Smash Comics #41 Values

Publisher: Quality Comics, 1943

About Smash Comics #41

The last Bozo the Robot story is in this issue. Midnight cover by Reed Crandall. Art by Joe Kubert, Paul Gustavson, Fred Guardineer, Gill Fox, and George Brenner.

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COVER DETAILS

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

Pencils: Paul Gustavson

Inks: Paul Gustavson

Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

STORY DETAILS

(10 Stories)

Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); O'Toole; Private Klink

Synopsis: Doc Wackey shows his latest gadget to the army and destroys half the city in the process.

Pages: 11.000

Script: Paul Gustavson

Pencils: Paul Gustavson

Inks: Paul Gustavson

Letters: Paul Gustavson

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

Title: The Amber Trap

Characters: Espionage [Black X]; Batu; Madame Doom (villain); Professor Stultz (villain); Colonel Atwater; Ted Winston; Bob; Anderson; Waterson

Synopsis: Madame Doom is killing people with plastic to make them horrifying exhibits to demoralize the Allies.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Otto Binder ?

Pencils: Joe Kubert

Inks: Joe Kubert

Notes: Writer credit 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).

Title: Collecting Scrap

Characters: Henry Doaks; Elmer; Percy; Hugh Hazzard

Synopsis: Kids gather scrap metal for the war effort, then get into a scrape over who owns the scrap.

Pages: 5.000

Script: George Brenner

Pencils: George Brenner

Inks: George Brenner

Notes: Last appearance.

Characters: The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Detective Hustace McGinty; Penelope (villain); Lady Satan (villain)

Synopsis: McGinty, upset when he reads his own obituary in the paper, along with the Jester, barely escape Lady Satan, who is the strongarm for a woman that marries men for their life insurance policies.

Pages: 7.000

Script: Paul Gustavson

Pencils: Paul Gustavson

Inks: Paul Gustavson

Letters: Paul Gustavson

Notes: Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. Later swiped for the Nitro story, "Nitro Meets the Scorpion" Dime Comics #24 (Bell Features).

Title: Heiress Still Missing

Characters: Yankee Eagle [Larry Noble]; Dinah Shane; Wenner

Synopsis: Larry gets hired for a stunt job, but it's all a plot to pin a murder on him, if he doesn't die in the stunt that is.

Pages: 8.000

Pencils: Al Gabriele (signed)

Inks: Al Gabriele (signed)

Characters: The Marksman [Baron Povalski, aka Major Hurtz]; Dr. Valdu (villain); Shamar Valdu; Schultz-Klink; Abdul; Zoga

Synopsis: The Marksman is in El Nefud to get a cure for a disease from a discredited doctor.

Pages: 7.000

Script: Fred Guardineer [as Fred] (signed)

Pencils: Fred Guardineer [as Fred] (signed)

Inks: Fred Guardineer [as Fred] (signed)

Letters: Fred Guardineer ?

Notes: Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2013-5-4. Valdu gets called Valdo once. Story swiped from The Spirit story of July 20, 1941.

Characters: Daffy Dill (introduction); Deke Parsons (villain, wrestling manager)

Synopsis: Daffy searches for Deke, her former (crooked) wrestling manager, who has fled to the big city.

Pages: 7.000

Script: Gill Fox

Pencils: Gill Fox

Inks: Gill Fox

Notes: Story reads like there were earlier chapters, but there weren't. Daffy is an Amazonian woman wrestler.

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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	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	7
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
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	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	8

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