Smash Comics #23

Market Value

Graded copies for sale: $155 - $2,629; 16 graded copies listed, as of Sep 29, 2026

CGC Census

Total Graded

9.8 NM/MT

8.0 VF

To help out during a case involving feuds between rival clans in Chinatown, The Ray gives Bud a \"ray ring\" that emits a beam to blind people.

Cover Date

June 1, 1941

On Sale Date

April 18, 1941

Pages

Cover Price

$0.10

Editor

Ed Cronin

Credits

Writer

Penciller

Inker

Letterer

The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Bud; Tom Lum (introduction); The Beetle (villain, introduction); Long Woo (villain, introduction, death)

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