Smash Comics #60

Market Value

Graded copies for sale: $95.60 - $780; 10 graded copies listed, as of Sep 30, 2026

CGC Census

Total Graded

9.8 NM/MT

8.0 VF

Reprinted 2x

Radio singers The Swooner and the Thrush are in love, but will their marriage be good for ratings? How about their murders at the hands of jealous fans.........will that help?

Cover Date

August 1, 1945

On Sale Date

June 13, 1945

Pages

Cover Price

$0.10

Editor

Martin deMuth

Credits

Writer

Klaus Nordling, Paul Gustavson, Rod Reed

Penciller

Bernard Dibble, Bill Quackenbush, C. C. Beck, Jack Cole, Janice Valleau, Klaus Nordling, Paul Gustavson, Pete Riss, Sid Lazarus

Inker

Bernard Dibble, Bill Quackenbush, Jack Cole, Janice Valleau, Klaus Nordling, Paul Gustavson, Pete Costanza, Sid Lazarus

Letterer

Paul Gustavson

Characters

Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Swooner; Thrush; Sniffer Snoop; Hot-Foot (a polar bear); Marvin Maxwell

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Collected in

Collects

The Spirit #11/28/1943