Crack Comics #45

In "King, the Jack of All Trades," Lance is on edge when celebrity King Costain returns to town, drawing the attention of his friends Kim and Biff. Soon, a mysterious criminal calling himself The King arrives, seizing control of the local rackets, and Captain Triumph is determined to uncover the truth behind the man's sudden return.

In this 1946 humor tale from Crack Comics #45, Beezy’s family and cousin Battie go to absurd lengths to cure his infatuation with showgirl Yvonne de Hubba—only to spark a chaotic brawl that leaves Beezy reevaluating his taste in chorus girls.

Cab driver Hack O'Hara picks up a seemingly harmless old man, J. Barrett Crispin, for a ride through the park—but the passenger's mysterious behavior and hasty disappearance spark a chain of events that draws Hack into a web of greed and deception involving Crispin's scheming relatives and his unscrupulous attorney, Storp. When a man claiming to be Crispin's half-brother arrives with a deed to the entire fortune, Hack's instincts tell him something's terribly wrong, and he finds himself racing against time to uncover the truth before an innocent person takes the fall. What begins as a simple cab ride becomes a dangerous game of hidden identities and clever schemes.

In this 1946 humor tale from Crack Comics #45, Pop’s indignation over Molly’s revealing photo portfolio takes a wild turn when he’s arrested for indecent exposure after tumbling out of a window—still wrapped only in a towel.

Jo Maloney shows up at Fitz’s house in full formal wear, convinced he’s about to meet a glamorous new love interest—only to find Fitz’s latest project is a meticulously detailed model ship. The joke lands with a quiet, deadpan punch, turning Maloney’s romantic expectations into a classic case of mistaken identity.

When Billy Brown's parents ban fairy tales from the house, a pint-sized character claiming to be Tom Thumb emerges from the discarded books—though he insists his name is Inkie and he's no storybook character at all. Determined to change Papa and Mama Brown's minds about fairy tale folk, Inkie puts on a Tom Thumb costume and orchestrates a series of helpful (and increasingly impossible) household tasks that just might convince the skeptical parents that magic is real after all.