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| Great artwork. Lame stories. |
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| Publication | Summer 1952 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
| Notes | Cover art credit from David Saunders, Norman Saunders' son, via e-mail (January 6, 2008) |
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| Cover | No Second Chance |
| Featuring | Crime Clinic |
| Credits | Pencils: Norman Saunders (painting) | Inks: Norman Saunders (painting) | Colors: Norman Saunders (painting) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Dr. Tom Rogers |
| Notes | Cover art credit from David Saunders, Norman Saunders' son, via e-mail (January 6, 2008) |
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| Advertisement | 50 Combat Action Plastic Toys (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Now you can be Commander in Chief of this complete task force of plastic toys. |
| Featuring | Fighting Force |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | No Second Chance (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Edgar Jay Adams, newpaper publisher, doesn't hire Stuart Manly due to his being a parolled convict. |
| Featuring | Crime Clinic |
| Credits | Pencils: John Prentice | Inks: John Prentice | Letters: John Duffy |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Dr. Tom Rogers; Edgar Jay Adams; Stuart Manly |
| Notes | John Prentice is credited to both pencils and ink on "The Crime Clinic" by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and his excellent hands and long sober faces with rounded lips here, are like his Rip Kirby art. |
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| Advertisement | Mission to the Moon (1 page) |
| Featuring | Major Mars; Popsicle |
| Credits | Pencils: Sam Glankoff? | Inks: Sam Glankoff? |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Major Mars |
| Notes | Sam Glankoff ? credit from comparison with later Major Mars strips that appear to be signed. See http://majormars.pbwiki.com/. |
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| Comic Story | One Last Hope (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Board chairman Sykes originally denies parole for Robert Cranshaw, but after he is hit on the head and imagines himself in prison, he changes his mind. |
| Credits | Pencils: Gerald McCann | Inks: Gerald McCann | Letters: John Duffy |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Robert Cranshaw; William Jayson Sykes |
| Notes | McCann can be identified here by his old faces with long noses, pointed ears, small chin and very much flat black inking instead of Kinstler's many pen-lines. Notice also the peculiar pointed caps of police officers, which can be found in most of his stories in Hillman's "Frogman" comics. He drew the Classics Illustrated "The Conspiracy of Pontiac" and "Off on a Comet". This is the best reference to McCann. The original indexer credited the pencils and inks to "Everett Raymond Kinstler" |
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| Text Story | Double Dose! The Criminal Always Loses (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Crime |
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| Publisher advertisement | Meet G.I. Joe |
| Synopsis | Ad for first issue of G.I. Joe. |
| Featuring | G.I. Joe |
| Credits | Pencils: Henry Sharp | Inks: Henry Sharp | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Pvt. Joe Burch |
| Notes | Other half of page is ad for electric razor.
Sharp is noticed by his broad faces with grinning mouth and he had many stories in the "G.I. Joe" and is credited by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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| Advertisement | The Coolest, Cleanest... |
| Synopsis | Try the electric razor without risking one cent for 30 days. |
| Featuring | Modern Merchandise Co. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Two-Bit Hierloom (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jake Dutton is released from jail but goes back to a life of stealing jewels, starting with the Bradley Pearls. |
| Credits | Pencils: Frank Kramer | Inks: Frank Kramer | Letters: Ben Oda |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Jake Dutton |
| Notes | This is the same artist credited by Jim Vadaboncouer as the most probable artist for several stories in "Wild Boy" as "Frank Kramer," and his art has some similarities to both Kinstler and mostly McCann, with all his black inking and little action. The best reference is to look at his story "Perilous Journey" in Wild Boy #6. He is not as elaborate in inklines as Kinstler is. The original indexer credited the pencils and inks to "Everett Kinstler ?". |
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| Synopsis | Four gag cartoons involving crime. |
| Featuring | Law Laffs |
| Credits | Job #: 165-27 |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Bottom half of page is ad for book on Hypnosis. |
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| Advertisement | How to Hypnotize |
| Synopsis | It's easy to hypnotize when you know how. |
| Featuring | Stravon Publishers |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Lady Killer (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Harvey Sheppard, the penitentiary librarian, is in jail for killing his wife but Dr. Rodgers thinks he may be acting a martyr and covering up for his wife's ex-lover. |
| Featuring | Crime Clinic |
| Credits | Pencils: John Prentice | Inks: John Prentice | Letters: Ben Oda |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Dr. Tom Rogers; Harvey Sheppard |
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| Synopsis | Six gag panels about criminals. |
| Featuring | It's a Crime! |
| Credits | Script: Vic Martin (signed) | Pencils: Vic Martin (signed) | Inks: Vic Martin (signed) | Letters: Vic Martin? |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Advertisement | Powerful (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Look fellows. Here's the neatest, strongest little real electric motor you've ever seen. |
| Featuring | Imperial Sales Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Advertisement | An Amazing New Health Supporter Belt (1 page) |
| Synopsis | For men who want to look slimmer and feel young. |
| Featuring | The Chevalier |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Advertisement | Uncle Bernie's Fun Shop (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Buy now at our low prices. Fish Bowl, Sandy Doll, Electric TV Projector or Cowboy Doll. |
| Featuring | Novelty Mart |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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