Crack Comics Vol 1 31

"Captain Triumph: "The Return of A. Spade"": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.

Captain Triumph: "The Return of A. Spade"
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Crack Comics Vol 1 #31
October, 1943
Publisher	Quality Comics
Executive Editor	Everett M. Arnold
Cover Artists	Alex Kotzky
Captain Triumph: "The Return of A. Spade"
Pencilers	Alfred Andriola
Inkers	Alfred Andriola
Editors	George E. Brenner
Inkie: "Lightning"
Writers	Al Stahl
Pencilers	Al Stahl
Inkers	Al Stahl
The Clock: "Gun + Killer + Victim = Murder"
Pencilers	George E. Brenner
Inkers	George E. Brenner
Hack O'Hara: "The Hot Swami"
Pencilers	Clark Williams
Inkers	Clark Williams
Pen Miller: "Comics Imitate Life, and Vice Versa"
Writers	Klaus Nordling
Pencilers	Klaus Nordling
Inkers	Klaus Nordling
Perky: "On the Moon"
Writers	Sid Lazarus
Pencilers	Sid Lazarus
Inkers	Sid Lazarus
Black Condor: "Elmer Briggs, United States Senator"
Pencilers	Rudy Palais
Inkers	Rudy Palais
Previous Issue	Crack Comics # 30
Next Issue	Crack Comics # 32

Were you expecting me?

— the Black Condor

Crack Comics #31 is an issue of the series Crack Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 1943.

Appearing in Captain Triumph: "The Return of A. Spade"

Featured Characters:

• Captain Triumph
• spirit of Michael Gallant

Supporting Characters:

• Biff Banks
• Kim Meredith

Antagonists:

• A. Spade (Dies)
  • Torpedo (arrested)
• Carim Bombay (escapes)

Other Characters:

• Ambassador Von Mark
• Eric Peters
• Peggy Von Mark

Locations:

• 
  

Appearing in Inkie: "Lightning"

Featured Characters:

• Inkie

Supporting Characters:

• Al

Antagonists:

• Japanese General
  • Japanese soldiers

Other Characters:

• Lightning Junior
• Lightning Mom (audible, but off-stage)

Locations:

• Crack Comics Art Department
• Tokyo

Items:

• "Japanese Anti-Lightning Short-Circuiting Gadjet, made in USA"

Vehicles:

• flying ash tray
  

Synopsis for The Clock: "Gun + Killer + Victim = Murder"

Joe Doe gets gunned down by a stick-up robber. Butch witnesses the murder and follows the killer to his home, then calls in the Clock. The killer tries to get rough with Butch, but that goes badly for him, and gets noisy, which draws in the Clock, who punches him out.

Appearing in The Clock: "Gun + Killer + Victim = Murder"

Featured Characters:

• The Clock

Supporting Characters:

• Butch Buchanan

Antagonists:

• robber

Other Characters:

• Joe Doe (Dies)

Locations:

• New York City
  

Appearing in Hack O'Hara: "The Hot Swami"

Featured Characters:

• Hack O'Hara

Antagonists:

• Hot Swami
  • Ali

Other Characters:

• FBI agent (Dies)
• cop
• more cops

Locations:

• theater

Animals:

• Leo, a lion

Vehicles:

• O'Hara's Hack
  

Appearing in Pen Miller: "Comics Imitate Life, and Vice Versa"

Featured Characters:

• Pen Miller

Supporting Characters:

• Chop Chu, butler

Antagonists:

• Goldy, convict (condemned)
  • Goldy's two hench morons (both die)
• Benny, convict

Other Characters:

• Prison Warden

Locations:

• Prison
• Poverty Hollow
• Pelican Lake
• Foxhole under Indian Rock
  

Appearing in Perky: "On the Moon"

Featured Characters:

• Perky

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Other Characters:

• Mr. Man in the Moon
• Mrs. Man in the Moon
• Mr. Comet

Locations:

• 
  

Items:

Vehicles:

• 
  

Appearing in Black Condor: "Elmer Briggs, United States Senator"

Featured Characters:

• the Black Condor (Final appearance)

Antagonists:

• Joe Logan, newspaper weasel
  • his gang
  • his fake expert witnesses
  • his impersonators

Other Characters:

• Senator Elmer Briggs, from the Corn Belt
• Senator Dan Bird

Locations:

• Washington, D.C.

Notes

• This issue is the final golden age appearance of the Black Condor.
• In Captain Triumph, Kim gets kidnapped. She also gets slapped around, a lot, by the villain. She also gets head-konked unconscious, with a pistol butt.
• The Clock has gone back to wearing a Spirit-style domino mask.
• Inkie
  • At first, in Crack Comics #28, Al was unaware of Inkie's existence, but in this issue, they converse.
  • Japanese soldiers follow Inkie's adventures in Crack Comics every month, and are big fans.
• Also featured in this issue of Crack Comics were:
  • Molly the Model, by Bernard Dibble
  • Slap Happy Pappy, by Jack Cole
  • Rube Goldberg's Side Show, by Rube Goldberg
  • Ike an' Doo Itt by Jack Cole

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Crack Comics series

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