Comic Title: Smash Comics #1
Publisher: Quality (Everett M. Arnold)
Address: 1213 W. 3rd St., Cleveland, OH
Cover Date: August 1939
On Sale Date: June 16, 1939 Copyright Date June 16, 1939
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1939

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Edward C. Cronin

Title: (Introducing the Invisible Hood)
Pages: 4

Feature(s):
Invisible Hood

Writer/Artist: Arthur A. Pinajian

Feature Character(s)

• Invisible Hood (Kent Thurston; first appearance; next appearance in Smash Comics #2)

Villain(s)

• A gang of jewel thieves (Spike, Butch, and Joe named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Bill Blake (a police inspector; no further appearances)
• The maharajah of Raas (no further appearances)
• Randolph (a financier; also identified as Peter Robinson once in this story; no further appearances)
• Julius Hampton (a jeweler; dies behind-the-scenes; no further appearances)

Comments:
This feature is named "Hooded Justice". The main character is named the Invisible Hood.

Synopsis:
The maharajah of Raas visits America seeking a stolen sapphire necklace which has been broken into pieces and sold. A gang of jewel thieves begin gathering the pieces to sell them back to the maharajah. Kent Thurston, a masked vigilante calling himself the Invisible Hood, follows two of the thieves back to their hideout. He defeats the thieves, retrieves the necklace, and saves the maharajah.