Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1942-11-13
Editing: John Beardsley (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Crack Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series) #27 Edit Cover
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Meet Captain Triumph
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Captain Triumph / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
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Captain Triumph [Lance Gallant]

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2.

[Introducing Captain Triumph!]
(Table of Contents: 1)

Captain Triumph / comic story / 13 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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Captain Triumph [Lance and Michael Gallant] (introduction); Kim Meredith (Michael's girlfriend); Pop Mason (Michael's friend); Otto Ratter (villain); Baron von Bragg (villain)
Synopsis:
When Michael Gallant is killed, his brother Lance vows to fight evil. His brother's ghost appears in order to hold him to that promise. When Lance rubs the birthmark on his arm, his brother's ghost will combine with him into one super-powered individual.

Indexer Notes

Alfred Andriola was the creator of this character, obviously based on Fawcett's Captain Marvel.

[The Jap Zero...]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Spitfire / comic story / 8 pages

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Al McWilliams (signed)
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Al McWilliams (signed)
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  • Genre:aviation; adventure
Characters:
Spitfire [Tex Adams]

Indexer Notes

Last appearance of feature. Other companies will have features named Spitfire, but they are unrelated.

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

Slap Happy Pappy / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Halp! Where ya takin' me to. Zeke?
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Slap Happy Pappy; Zeke

The Secret of the Hills
(Table of Contents: 4)

The Black Condor / comic story / 9 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr. as Senator Thomas Wright]; Professor Tinker; the Do-Bos
Synopsis:
The Condor aids Professor Tinker and his weird, invisible and prescient Do-Bos, when crooks seek to acquire them. Tinker's place is set aflame, allegedly killing the Do-Bos.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 5)

Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Okay, Danny, I'll do it as a favor
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Molly The Model; Danny; Bad News Brannigan
Synopsis:
Molly tries to teach a boxer some dance moves.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Molly the Model / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jove! A real Javanese Fantail!
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Molly The Model; Mr. Fitzwillie; Mr. Maloney (Molly's father); Mrs. Fitzwillie
Synopsis:
Molly has her dad deliver a rare fish to Fitzwillie.

[Maharaja of Maraka]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Alias the Spider / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Maharaja of Maraka (villain)

Indexer Notes

Gustavson script credit from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

Art credits suggested by the Who's Who and agreed to by Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash in the Quality Companion.

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

Hack O'Hara / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Criminals use Hack O'Hara's taxi for a slaughterhouse...
Characters:
Hack O'Hara
Synopsis:
Hack has a fare murdered in his cab. His nephew, Little Ned, needs a lifesaving operation.

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Saltarella. Previous indexer had credited "Bob Powell ?", but since the title was incorrect, they may have been looking at another story.

The Great Invention
(Table of Contents: 9)

Eric Vale / text story / 1.6 pages

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typeset
  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Eric Vale

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

statement of ownership / 0.4 page

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typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of Ownership: Publisher: Comic Magazines, Inc. 322 Main St., Stamford, Connecticut. Editor: John Beardsley. Owners: Claire C. Arnold, Everett M. Arnold, Henry P. Martin, Jr. Submitted, September 26, 1942.

Little Butch
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Rube Goldberg's Side Show / comic story / 0.33 page

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  • Genre:humor

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strip reprint

Brad and Dad
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Rube Goldberg's Side Show / comic story / 0.33 page

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  • Genre:humor

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strip reprint

Weekly Invention
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Rube Goldberg's Side Show / comic story / 0.34 page

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  • Genre:humor

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strip reprint

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 14)

Pen Miller / comic story / 5 pages

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Klaus Nordling (signed as Klaus)
Inks:
Klaus Nordling (signed as Klaus)
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  • Genre:detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I could use a couple of new ideas...
Characters:
Pen Miller

The House of Horror
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The Clock / comic story / 9 pages

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  • Genre:detective-mystery; superhero
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The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Butch (The Clock's aide); The Orchid; Cora Vultan (Cyrus' sister); Cyrus Vultan (villain)
Synopsis:
The Orchid sends the Clock to confront Cyrus Vultan, a smuggler and thief who keeps his own sister captive in his gothic style country house, Morgan Manor.
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Meet Captain Triumph
    Captain Triumph
  2. [Introducing Captain Triumph!]
    Captain Triumph
  3. [The Jap Zero...]
    Spitfire
  4. ["Halp! Where ya takin' me to. Zeke?"]
    Slap Happy Pappy
  5. The Secret of the Hills
    The Black Condor
  6. ["Okay, Danny, I'll do it as a favor"]
    Molly the Model
  7. ["Jove! A real Javanese Fantail!"]
    Molly the Model
  8. [Maharaja of Maraka]
    Alias the Spider
  9. ["Criminals use Hack O'Hara's taxi for a slaughterhouse..."]
    Hack O'Hara
  10. The Great Invention
    Eric Vale
  11. [no title indexed]
  12. Little Butch
    Rube Goldberg's Side Show
  13. Brad and Dad
    Rube Goldberg's Side Show
  14. Weekly Invention
    Rube Goldberg's Side Show
  15. ["I could use a couple of new ideas..."]
    Pen Miller
  16. The House of Horror
    The Clock
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