Smash Comics #50

Market Value

Graded copies for sale: $120 - $2,640; 11 graded copies listed, as of Sep 30, 2026

CGC Census

Total Graded

9.8 NM/MT

8.0 VF

Hiram the Hermit has the biggest diamond in the world and a pet coyote and he's going to appear on Dave Clark's radio show.

Cover Date

February 1, 1944

Pages

Cover Price

$0.10

Editor

Martin deMuth

Credits

Writer

Bart Tumey, Bernard Dibble, Klaus Nordling, Paul Gustavson

Penciller

Alex Kotzky, Bernard Dibble, Fred Guardineer, Jack Cole, Klaus Nordling, Milt Stein, Mort Leav, Paul Gustavson

Inker

Alex Kotzky, Bernard Dibble, Fred Guardineer, Jack Cole, Klaus Nordling, Milt Stein, Paul Gustavson

Letterer

Fred Guardineer, Paul Gustavson

Characters

Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Sniffer Snoop; Hotdog; Hiram the Hermit; Oscar the Coyote; the Grover Mob (villains); the Nolan Mob (villains); Dirty John Boonton (villain)

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Collects

The Spirit #4/19/1942