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| More decent mysteries. The opener is probably the best, but I also liked the Case the Fake Photo as a close second. |
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| Publication | December 1948-January 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Same art as on the first story inside. |
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| Cover | Be Your Own Detective |
| Credits | Pencils: Al Camy | Inks: Al Camy |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Kip Dawn (chemistry professor); Poppy Fields (student); Professor Dornick; Madame Necro; Doctor Havens; Amos Lear |
| Notes | Same art as on the first story inside. |
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| Advertisement | Lose Weight... (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Reduce weight with the Spot Reducer. |
| Featuring | The Spot Reducer |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photos) | Inks:? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Secret of the Seance (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | The team is invited to a ghost seance, where Dornick is murdered |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Kip Dawn; Poppy Fields; Clarence "Biff" Bangs; Professor Dornick; Madame Necro; Doctor Havens; Amos Lear |
| Notes | Faces, especially outlines of noses are identical to the Camy-credited story in Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #19. |
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| Comic Story | Case of the Fake Photo (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | An old photographer has been murdered in his laboratory by his assistant. |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Inspector Reis; Sergeant O'Hara; Fred Mednick; Herman Train; Else Fawn |
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| Featuring | Who Done It? |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Blueprint for Death (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Adams is trying to ruin the construction work of his partner to get the contract for his own firm. |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Jim Brewster; Finley; Pete Adams |
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| Text Story | Murder to Music (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A man is found dead in the Club Royale. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Raoul; Francine; Phil Benson; Leutenant Dave Killian |
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| Comic Story | Death Joins the Party (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | A politician is blackmailed, and later the blackmailer turns up dead. |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Willie Brophy [Willie The Croaker]; Honest John Murdock; Pete Peterson; Henry Morton; Muscles Guilford; Linda Morton; Freddy Stanford; Larry Watson |
| Notes | This story is very similar to Waldman's signed story in Crime Patrol (EC, 1948 series) #14, on both layout and movement, but less so on inking. |
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| Comic Story | The Red-Headed Vixen (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | What looked like a routine suicide case turned out to be a mystery. |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Detective Lt. Jim Kirnan; Chuck Ballantine; Gloria Patterson; Van Heusen; Mr. Stillwell |
| Notes | The art is very similar to credited stories by Case, as in Pay Off (D. S. Publishing, 1948 series) #1 and Rangers of Freedom (Fiction House, 1941 series) #45, especially heads and inking of wrinkles in clothing. |
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| Advertisement | Bad Skin (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Advice to comic readers for bad skin. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Advertisement | Grow More Hair (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Kill the 4 types of hair-destroying germs. |
| Featuring | Ward Laboratories, Inc. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
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| Advertisement | Skinny! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Give Mr. Atlas 15 minutes a day and he'll give you a new body. |
| Featuring | Charles Atlas |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Charles Atlas |
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| Advertisement | Premiums-Given (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Sell Cloverine Brand Salve and get prizes. |
| Featuring | Cloverine Brand Salve |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photos) | Inks:? (photos) | Colors:? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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