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|date= May [[1940 in comics|1940]] – Sept. [[1949 in comics|1949]]

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|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]]

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|artists= [[Alfred Andriola]], [[George Brenner]], [[Gill Fox]], [[Jack Cole (artist)|Jack Cole]], [[Paul Gustavson]], [[Klaus Nordling]], [[Art Pinajian]]

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'''''Crack Comics''''' was an [[anthology]] [[comic book]] series published by [[Quality Comics]] during the [[Golden Age of Comic Books]].<ref name=Companion>{{cite book |last1=Koolman |first1=Mike |last2=Amash |first2=Jim |title=The Quality Companion |date=2011 |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |isbn=978-1605490373 |page=219}}</ref> It featured such characters as [[Clock (comics)|The Clock]], [[Black Condor]], [[Captain Triumph]], [[Spider (DC Comics)|Alias the Spider]], [[Madame Fatal]], [[Jane Arden (comics)|Jane Arden]], [[Molly the Model]], and [[Red Torpedo]]. The title "crack" referred to "being at the top of one's form"," like a "crack [[sharpshooter]].".<ref name="Steranko">[[Jim Steranko|Steranko, Jim]] (1972). ''The Steranko History of Comics 2''. Reading, Pennsylvania: Supergraphics. p. 92.</ref>

Notable contributors to ''Crack Comics'' included [[Alfred Andriola]], [[George Brenner]], [[Gill Fox]], [[Jack Cole (artist)|Jack Cole]], [[Paul Gustavson]], [[Klaus Nordling]], and [[Art Pinajian]].

Quality Comics published 62 issues of ''Crack Comics'' from 1940 to 1949; the title was temporarily revived in 2011, when the [[Next Issue Project]] published issue "#63.".

== Publication history ==