Comic Title: Smash Comics #14
Publisher: Quality (E.M. Arnold)
Address: 322 Main Street, Stamford, CT
Cover Date: September 1940
On Sale Date: July 19, 1940 Newsstand Date July 19, 1940
Source: House Ad, Smash Comics #13, Page BC

Copyright Date July 19, 1940
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1940

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

Title: (Origin of the Ray)
Pages: 6

Feature(s):
Ray (of Earth-2)

Writer: Will Eisner
Artist: Lou Fine

Feature Character(s)

• Ray (Happy Terrill; next appearance in Smash Comics #15)

Supporting Character(s)

• Happy Terrill's editor (not named in this story; next appearance in Smash Comics #17)

Villain(s)

• Anton Rox and his gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Professor Styne (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Newspaper reporter Happy Terrill joins Professor Styne on an experimental balloon journey into the upper stratosphere. While in the air, Happy is forced to go outside to close an airlock. Turbulence causes him to be thrown into a cosmic storm. The storm has transformed Happy into the Ray. He has been given the power to become light energy and to project the energy from his body.

The balloon returns to Earth, but Happy is presumed dead. Spies led by Anton Rox steal the professor's secret formulas. The Ray tracks down the crooks and returns the formula to the professor. Styne recognizes him as Happy, but the Ray tells him to forget he ever knew Happy Terrill.