Golden Age Appearances of the Golden Age Red Torpedo (1940-1955)
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Issue |
Cover Appearance? |
Comment |
Reprinted In |
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Crack Comics #1 |
No |
(no title) - 1st Appearance and Origin, invents the Red Torpedo ship. 1st appearance Meg, Captain Wells |
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Crack Comics #2 |
No |
(no title) – destroys an axis prototype super-vessel |
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Crack Comics #3 |
No |
(no title) – Breaks up an insurance scam |
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Crack Comics #4 |
No |
(no title) – Destroys a secret Axis sub base in New York Harbor |
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Crack Comics #5 |
No |
(no title) – I: The Shark (later Lone Shark, Black Shark) |
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Crack Comics #6 |
No |
(no title) - vs. a U-7 submarine using a magnetic device to drag ships off course where they can be looted |
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Crack Comics #7 |
No |
(no title) - vs. Black Shark, discovers Mermazons, a underwater race of Amazons ruled by Queen Klitra |
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Crack Comics #8 |
No |
(no title) - When a Nazi Attack Sub group plans to ambush an Allied aircraft carried, the Red Torpedo coerces the Black Shark by force to help him defeat them |
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Crack Comics #9 |
No |
(no title) - rescues Dr. Freiheit (Freedom) from Nazis aboard their ship, the Schrecklichkeit (Frightfulness) |
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Crack Comics #10 |
No |
(no title) - vs. the Black Shark, who collaborates with Nazi forces to capture the Red Torpedo |
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Crack Comics #11 |
No |
(no title) – Breaks up Axis plot to assault Vandamm Island |
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Crack Comics #12 |
No |
(no title) - destroys an Axis oil depot in the Pacific |
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Crack Comics #13 |
No |
(no title) – The Black Shark moves his operations to the Pacific, offering Japanese forces Red Torpedo’s capture for $1000 USD |
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Crack Comics #14 |
No |
(no title) – The Black Shark creates a giant submarine raiding show that looks like a whale and is charged by the Axis to clear the China Seas of neutral shipping. |
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Crack Comics #15 |
No |
(no title) - Thwarts efforts by the Black Shark to undermine forces on Wake Island |
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Crack Comics #16 |
No |
(no title) – The Black Shark discovers the Red Tornado’s based and attacks during a meeting between the Torpedo and the US Navy, stealing the Red Torpedo’s submarine in the process. |
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Crack Comics #17 |
No |
(no title) – Continued from the previous issue, the Red Torpedo attacks the Black Shark’s lair to recover his sub |
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Crack Comics #18 |
No |
(no title) – The Black Shark intercepts a communique intended for the Red Torpedo about discovered treasure, stealing it to offer it to Axis agents for resources |
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Crack Comics #19 |
No |
(no title) – The Black Shark makes a deal with Nazi forces, ships on which he installs massive freezing coils in exchange for capturing Red Torpedo |
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Crack Comics #20 |
No |
(no title) – defeats the Black Shark and Nazi collaborators building tanks and targeting refugee ships in the Caribbean. |
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