Smash Comics #56 is an issue of the series Smash Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 1944.
Synopsis for Midnight: "The Laughing Killer"
Appearing in Midnight: "The Laughing Killer"
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- Gabby, the talking monkey
- Doc Wackey
- Sniffer Snoop
- Hot-Foot, a baby polar bear
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Synopsis for Espionage Starring Black X: "Black X Marks the Spot"
Appearing in Espionage Starring Black X: "Black X Marks the Spot"
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- Taoten, China
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Synopsis for Rookie Rankin: "The Boogie Woogie Dirge"
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Synopsis for Lady Luck: "Murder in the Ring"
Appearing in Lady Luck: "Murder in the Ring"
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Synopsis for Marksman: "Field of Giants"
Japanese chemists and soldiers attempt to build a poison gas factory in the "Field of Giants," a vast plateau in the Andes, littered with titanic fossilized skeletons. The Marksman finds out about it, and Anna comes along, as he climbs for several days, from the sweltering jungle to the frigid slopes. The Japanese force manages to ambush the Marksman, then both sides are surprised by a charging dinosaur! Povalski shoots it in one eye, grabs Anna out of the way, and narrowly misses being trampled. The arrow has pierced the beast's tiny brain, and it topples onto the Japanese agents, who are killed.
Appearing in Marksman: "Field of Giants"
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- Anna
- Juan
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- Japanese Military
- Captain Kioto
- his troops
- Captain Hinushi
- Captain Kioto
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- conscripted peons
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- a dinosaur (Dies)
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- South America
- deserted bay on the western coast, in the Tropics
- Andes
- Field of Giants
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- Japanese Submarine
Synopsis for Daffy: "The Vanderast Phantom"
Appearing in Daffy: "The Vanderast Phantom"
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Synopsis for The Jester: "The Peril of the Poisoned Pie"
While gearing up to end a blind date, Chuck Lane has to become the Jester to figure out who tried to poison a wealthy man. It turns out not to have been the chemist he knows, Dennis Harpe but the man's duplicitous partner who wanted to seize control of the thriving chemical business.
Appearing in The Jester: "The Peril of the Poisoned Pie"
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- Detective Hustace McGinty
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- Max Lubold, Harpe's partner
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- Celeste, the maid
- Bridget, the cook
- Mr. Palmer, the boss
- Myrna Palmer, the daughter
- Dennis Harpe, famous chemist
- NYPD Cops
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- Quinopolis
Notes
- Also featured in this issue of Smash Comics were:
- Archie O'Toole by Bernard Dibble
- Jimmy Christian: "Mountains of the Moon" (text story)
- Wun Cloo, art by Jack Cole
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