Smash Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of February, 1946.
Synopsis for Midnight: "It's a Small World"
Appearing in Midnight: "It's a Small World"
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- Gabby, the talking monkey
- Doc Wackey
- Sniffer Snoop
- Hot-Foot, a baby polar bear
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Synopsis for Spunky: "Suited for Trouble"
Appearing in Spunky: "Suited for Trouble"
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- Spunky
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Synopsis for Rookie Rankin: "The Sinister Shiek"
Appearing in Rookie Rankin: "The Sinister Shiek"
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- Shiek
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Synopsis for Lady Luck: "Arson on the Stage"
Appearing in Lady Luck: "Arson on the Stage"
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Synopsis for Espionage: "The Tyrant of Chengow"
Appearing in Espionage: "The Tyrant of Chengow"
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- Tyrant of Chengow (Dies)
- his loyal impersonator (Dies)
- his troops (some die)
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- Chinese troops
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- Chengow, China
Synopsis for Daffy: "Captain Barnley, the Cheapskate"
Appearing in Daffy: "Captain Barnley, the Cheapskate"
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- Captain Barnley
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Synopsis for The Jester: "The Theft of the Wabi Pearls"
A pearl necklace worth $300k is stolen, but there appear to be no leads. As the Jester, Officer Lane finds out the attending physician was planning to sell the necklace to a buy outside the country by hiding it in a hollowed out stick of bologna.
Appearing in The Jester: "The Theft of the Wabi Pearls"
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- Police Chief Hustace McGinty
- his cops
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- Quinopolis
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Notes
- Starting next issue, Espionage changes its title to Black X.
- Batu gets head-konked unconscious with a thrown hammer.
- The Tyrant gets throat-stabbed dead with a bayonet, right on panel, complete with spurting blood.
- Also featured in this issue of Smash Comics were:
- Archie O'Toole by Bernard Dibble
- Jimmy Christian: "Fire Ball" (text story)
- Wun Cloo by Jack Cole
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