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16September 1941
$0.10

Crack Comics #16

Quality Comics · September 1941 · on sale 1941-07-10

First appearance: Spitfire
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Identification plate

Series
Crack Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series)
Issue
#16
Publication date
September 1941
Key date
1941-09-00
On-sale date
1941-07-10
Indicia publisher
Comic Magazines Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Spitfire - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Gill Fox; inks: Gill FoxThe Black Condor, The Clock, Richard Grey, Jr. / Thomas Wright, Tom Hallaway, Molly Maloney, Brian O'Brien, The Spider
1The Ghost-Gun Killercomic story9pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou FineThe Black Condor, Richard Grey, Jr. / Thomas Wright
2-comic story2script: John Devlin; pencils: John Devlin; inks: John DevlinMolly Maloney
3The Red Torpedo vs. the Black Sharkcomic story5script: Henry Kiefer; pencils: Henry Kiefer; inks: Henry KieferJim Lockhart, The Red Torpedo
4The Sabotaged Submarinecomic story5script: Fred Guardineer; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred GuardineerJim Slade, Tor the Magic Master
5The Tobacco Juice Spittercomic story1script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole
6The Outlaws of Jupitercomic story5script: Vern Henkel; pencils: Vern Henkel; inks: Vern HenkelCaptain Rock Braddon
7-comic story3script: Monte Barrett; pencils: Russell Ross; inks: Russell Ross
8-comic story1script: Monte Barrett; pencils: Russell Ross; inks: Russell Ross
9Death at Rustling Willowcomic story6script: Paul Gustavson; pencils: Paul Gustavson; inks: Paul Gustavson; letters: Paul GustavsonTom Hallaway, The Spider
10-comic story4script: Bob Zuppke; pencils: Walt Depew; inks: Walt Depew
11The Phony Radio Beamcomic story6script: Al McWilliams; pencils: Al McWilliams; inks: Al McWilliamsTex Adams, Spitfire First
12Lake of Missing Mentext story2script: Larry SpainEric Vale
13-cartoon1script: Ed Reed; pencils: Ed Reed; inks: Ed Reed
14The Five Bloodstones of Mucomic story5script: Art Pinajian; pencils: Art Pinajian; inks: Art PinajianMadam Fatal, Richard Stanton
15-comic story1script: Arthur Beeman; pencils: Arthur Beeman; inks: Arthur Beeman
16-comic story1script: Rube Goldberg; pencils: Rube Goldberg; inks: Rube Goldberg
17The Revenge of Bat Nilloncomic story7script: George Brenner; pencils: George Brenner; inks: George BrennerThe Clock, Brian O'Brien

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Special Edition Series #21974On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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