Smash Comics #42

Market Value

Graded copies for sale: $131 - $3,360; 20 graded copies listed, as of Sep 30, 2026

CGC Census

Total Graded

9.8 NM/MT

8.0 VF

Sniffer Snoop and Hot Foot show up uninvited because Sniffer thinks Midnight is smart enough to be his assistant. But Doc can't stand him and plots to get rid of him.

Cover Date

April 1, 1943

On Sale Date

February 24, 1943

Pages

Cover Price

$0.10

Editor

Doyle

Credits

Writer

Gill Fox, Klaus Nordling, Otto Binder, Paul Gustavson

Penciller

Alex Kotzky, Al Gabriele, Bernard Dibble, Bernard Sachs, Fred Guardineer, Jack Cole, Klaus Nordling, Paul Gustavson, Witmer Williams

Inker

Alex Kotzky, Al Gabriele, Bernard Dibble, Bernard Sachs, Fred Guardineer, Jack Cole, Klaus Nordling, Paul Gustavson

Letterer

Paul Gustavson

Characters

Midnight [Dave Clark]; Gabby (a monkey); Doc Mortimer Wackey; Sniffer Snoop (detective, introduction); Hot Foot (a polar bear, introduction)

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Collects

The Spirit #5/24/1942