Smash Comics #45 is an issue of the series Smash Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of August, 1943.
Synopsis for Midnight: "Murder Isn't Any Joke"
Appearing in Midnight: "Murder Isn't Any Joke"
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- Gabby
- Doc Wackey
- Sniffer Snoop
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- Hot Dog
- J. T. Horgan
- Bill Thompson
- Fenley
- John Henry
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Synopsis for Marksman: "The Great Swamp"
Appearing in Marksman: "The Great Swamp"
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- Stephanie Winowski
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Synopsis for Espionage Starring Black X: "Traitor's Doom"
Appearing in Espionage Starring Black X: "Traitor's Doom"
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- Archibald Haw
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Synopsis for Lady Luck: "Tony Nitro"
Appearing in Lady Luck: "Tony Nitro"
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- Lady Luck Patrol (First appearance)
- Daphne Dymple (First appearance)
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- Tony Nitro
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- Peecolo
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Synopsis for Daffy: "Daffy Meets Jack the Ripper"
Daffy's inherited clock turns out to be a time machine.
Appearing in Daffy: "Daffy Meets Jack the Ripper"
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- Daffy's grandfather (Single appearance; dies)
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- Jack the Ripper
Other Characters:
- Mr. Starr (film director)
- Mr. De Chill (actor)
- Mr. Lucre (studio executive)
- Confederate solders
- John L. Sullivan (Mentioned only)
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Synopsis for "Yankee Eagle: The Mouldering Page"
Appearing in "Yankee Eagle: The Mouldering Page"
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Synopsis for Rookie Rankin: "The Hit-and-Run Killers"
Appearing in Rookie Rankin: "The Hit-and-Run Killers"
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- James Sleezy
Other Characters:
- Joe Stentor
- Rose
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Synopsis for Jester: "The Jester Is a Heel"
Detective McGinty finds himself charged with babysitting his nephew, who runs off and becomes an accessory to a pair of thieves trying to steal a diamond necklace. He finds himself immensely dislike the Jester when the hero tries to stop his "fun". In the end, McGinty's sister finds her brother, covered in filth from chasing the kid down, with his hand around the boy's neck. She quickly erupts into a firebrand demanding Chuck Lane arrest the man, and that as soon as she finds her brother, he'll throw the book at the violent lowlife. Having no will to resist such an angry woman, Lane puts McGinty in a cell as she orders.
Appearing in Jester: "The Jester Is a Heel"
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- Hustace McGinty
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- "Hoiman" and nameless accomplice
Other Characters:
- Thomas, McGinty's nephew
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Notes
- Also featured in this issue of Smash Comics were:
- Wun Cloo: "Ahaaa! Killer McCree!", by Jack Cole
- Archie O'Toole: "Behold his highness playing hookey...", by Bernard Dibble
- Mystery Mine (text story)
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