Smash Comics #20 Values

Publisher: Quality Comics, 1941

About Smash Comics #20

Bozo the Robot cover. Midnight and the Ray stories. Lou Fine, Jack Cole, and Bob Powell art.

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COVER DETAILS

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

Pencils: Gill Fox

Inks: Gill Fox

STORY DETAILS

(15 Stories)

Title: The Curse of the Marshwoods

Characters: The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Timothy Marshwood (introduction); Mr. Marshwood (flashback, introduction, death, in flashback); Jud Marshwood (villain, Tim's uncle, introduction); Slyme (villain, Marshwood family butler, introduction, death)

Synopsis: Happy has been assigned to cover the waterfront for his newspaper and discovers Timothy Marshwood trying to drown himself. Rescuing him, Tim relates the gruesome family history of family members dying violent deaths, usually by their own hands.....and Happy decides to investigate.

Pages: 9.000

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

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

Notes: Some of the story is told in flashback.

Title: Chango the Magician

Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Gabby (a monkey); Chango (villain, introduction)

Pages: 5.000

Script: Jack Cole (signed)

Pencils: Jack Cole (signed)

Inks: Jack Cole (signed)

Letters: Jack Cole

Notes: Chango was Midnight's first "super villain".

Title: Madame Doom Strikes at Sea

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

Pages: 6.000

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

Pencils: John Celardo

Inks: John Celardo

Notes: 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 Scarlet Seal (Barry Moore); Captain Tim Moore; The Panasians (villains, introduction for all)

Pages: 5.000

Script: Harry Francis Campbell [as Harry Campbell] (signed)

Pencils: Harry Francis Campbell [as Harry Campbell] (signed)

Inks: Harry Francis Campbell [as Harry Campbell] (signed)

Notes: Credits suggested by the Who's Who.

Title: The Framing of Tony Segora

Characters: Magno [Tom Dalton]; Tony Segora (introduction, death)

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.

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	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5

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