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Crack Comics #1 (1940) · The Collector

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Quality Comics
Crack Comics (1940)
#1

Quality Comics#1

Crack Comics

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Crack Comics #1

Publisher: Quality Comics
Cover date: May 1940
On sale: Mar 27, 1940
Cover price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Stories

5 titled

1Lena Heads a Strike...
2Introducing Rock Braddon
3

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Grand Comics Database issue 794

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1st appearance of The Space Legion

1st appearance of Rock Braddon

1st appearance of Captain Graves

1st appearance of Tom Hallaway

1st appearance of The Spider

1st appearance of Molly the Model

1st appearance of Rick Royce

1st appearance of Jim Lockhart

1st appearance of The Red Torpedo

Origin of Madam Fatal

Origin of Richard Stanton

1st appearance of Slap Happy Pappy

1st appearance of Flip

1st appearance of The Black Condor

1st appearance of Richard Grey, Jr. / Thomas Wright

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A down and out-of-luck former heavyweight champion boxer and All-American fullback tries to steal Brian's watch. Later he follows the Clock and saves him from harm by Mayor Kozer, but kills the man in the process. Brian then covers for Brady, disguises himself as the Mayor and infiltrates the gang Kozer once led.

Too Hot to Hold

4Love Bird's Brain Test

5Invasions Stopped Free of Charge!

Credits

Writers: George Brenner, Monte Barrett, Vern Henkel, Paul Gustavson, Harry Campbell, John Devlin, Bob Zuppke, Bob Powell, Rube Goldberg, Henry Kiefer, Art Pinajian, Gill Fox, Will Eisner
Pencillers: George Brenner, Russell Ross, Vern Henkel, Paul Gustavson, Harry Campbell, John Devlin, Walt Depew, Bob Powell, Rube Goldberg, Henry Kiefer, Art Pinajian, Gill Fox, Lou Fine
Inkers: George Brenner, Russell Ross, Vern Henkel, Paul Gustavson, Harry Campbell, John Devlin, Walt Depew, Bob Powell, Rube Goldberg, Henry Kiefer, Art Pinajian, Gill Fox, Lou Fine
Letterer: Paul Gustavson
Cover: Ed Cronin

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Editor: Ed Cronin

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