The Nuclear Gumball Caper

Chief: "What are you doing?"
Max: "I just dialed the number of my shoephone, Chief! my foot's asleep and this ought to wake it up!"

The Nuclear Gumball Caper
Issue	#3 (November 1966)
Writer	Alan Riefe (uncredited)
Artist	Steve Ditko (uncredited, pencils), Sal Trapani (uncredited, inks)
Pages	31
Story Number	6
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Get Smart comic Story #6 (Issue #3).

Plot

Max and 99 must intercept a new gumball-shaped explosive with which KAOS is planning to blow up the US Senate - but it gets mixed up with a shipment of 10,000 actual gumballs.

Synopsis

Characters

CONTROL

• Maxwell Smart
• Agent 99
• Chief

KAOS

• Franz
• Hitz
• Ma
• Wartz
• Agent 62 (mentioned)

Others

• Police detective
• Dry cleaner

Weapons and Gadgets

• Shoe Phone
• Bullet-proof Underwear
• Unit 52SP Stomach Pump
• Volatile Powder (explodes at 100 degrees) (KAOS)

Locations

• Hart's Rent-a-copter
• Filstrip's Licorice Gumball Factory, Inc.
• Abe's Variety Shoppe
• Zack's Malt Bar
• Ripwell & Stane Dry Cleaners

Trivia

Notes

Writer and artist credits are from Martin O'Hearn's blog.