Smash Comics #61

Market Value

Graded copies for sale: $19.00 - $600; 8 graded copies listed, as of Sep 30, 2026

CGC Census

Total Graded

9.8 NM/MT

8.0 VF

Professor Padsel's machine can switch minds into different bodies, which results in everybody getting mixed up. Then Padsel uses Midnight's body to commit murder!

Cover Date

October 1, 1945

On Sale Date

August 8, 1945

Pages

Cover Price

$0.10

Editor

Martin deMuth

Credits

Writer

Klaus Nordling, Paul Gustavson

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]; Sniffer Snoop; Gabby (a monkey); Doc Mortimer Wackey; Hotfoot; Belinda Marsey; Colin Marsey; Professor Padsel (villain)

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Collects

The Spirit #10/24/1943