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| Publication | January 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Quarterly |
| Notes | Cover art for the anchor story "Death on a Dark Street".
Cover text reads: Mad Killers Menace Our Safety - Who is Next?, followed by "Don't Let Me Kill!"
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (pencils) and Keith Chandler (inks). |
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| Content | Genre: Crime |
| Notes | Cover art for the anchor story "Death on a Dark Street".
Cover text reads: Mad Killers Menace Our Safety - Who is Next?, followed by "Don't Let Me Kill!"
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (pencils) and Keith Chandler (inks). |
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| Comic Story | The Crushed Gardenia (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of Johnny Faber: a young man who "had no control of his rages". Turned down by his girl Ellie, Johnny kills her in a jealous fit. |
| Credits | Job #: B-1579 or B-1379 |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Johnny Faber; Ellie Taylor (death); Doctor Paul Crane; Officer Brune; Jack Gale |
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| Comic Story | Signal 32 |
| Synopsis | Signal 32 on police radio means: "All cars proceed with caution". |
| Credits | Job #: B-1311 |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Crime |
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| Comic Story | Don't Let Me Kill (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of Alex Vorple: The ugly teen-age boy is driven to murder. Hearing voices, Alex feels compelled to drown his inferiority complex by killing girls. |
| Credits | Job #: B-1369 |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Alex Vorple; Linda Krause (death); Eleanor Steiger (death) |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (pencils) and Keith Chandler (inks). |
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| Text Story | Crazy Carl (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Two unscrupulous businessmen murder "Crazy Carl", a hermit who won't sell them his house on the hill. Police catch the killers because Carl had whittled their faces into pieces of wood as he was dying. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (2 spot illustrations) | Inks:? (2 spot illustrations) | Colors:? (2 spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Crazy Carl (death); Ned Barlick |
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| Comic Story | The Destroyer (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of Walter Graves: a war-traumatized veteran who breaks down and goes on a killing spree, taking four innocent lives. |
| Credits | Job #: B-1417 |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Walter Graves [The Destroyer]; Mrs. Lacey; Joe Graves; Marilyn Hayes (death) |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Comic Story | Murder by Moonlight (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A serial robber and killer who strikes only during moonlit nights is finally caught. |
| Credits | Job #: B-1415 |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Comic Story | Death on a Dark Street (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of Herbert Cole: a paranoiac who turns killer when his fiancée leaves him for another man. After a second murder attempt he is trapped by the police - and jumps to his own death. |
| Credits | Job #: B-1398 |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Herbert Cole; Margie; Jerry; Grace (death); Miss Allison; Detective Sandy Keller |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Job number verified from notations in margins on the original art boards. |
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