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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]]
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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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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
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* '''[[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 '''
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* '''[[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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