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Smash Comics #16 [Nov'40]-68pg-c2c -Rolster scans

Issue: #16
Published: November 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Ed Cronin
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-Stitched Publishing Format: Was On-Going Series
Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Espionage [Black X]
Credits:	Pencils: Gill Fox \| Inks: Gill Fox
Genre:	Spy
Characters:	Espionage [Black X] The Ray [Happy Terrill] (inset) Bozo The Robot (inset) Wings Wendall (inset) The Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston] (inset)

Comic Story (9 pages)	The Revenge of Bela Jat
Featuring:	The Ray
Synopsis:	The Ray faces Bela Jat, a Hindu mystic, who can transform himself at will into an "ecto-fluid". His murderous reign ends when Police catch him in solid form and put a knife in his back.
Credits:	Pencils: Lou Fine [as E. Lectron] (signed) \| Inks: Lou Fine [as E. Lectron] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Ray [Happy Terrill] Shimego Gar Bela Jat (villain, Introduction, Death)

Comic Story (6 pages)	Mystery of the Empty Theatre
Featuring:	The Purple Trio
Credits:	Pencils: Alex Blum [as S. M. Regi] (signed) \| Inks: Alex Blum [as S. M. Regi] (signed)
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	The Purple Trio [Rocky Hill Warren Tiny Todd] Old Willy (introduction, Death)

Comic Story (2 pages)	The Hypnotic Fiend
Featuring:	Archie O'Toole
Credits:	Script: George Tuska ? [as Bud Thomas] \| Pencils: George Tuska ? [as Bud Thomas] \| Inks: George Tuska ? [as Bud Thomas]
Genre:	Humor Children
Characters:	Archie O'Toole Sum Fun (intro)

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring:	Chic Carter
Credits:	Script: Vernon Henkel \| Pencils: Vernon Henkel \| Inks: Vernon Henkel
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Mae "Scoop" Merrill (intro) Chic Carter

Comic Story (5 pages)
Featuring:	The Scarlet Seal
Synopsis:	Actor Barry Moore, after finishing the film "Oriental Horror," takes a job in his father's police department but finds that the commissioner is a soft headed liberal. So Barry devises a secret life in order to infiltrate the underworld disguised as a Chinese-American called the Scarlet Seal.
Credits:	Script: Manning de Villeneuve Lee [as Manning DeV. Lee] (signed) \| Pencils: Manning de Villeneuve Lee [as Manning DeV. Lee] (signed) \| Inks: Manning de Villeneuve Lee [as Manning DeV. Lee] (signed)
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	The Scarlet Seal [Barry Moore] (actor, Introduction, Origin) Captain Pat Moore (Barry's Father, Introduction) Lt. Bemis Spider (death) Bugs Marlone (villain)

Comic Story (5 pages)
Featuring:	Invisible Justice
Synopsis:	An ancient Egyptian artifact that gives those close to it the power to suspend gravity is stolen by a member of an archaeological dig.. The Hood pursues the thief who commits suicide and destroys the artifact.
Credits:	Script: Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed) \| Pencils: Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed) \| Inks: Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston] Professor James Professor Hill Dr. Robb (introduction, Death)

Comic Story (6 pages)	Invasion of Mexico
Featuring:	Espionage Starring Black X
Credits:	Script: Will Eisner ? [as William Erwin] (signed) \| Pencils: Dan Zolnerowich \| Inks: Dan Zolnerowich
Genre:	Spy
Characters:	Espionage [Black X] Rod Pasquale Colonel Atwater

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Labor Racketeers
Featuring:	Magno
Synopsis:	Magno breaks up a fake union run by racketeers.
Credits:	Script: Paul Gustavson \| Pencils: Paul Gustavson \| Inks: Paul Gustavson \| Letters: Paul Gustavson
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Magno [Tom Dalton] Big Tim Fink (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (2 pages)	The Arson Arrows
Featuring:	Wun Cloo
Credits:	Script: Gill Fox \| Pencils: Gill Fox (signed) \| Inks: Gill Fox
Genre:	Humor Detective-mystery
Characters:	Fire Commissioner Nosey (Intro)

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Sheik's Power Play
Featuring:	Abdul the Arab
Credits:	Script: Bob Powell \| Pencils: Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts] \| Inks: Bob Powell
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Abdul Hassan Sheik Karu-Bali (Intro, Dies)

Comic Story (2 pages)	Vanishing Gold
Featuring:	Jimmy Christian
Credits:	Script: Robert M. Hyatt \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Adventure

Cartoon (1 page)
Featuring:	Kidding the Kids
Credits:	Script: Arthur Beeman (signed) \| Pencils: Arthur Beeman (signed) \| Inks: Arthur Beeman (signed)
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Fifth Column
Featuring:	Wings Wendall
Credits:	Script: Vernon Henkel (signed) \| Pencils: Vernon Henkel (signed) \| Inks: Vernon Henkel
Genre:	Aviation
Characters:	Wings Wendall Puget (Intro, Dies)

Comic Story (7 pages)	Turgin's Fifth Column
Featuring:	Bozo the Robot
Credits:	Script: George Brenner \| Pencils: George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] \| Inks: George Brenner
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Hugh Hazzard Bozo The Robot Turgin (intro,dies)

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