Smash Comics #13

Market Value

Graded copies for sale: $211 - $504; 8 graded copies listed, as of Sep 29, 2026

CGC Census

Total Graded

9.8 NM/MT

8.0 VF

Reprinted 2x

A thief named Moran has sole possession of the secret to a new gun. When he is captured for murder and sent to Devil's Island, Black X has to go along to keep him from giving the secret to the French.

Cover Date

August 10, 1940

Pages

Cover Price

$0.10

Editor

Ed Cronin

Credits

Writer

Arthur Beeman, Art Pinajian, Bob Powell, Doyle, George Tuska, Gill Fox, John Devlin, Paul Gustavson, Robert Hyatt, Vernon Henkel, Will Eisner

Penciller

Alex Blum, Arthur Beeman, Art Pinajian, Bob Powell, Doyle, George Tuska, Gill Fox, John Devlin, Paul Gustavson, Stan Asch, Vernon Henkel, Will Eisner

Inker

Alex Blum, Arthur Beeman, Art Pinajian, Bob Powell, Doyle, George Tuska, Gill Fox, John Devlin, Paul Gustavson, Stan Asch, Vernon Henkel, Will Eisner

Letterer

Paul Gustavson

Characters

Espionage [Black X]; Dean (death); Batu; M'sieu Rolande (death); Camille; Commandant of Devil's Island; Rene (death); Moran (villain, thief)

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