Smash Comics #51

(March 1944)

[Wild Bill Hiccup] (Table of Contents: 1)

Midnight / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Gustavson (signed) (sourced)

Pencils

Paul Gustavson (signed) (sourced)

Inks

Paul Gustavson (signed) (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

Paul Gustavson (signed) (sourced)

Genre

adventure; superhero

Characters

Midnight [Dave Clark]; Wild Bill Hiccup; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby; Sniffer Snoop; Hotfoot; Owl Ousler

Synopsis

Wild Bill Hiccup is so full of gas he floats, plus he never stops hiccuping.

The Case of the Broken Buddha (Table of Contents: 2)

Rookie Rankin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mort Leav

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Rookie Rankin; Bernice; Carl; Ralph; Lucius

Synopsis

Aunt Paisley dies and leaves her collection of Buddha statues to her nephew Ralph. He doesn't know why they're worth anything, but people are dying to get their hands on them.

Indexer Notes

Originally credited "Witmer Williams ?", but does not match his other credited stories in this features. Compared with Leav's signed story in Power Comics #4, everything matches, face of the policeman, large hands, way of running with high lifted knees and some panels without backgrounds. Only the inking is different.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie O'Toole / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bernard Dibble

Inks

Bernard Dibble

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

[The Flying Mountain] (Table of Contents: 4)

The Marksman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Inks

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero; war

Characters

The Marksman [Baron Povalski, aka Major Hurtz]; Anna; Pico; Utu; Machi; Major Mitsui (villain)

Synopsis

From Brazil, The Marksman and Anna follow a Nazi map into the Andes Mountains to a Japanese nest, and there they destroy a hydrogen zeppelin.

[Bismark the Blackmailer] (Table of Contents: 5)

Lady Luck / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Klaus Nordling (signed)

Pencils

Klaus Nordling (signed)

Inks

Klaus Nordling (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

"Brenda Banks, Rich society girl", eh? Hah I seen that face before... under a mask!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Helga (Brenda's maid); Peecolo; Daphne Dymple of the Lady Luck Patrol; Pinky Binnacle; Moxy Bismark (villain)

Synopsis

Daphne is enlisted to help Brenda fool mobster Moxy Bismark, who has learned her secret identity. When Moxy threatens to blackmail Brenda, Daphne dresses as Lady Luck, but is soon captured, and when the mobsters unmask her, Moxy stands there confused. Not only it is not Brenda Banks, but Lady Luck appears to be seriously ill (Daphne had been made up to look as if she had smallpox), and Peecolo, posing as a doctor, is called in to treat her.

Reprints

• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/16/1942 (August 16, 1942)

Crown of Clovis (Table of Contents: 6)

Espionage Starring Black X / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Don Rico (signed)

Inks

Don Rico (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

spy; adventure; war

Characters

Espionage [Black X]; Batu; Lorie; Moreau; Pierre Caubay; Count Dauger

Flight Into the Future (Table of Contents: 7)

Jimmy Christian / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Indexer Notes

text story

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Wun Cloo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Cole (credited as Ralph Johns)

Inks

Jack Cole (credited as Ralph Johns)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wun Cloo! I've been robbed!

Genre

humor; detective-mystery

[The Bar Nothing Ranch] (Table of Contents: 9)

Daffy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Milt Stein ?

Inks

Milt Stein ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; sports

Characters

Daffy; Deke; Red Dog Sam; The Jukes Band

Keywords

wrestling

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

The Jester / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mort Leav

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

They say if you look backward you'll avoid rear attacks, Quinopolis...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Jester; McGinty; Agatha Crispin; Eleanor Crispin; Levitts

Indexer Notes

This resembles Leav's signed story in Wanted Comics (Wanted-Orbit, 1947 series) #52.