title: The Story of a Blind Man Who Could See

Characters: Black X; Batu; Herr Dumm; Dr. Christian

Pages: 8.000

Script: Toni Blum ?; Otto Binder ?

Pencils: Nat Edson

Inks: Nat Edson

Notes: Nat Edson is recognised by his skewed faces and mouths, very evident on page 2. Compare with his many Roy Rogers stories for Dell. Script credits suggested by the Who's Who.

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Characters: The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Detective Hustace McGinty; Oscar Oople

Pages: 7.000

Script: Paul Gustavson

Pencils: Paul Gustavson

Inks: Paul Gustavson

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

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