Issue Details

Issue	#76
Published	July 1946
Cover Price	0.10
Editing	Virginia Provisiero

Cover Details

Characters	Captain Marvel; Spy Smasher (inset).
Genre	superhero
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	C. C. Beck

8 page Captain Marvel story "The Ice Follies"

Characters	Captain Marvel (Billy Batson).
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder

10 page Captain Marvel story "The Subway Gold Rush"

Characters	Captain Marvel (Billy Batson).
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder

6 page Ibis the Invincible story "The Flying Dutchman"

Characters	Prince Ibis; Taia.
Genre	occult; superhero

5 page Golden Arrow story "The Psychological Angle"

Characters	Golden Arrow
Genre	western
Pencils	George Tuska
Inks	George Tuska

2 page text story "Bank Robbery"

Genre	crime
Script	Cal Ranger (signed)
Letters	typeset

6 page Spy Smasher story "Introduces Crime Smasher"

Characters	Spy Smasher (Alan Armstrong); Crime Smasher (Alan Armstrong); Admiral Corby; Eve Corby; Jaspar Jaww (villain).
Synopsis	With the war over, Spy Smasher retires. But Alan Armstrong discovers that crime hasn't taken a holiday when some thugs steal the plans for his Gyro-Sub that he plans to donate to the Smithsonian Institution.
Genre	spy; superhero
Pencils	Al Carreno
Inks	Al Carreno
Notes	Spy Smasher becomes Crime Smasher. Art revision from Ken Bald to Carreno, some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-18-09.
Reprinted	in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #75 (2008)

Half page The Culture Corner filler "How to Contemplate the Back of Your Pate"

Characters	Croucher K. Conk
Genre	humor
Script	Basil Wolverton
Pencils	Basil Wolverton
Inks	Basil Wolverton
Colors	Basil Wolverton
Reprinted	in Culture Corner, The (Fantagraphics, 2010 series) #[nn]