SMASH COMICS #29 (DECEMBER 1941)

 Sixty-eight pages of all the comic book characters you've never heard of!

The Ray (by E. Lectron) -- In private life the Stars ace reporter Happy Terrill, but when th going gets tough he morphs into a superhero in a yellow body suit with a reverse shark fin on the top of his head.  It's hard to make this stuff up.  Happy has a kid companion Buddy, who doesn't know he's The Ray

Rookie Rankin -- A young cop who can always get himself in (and out) of trouble.  Here his kid sidekick is Tim.

Archie O'Toole -- A humor comic with a young ruler who wears a large crown hires an un-handy man. A one-pager.

The Jester (by Paul Gustavson) -- Rookie cop Chuck Lane is the costumed crime-fighter The Jester.  He has perhaps the most ridiculous costume of them all.  He's so tough he doesn't need a kid sidekick!

Wildfire (by Jim Mooney & Robert Turner) -- Carol Vance, bow Caeol Martin, the adopted daughter of a rich family, was gifted the power over all flames by the god of fire when she was a baby.  When she fights evil, she's hot stuff!  Red bra?  Natch.  Red shorts? Natch.  Red knee-high boots?  Natcch.  Long red hair?  Natch.  What more can you ask for from a gal who can control flames?

Invisible Justice (by Art Gordon) -- Kent Thurston, the Invisible Hood, has a super power.  Can you guess what it is?

Midnight (by Jack Cole) -- This enemy of crime wears a black and blue reversible suit.  His only weapon is a "vacuum gun."  He's aided by appropriately named inventor Doc Wacky and by Gabby, an amazing talking monkey.

Wings Wendall (by Vernon Henkel) -- A fighting ace who goes against the Japanese in WWII.

Wun Clod (by Ralph Johns) -- Another one-pager, this time with an atrociously stereotypical oriental who drives poorly.  I can't even call this humor.

The Purple Trio (by S. M. Regi) -- The former vaudeville team of Rocky the Strongman, Warren the ventriloquist, and Tiny the midget take on a perilous mission outh of the border.

Black X (by Will Erwin) -- Black X, the free-lance defender of democracy, battles alien termites in the nation's capitol.

Bozo the Robot (by Wayne Reid) -- An indestructible iron man (no relation to Tony Stark) that battles evil under the control of its owner Hugh Hazzard.

Plus...a two-page text story to keep the postal authorities happy:  "The Fiery Warning" by Robert Hyatt.

Some great artwork and interesting stories here.

Enjoy.

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