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"Midnight: "Doc Wackey's Latest Gadget"": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.

Quote1 Don't worry about that - I'll see that it's moved to a junk yard for you -- Quote2
— Hugh Hazzard

Smash Comics #41 is an issue of the series Smash Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of March, 1943.

Synopsis for Midnight: "Doc Wackey's Latest Gadget"


Appearing in Midnight: "Doc Wackey's Latest Gadget"

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  • Officer O'Toole

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  • Wackey's self-driving trench-digging vehicle


Synopsis for Espionage Starring Black X: "The Amber Trap"


Appearing in Espionage Starring Black X: "The Amber Trap"

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  • Colonel Atwater
  • Batu

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  • Ted Winston
  • Agent Waterson (Deceased)
  • Cpl. Anderson

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  • squadron of Allied 2-engine bombers

Synopsis for Bozo the Robot: "Collecting Scrap"

School boys Henry and Elmer collect a pile of scrap metal for the war effort, and Hugh Hazzard helps them out by having Bozo fly it all to the junk yard, earning enough money to buy a War Bond. But then the boys want to sell Bozo for scrap!

Appearing in Bozo the Robot: "Collecting Scrap"

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  • Percy, junk thief

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  • Henry, junk collector
  • Elmer, junk collector

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Synopsis for The Jester: "McGinty's Obituary"

McGinty's surprised to find his own obituary in the paper, and people delivering a funeral wreath, and then someone there to embalm the body! It turns out this is a scheme run by the female evil mastermind Lady Satan, who's having spinsters take out life insurance policies on their new beaus before arranging their demises. The publicity from McGinty's death went ahead before they'd actually bumped him off, and they don't get the chance when the Jester delivers evidence to him ruining the racket.

Appearing in The Jester: "McGinty's Obituary"

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  • Detective Hustace McGinty

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  • Penelope
  • Lady Satan (First appearance)

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Synopsis for Yankee Eagle: "Heiress Still Missing"


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  • Diane Shane
  • Wenner

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Synopsis for The Marksman: "Where Truth Laughs at Fiction..And Death is not the End"


Appearing in The Marksman: "Where Truth Laughs at Fiction..And Death is not the End"

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  • Dr. Valdo

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Synopsis for Rookie Rankin: "The Spider's Web"


Appearing in Rookie Rankin: "The Spider's Web"

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  • The Spider

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  • Last issue for Bozo the Robot by George Brenner
  • Rookie Rankin's villain "The Spider" is not the Spider, any of them, but a one-off villain.
  • Also featured in this issue of Smash Comics were:
    • "Man of Fire " (text story, featuring Jimmy Christian)
    • Wun Cloo by Jack Cole



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