Smash Comics #33 is an issue of the series Smash Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of May, 1942.
Synopsis for The Ray: "American Correspondent, Prisoner of Japs!"
Happy Terrill's give a play-by-play when the American fighter plane he's in gets into a dogfight with Japanese plans, up until it's shot down and goes into the drink. When he and the pilot are picked up by a Japanese ship, he takes the opportunity to wreak some havoc on the Japanese forces within their own camp as the Ray.
Appearing in The Ray: "American Correspondent, Prisoner of Japs!"
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Synopsis for Espionage Starring Black X: "Bomber Test"
Appearing in Espionage Starring Black X: "Bomber Test"
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Synopsis for Bozo the Robot: "The Radio-Controlled Bomb"
Appearing in Bozo the Robot: "The Radio-Controlled Bomb"
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Synopsis for Wildfire: "Rocky Lloyd"
Appearing in Wildfire: "Rocky Lloyd"
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- Mr. Martin
- Mrs. Martin
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- Rocky Lloyd
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Synopsis for The Jester: "Tire Thieves"
Chuck Lane's walking his beat and passes a parking garage when he notices something funny's going on. The men inside start shooting at him, but he gets the drop on them by hanging his coat onto a broom to make it look like he was standing in front of a window. In reality, he was sneaking up on them from behind as the Jester. Turns out the men were stealing tires, which are worth a king's ransom with a war on.
Appearing in The Jester: "Tire Thieves"
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- McGinty
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Synopsis for Midnight: "Deep in the Everglades of Florida"
Dave Clark, Dr. Wackey and Gabby show up in the Florida Everglades looking to do some gator hunting, but all the locals they ask for guide service run away in terror. One old timer agrees to sell them his boat, not hire it, because he isn't crazy enough to go into the haunted swamp, either! Finding all this very strange, but undeterred, the three find a gator and Dave dives in to wrestle it into submission. While posing for a picture with his catch, he's suddenly attacked by a falcon that strikes a dog with its talons and kills the animal. He saw leather straps tied to its legs while it was attacking, and realizes it had to be a trained animal and that was a deliberate attack. While Dave wasn't looking, however, some swamp savages kidnapped Dr. Wackey, and take him back to their village to be sacrificed, like everyone else who'd gone missing in the swamp. Midnight's captured while trying to rescue his friend, and the lady running the show explains how her great-grandfather served on a slave ship, but helped these people's ancestors escape and build a home in the swamp to ensure they'd be free. Gabby pretends to be a spirit of the ancestors to give Midnight and his pals the chance to escape, along with the queen. Seeing the civilized world outside the swamp, she realizes the tribe being enslaved is no longer a danger, and goes back to help them integrate with the modern world.
Appearing in Midnight: "Deep in the Everglades of Florida"
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- The White Queen
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Synopsis for Purple Trio: "Mrs. Van Norten's Japanese Servants"
Appearing in Purple Trio: "Mrs. Van Norten's Japanese Servants"
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- The Purple Trio:
- Rocky Hill, strongman
- Tiny Todd, midget
- Warren, ventriloquist
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- Mrs. Van Norten
- Professor Dawson
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Synopsis for Wings Wendall: "In Alaska"
Appearing in Wings Wendall: "In Alaska"
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- Spinner Benson
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Synopsis for Rookie Rankin: "The Wrong German"
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Synopsis for The Marksman: "The Russian Traitor"
Appearing in The Marksman: "The Russian Traitor"
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- Vorka
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- Gadjoff
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Notes
- Also appearing in this issue of Smash Comics were:
- Archie O'Toole, by John Devlin
- Wun Cloo, by Jack Cole
Trivia
- This issue's Espionage story is signed by "Will Erwin."
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