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{{Infobox comic book title| <!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics-->
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|caption = ''Crack Comics'' #1 (May 1940)
|schedule = various
|format = Anthology
|publisher = [[Quality Comics]]
|genre = crime, superhero, humor
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|date = May
|issues = 62
|main_char_team = [[Clock (comics)|The Clock]], [[Black Condor]], [[Captain Triumph]], [[Spider (DC Comics)|Alias the Spider]], [[Madame Fatal]], [[Jane Arden (comics)|Jane Arden]], Molly the Model, [[Red Torpedo]]
|writers =
|artists = [[Alfred Andriola]], [[George Brenner]], [[Gill Fox]], [[Jack Cole (artist)|Jack Cole]], [[Paul Gustavson]], [[Klaus Nordling]], [[Art Pinajian]]
|pencillers =
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|letterers =
|colorists =
|editors = Ed Cronin, John Beardsley, [[Gill Fox]], [[George Brenner]]
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'''''Crack Comics'''''
Notable contributors to ''Crack Comics'' included [[Alfred Andriola]], [[George Brenner]], [[Gill Fox]], [[Jack Cole (artist)|Jack Cole]], [[Paul Gustavson]], [[Klaus Nordling]], and [[Art Pinajian]].
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== Publication history ==
[[Image:CrackComics5.jpg|thumb|left|''Crack Comics'' #5 (Sept. 1940), first use of the "Quality Comic Group" logo (to right of "COMICS"). Cover art by [[Gill Fox]].]]
''Crack Comics'' started off as a monthly anthology of 68 pages, often with as many as 15 features. At first edited by
The first use of the publisher name "Quality Comic Group" was on the cover of ''Crack Comics'' #5 (Sept. 1940).<ref name=chs>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927212535/http://www.chs.org/comics/quality.htm|archivedate=September 27, 2007|title=Quality Comic Group: A Brief History|publisher=[[Connecticut Historical Society]]|url=http://www.chs.org/comics/quality.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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With issue #26 (Nov. 1942), at the height of [[World War II]], the title dropped down to a bi-monthly schedule due to wartime paper shortages; with issue #33 (Spring 1944) it became quarterly, also reducing its page-count to 60. It was around this time that publisher Arnold dropped Eisner & Iger as a "packager" and began producing much of the material in-house.<ref name="Steranko" /> The syndicated newspaper strip reprints "[[Jane Arden (comics)|Jane Arden]]" and "Ned Brant" disappeared during this period, as well as such recurring features as "[[Black Condor]]", "Don Q", and "Snappy".
Cartoonist [[George Brenner]] became editor of ''Crack Comics'' with issue #31 (Oct. 1943) (Cronin having left the post in Feb. 1942), a few issues before Brenner's character [[Clock (comics)|The Clock]] stopped appearing in the book's pages.<ref name="Clock">Markstein, Don. [http://www.toonopedia.com/clock.htm "The Clock"
=== ''Crack Western'' and ''Jonesy'' ===
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=== Next Issue Project ===
Following the demise of ''Crack Comics'' and later the publisher itself, many of Quality Comics' characters lapsed into the [[public ___domain]]. In November
* [[Captain Triumph]], written and penciled by [[Alan Weiss (comics)|Alan Weiss]]
* The Space Legion, written and illustrated by [[Chris Burnham]]
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== Recurring features ==
* '''[[Clock (comics)|The Clock]]''': Moving over from ''[[Feature Comics]]'', [[George Brenner]]'s the Clock was the cover feature of ''Crack Comics'' #1, alternating cover appearances with the [[Black Condor]] until issue #19. He was a regular feature in the title — usually as the final story in each issue — until his last appearance, in issue #35 (Autumn 1944). The Clock's spot was taken over by '''
* '''[[Black Condor]]''': A mystery man with the power of flight, the character's adventures were originally written by [[Will Eisner]] and drawn by [[Lou Fine]].<ref>Markstein, Don. [http://www.toonopedia.com/blcondr1.htm "Black Condor
* '''
* '''[[Alias the Spider]]''': [[Paul Gustavson]]'s crime-fighting bowman was a regular feature in ''Crack'' from issue #1–29 (May 1943), eventually replaced by
* '''
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* '''[[Slap Happy Pappy]]''': Created by Quality editor [[Gill Fox]], most of the hillbilly character's humorous one-page strips were done by [[Jack Cole (artist)|Jack Cole]], and were a regular feature from issues #1–49 (July 1947).
* '''[[Madame Fatal]]''': [[Art Pinajian]]'s [[cross-dressing]] detective debuted in issue #1, continuing as a feature until issue #22 (Mar. 1942), when it was replaced by '''
* '''[[Red Torpedo]]''': [[Submarine]]r Jim Lockhart, created by [[Henry C. Kiefer]], first appeared in ''Crack Comics'' #1 and was a regular feature until issue #20 (Jan. 1942), when he was replaced by '''
* '''
* '''
* '''[[Rube Goldberg]]'s Side Show''': Reprints of the [[Rube Goldberg|cartoonist]]'s newspaper strips were a regular two-page feature in every issue from #1–40 (Winter 1945).
* '''[[Jane Arden (comics)|Jane Arden]]''': Reprints of the popular newspaper strip featuring a spunky gal reporter were a regular ''Crack Comics'' feature from issues #1–25 (continuing the tradition of ''[[Feature Comics]]'' #21-31).
* '''
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Other characters of note who appeared in ''Crack Comics'' included
== Notes ==
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==References==
* {{gcdb series|id=157|title=Crack Comics}}
* {{comicbookdb|type=title|id=21106|title=''Crack Comics''}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.herogoggles.com/Quality-Heroes.html Quality's Superheroes & Villains Encyclopedia]
* [
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