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Smash Comics #38 (1942)

Quality Comics · 1942 · 68 pages

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ContinueSmash Comics #39 →
Contains 10 stories
Cave-Man Menace
11 pp · adventure; superhero
Midnight [Dave Clark]Gabby (a monkey)Doc Mortimer WackeySir SquinchworthLady SquinchworthZor the CavemanTwo-Face (villain)(see notes below)

In "Cave-Man Menace," Sir Squinchworth’s latest Siberian expedition unleashes a primal threat when he brings back a living caveman, setting off a chain of events that draw Midnight into the hidden world of the Dingling Brothah's Circus. There, amid the mistreated and forgotten, Midnight connects with Zor, a lonely soul whose quiet defiance sparks a fragile hope.

Untitled story
1 pp · humor; children
The Prophecy
7 pp · adventure; war
The Marksman [Baron Povalski, aka Major Hurtz]Madame WipaskyBlack WilhelmVorka
The Cornfield-McJug Feud
5 pp · science fiction
Bozo the RobotHugh HazzardLem CornfieldCy McJug

When a long-standing feud between Lem Cornfield and Cy McJug brings the two rivals to Big City for a week's respite, fate has other plans—their chance encounters with local criminals inadvertently expose the hideouts of underworld bosses Scar Maloin and Shiv Blade, who are plotting to flood the nation with crime once Prohibition returns to law. Hugh Hazzard and Bozo the Robot seize the unexpected opportunity to round up the dangerous pair before their scheme can take root. In this tale by George E. Brenner, a backwoods feud becomes the unlikely catalyst for bringing two of the country's worst criminals to justice.

The Kleptomaniac
7 pp · superhero
The Jester [Chuck Lane]detective Hustace McGintyTerwilliger J. Thump
Untitled story
8 pp · spy
Espionage [Black X]BatuTonga BeyVon PapBlack Ogre (villain)
The Man of a Hundred Heads
6 pp · superhero
The Ray [Happy Terrill]Sue SaundersThe Headsman (villain)

In "The Man of a Hundred Heads," Ray—Happy Terrill—finds his budding romance with Sue Saunders tested when he must protect her from the terrifying, axe-wielding Headsman, all while balancing the dangers of his secret identity. The story unfolds with a tense mix of personal stakes and superhero action, as love and peril collide in a classic 1942 adventure.

The Warehouser's Beat
8 pp · detective-mystery
Rookie RankinThe WarehousersWarden JonesCommissioner
Untitled story
1 pp · humor; detective-mystery
Wun Cloo
Men Marked for Death!
8 pp · adventure; war
Yankee Eagle [Larry Noble] (introduction)

When a millionaire nitrate director is murdered and framed as a suicide, the Yankee Eagle finds himself entangled in a deadly conspiracy involving foreign espionage and a stolen proxy vote. Larry Noble must use his stunt-man skills to expose a forger and stop a saboteur's scheme to keep vital war resources from reaching the United States. A gripping wartime tale of deception and danger that asks whether one hero can stay one step ahead of the shadows closing in.

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