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Cover: Reed Crandall
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Modern Comics #73

May 1948 · Quality Comics · 0.10 USD
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Modern Comics #73 is an anthology featuring two main stories. "Blackhawk Descends Upon the Saboteurs" follows the military aviator hero confronting enemy saboteurs. "Torchy" depicts the titular character in her studio where she encounters a woman and must navigate a social situation involving mistaken identities and confusion over a cadillac and a friend named Reggie, culminating in comic misunderstandings at a social gathering.

Contains 7 stories
The Saboteur
13 pp · Adventure, War
Nitro (first appearancevillaindeath)

The Blackhawks find themselves falsely accused of sabotage when evidence from their planes surfaces at the scene of a devastating forest fire, forcing them to clear their names while a shadowy enemy continues to strike at America's vital infrastructure. As the team races to uncover the true saboteur behind a wave of attacks on dams, trains, and steel plants, they discover an enemy agent operating in their midst—one with access to their own equipment. With the nation in crisis and their reputation in tatters, the Blackhawks must track down the real culprit before the country tears itself apart from within.

The Murderous Model Gig
6 pp · Humor
The Royal Exiles of Slombodka
6 pp · Humor

Two con artists spot a fortune when exiled royals from Slombodka gather to mourn their lost emperor—and hatch a scheme to pass off an unsuspecting waiter named Dogtag as the real deal in "The Royal Exiles of Slombodka." But keeping up the impersonation proves trickier than they bargained for, especially when their fake emperor starts behaving nothing like the genuine article. This 1948 humor romp from Modern Comics #73 is a delightful game of mistaken identity that spirals into absolute chaos.

The Tiger Hunt
6 pp · Humor
Will Bragg
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor
Ezra's Double
7 pp · Humor, Teen
Tip-Top Employment Agency
6 pp

A would-be actress heads to a fancy audition through an employment agency, only to discover that landing the part of a French maid requires speaking actual French—which she doesn't. When she and a fellow job-seeker decide to pose as a married couple to land positions at producer Gregory Velasco's estate, their improvisational skills are put to the test in the kitchen, with increasingly chaotic results. What starts as a scheme to impress their way into movie contracts spirals into a night of culinary disasters that somehow leads to an unexpected turn of fortune.

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $15
CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $620*
CGC 9.0 none in existence
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $300*
CGC 8.0 none in existence
CGC 7.5 none in existence
CGC 7.0 · 2 in census $157*
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CGC 6.5 none in existence
CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $114*
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Full credits

cover pencils, inks Reed Crandall

Reprints

Reprinted in Bill Ward's Torchy #1 (1991), Torchy #2 (2009), Men of Mystery Comics #114 (2020), Gwandanaland Comics #1121

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