Smash Comics #9

This April 1940 issue of Smash Comics opens with a tense struggle right on the cover — a cornered criminal brandishes a pistol and clutches a knife while grappling with the spy hero Black X, snarling "You'll never take me alive, Black X!" Will Eisner's cover art crackles with raw physical energy, capturing that split-second where the fight could go either way. Inside, 64 pages of adventure, thrills, and humor await, with a roster that includes Bozo the Robot, Wings Wendall, Invisible Hood, Clip Chance, and the espionage-driven Black X headlining a genuinely packed Golden Age anthology.