Smash Comics #14 Values

Publisher: Quality Comics, 1940

About Smash Comics #14

Bozo the Robot cover. First appearance of the Ray. First Quality Brand Emblem and "Quality Comic Group" logo. Gill Fox story, cover, and art. Lou Fine, George Tuska, and Bob Powell art.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Bozo the Robot; Espionage [Black X] (inset); The Ray [Happy Terrill] (inset); The Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston] (inset); Wings Wendall (inset)

Pencils: Gill Fox

Inks: Gill Fox

STORY DETAILS

(15 Stories)

Title: The Legion of Living Bombs

Characters: Espionage [Black X]; Batu; Madame Doom (villain); Mirov (villain)

Synopsis: Black X resigns his commission due to his love for Madame Doom, but her plan to use her men as human explosives so revolts him, he changes his mind.

Pages: 9.000

Script: Will Eisner [as Erwin] (signed)

Pencils: Dan Zolnerowich

Inks: Dan Zolnerowich

Notes: Will Eisner created the Espionage feature, and Will Erwin was a pen name used by Will Eisner (Erwin was Eisner's middle name) until he left the strip after 1940. It also became a house by-line as well for future writers.

Title: The Electric Paralyzer Ray

Characters: Magno [Tom Dalton]; Professor Abbot

Pages: 4.000

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.

Title: Origin of the Ray

Characters: The Ray [Happy Terrill] (newspaper reporter, origin); Professor Styne; Anton Rox (villain)

Synopsis: Cub reporter Happy Terrill gains incredible powers when he rides a balloon through a cosmic storm in the high stratosphere. The balloon mission of Professor Styne also uncovered a new, powerful gas, which is stolen by the thug, Anton Rox.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Will Eisner ?

Pencils: Lou Fine [as E. Lectron] (signed)

Inks: Lou Fine [as E. Elctron] (signed)

Notes: In this adventure only, the Ray's legs were colored as bare instead of yellow.

Characters: The Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston]; John Wallace; Renly (villain); Darke (villain); Matt (villain); Spike (villain)

Synopsis: While on a tropical isle in the south Pacific, the Hood encounters other invisible opponents, who are intent on acquiring valuable gas deposits. Their invisibility was a ruse, but they were surprised when they encountered a "real" ghost.

Pages: 5.000

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

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

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

Characters: The Purple Trio [Tiny Todd; Rocky Hill; Warren]

Synopsis: One of the trio's uncles is president of a steamship company and he tells the boys that he suspects a certain criminal of being in league with spies who are trying to ruin his firm's shipping in the Dardanelles. The Trio immediately volunteers to round up the felon and turn him over to the Turkish Police.

Pages: 6.000

Pencils: Alex Blum [as S. M. Regi] (signed)

Inks: Alex Blum [as S. M. Regi] (signed)

Title: The Monster from the Graveyards

Characters: Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; un-named mad scientist (villain, death); Brutus (villain, introduction, a monster, death)

Synopsis: Bozo truly meets his match in a modern-day Prometheus named Brutus, created by a mad scientist, who stole its body parts from graves. Battling to a stalemate, the encounter only ended when Bozo threw Brutus into his creator, destroying both of them.

Pages: 7.000

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

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

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

Notes: Swiped from Frankenstein.

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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	1	0	0	2	2	1	1	2	5	3	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	29
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
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	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Total	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	1	3	6	4	3	1	3	3	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	37

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