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Authentic Police Cases
Date | Number: 5 | Lang: English (en)
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SourceThis book was scanned from a copy in the JVJ Archive.
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PublicationOctober 1948 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly
NotesFaces and lines of the girl goes to Lubbers, who is credited on covers for this series by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
 
ContentGenre: Crime
NotesFaces and lines of the girl goes to Lubbers, who is credited on covers for this series by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
 
Comic StoryThe Couple Who Came to Kill! (or The Case of the Whispering Bride) (6 pages)
ContentGenre: Crime | Characters: Nick Rossi; Robert Rossi (poses as Nick's wife)
 
Comic StoryThe Red Desperado (6 pages)
SynopsisAn escaped desperado is hunted by a posse of eight men with dogs.
ContentGenre: Crime | Characters: Mallory 'Red' Kuykendall (escaped convict); R.C. Scott (Sheriff ); Fred Hunt (Warden); Bob Houston (Detective)
NotesFaces with rounded jaws point to Ricca. Compare with his story in #3. Credited here also by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
 
Comic StoryCase 1: Master Forgers (6 pages)
FeaturingScience Corners the Criminals!
ContentGenre: Crime | Characters: Arthur Wick (veteran forger)
Notesone of the stories that Harry Chesler brought to St. John. Original Feature title was "Manhunters"
 
Text StoryTwo Minutes to Doom (1 page)
CreditsLetters: typeset
ContentGenre: Crime
 
Comic StoryMurder Fumbles a Doublecross (5 pages)
SynopsisAn antique dealer reports an emerald stolen and frames a released convict for the theft.
ContentGenre: Crime | Characters: Patrick Carlyle (detective); Sam Brodick (crooked antique dealer); Bill Nevins
NotesJim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. has "Starr/Sachs??" on this one, and faces with pointed noses are similar to Sachs' signed story in Airboy #33. Master Key renamed "Pat Carlyle" in this story. Some redrawing and rewriting of dialogue and 1 page edited out.
 
Comic StoryThe Phantom of Marco's Villa (6 pages)
SynopsisThe ghost of Nancy's murdered father shows her where his money was hidden.
ContentGenre: Crime; Fantasy | Characters: Marietta; Nancy; Rebecca (housekeeper)
NotesOriginally an untitled Lady Satan story; reworked, with Lady Satan renamed "Marietta."
 
Text StoryRegistered for Ransom (1 page)
SynopsisThe victim was worth more alive.
CreditsLetters: typeset
ContentGenre: Crime | Characters: Detective Ed Grant; Jan Cordell (murdered man); Sergeant Lacy
 
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