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| Looks like George Roussos inks on "Flames of Destruction". |
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| Publication | March-April 1955 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Cover leads directly to first page of first interior story. |
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| Cover | The Roller Derby Raceteers |
| Credits | Pencils: Marvin Stein | Inks: Marvin Stein | Letters: Ben Oda |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery; Sports |
| Notes | Cover leads directly to first page of first interior story. |
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| Comic Story | The Roller Derby Racketeers (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Gamblers fix roller derby contests by having the favored team lose. |
| Credits | Pencils: Marvin Stein | Inks: Marvin Stein |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery; Sports |
| Notes | Story continues from the cover scene. |
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| Synopsis | Five short articles concerning various aspects of crimes and police work. |
| Featuring | Closeups |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
| Notes | Text with illustrated border |
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| Comic Story | Smart Guy (4.5 pages) |
| Synopsis | A mentally-deficient man gets in a street brawl and is jailed. While in jail, a small-time hood uses him to escape and forces him to help him commit robberies. |
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| Text Story | Matchbook (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Article on how a matchbook found in a comic book helped track down a man who committed a murder in New Mexico. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Text with illustrated border. |
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| Comic Story | Face of Death (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Arthur Duneen, a master of disguise, uses his talents to commit crimes in the city. When the heat is on, he and an accomplice flee to Nevada, but find the police still on their trail. In a calculated move, Duneen assumes the guise of a supposed prospector, and unexpectantly meets his end. |
| Credits | Pencils: Mort Meskin | Inks: George Roussos |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Crime | Characters: Lieutenant Cooper (death); un-named jewelry store employee (death); Brad Aken (villain, prospector, death); Arthur Duneen [aka Phil Anderson; aka Brad Aken] (villain, actor, death); Barton [aka Joe Smith] (villain, Duneen's partner/valet, death) |
| Notes | Jim Vandeboncoeur, Jr. reports that the inks for this story are by George Roussos. Originally credited to Mort Meskin. |
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| Comic Story | Flames of Destruction! (5.88 pages) |
| Synopsis | A stockbroker smuggles drugs as a sideline to get money to impress a woman. He gets caught and the woman marries his assistant. The man breaks out of prison and gets revenge on the pair, but is trapped and killed himself. |
| Credits | Pencils: Mort Meskin | Inks: Mort Meskin?; George Roussos? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Crime | Characters: Dave Marshall (newspaper reporter, Clyde's brother); un-named doctor; Nicky (death); Kathy (Nicky's wife, death); Sanders (Policeman); Clyde Marshall (villain, drug racketeer, death) |
| Notes | Last panel of story is an ad from National Name Plates in Watertown, Massachusetts, encouraging readers to contact their company and sell their personalized name plates in order to earn extra money.
Jim Vandeboncoeur, Jr. reports that the inks for this story possibly are by George Roussos. Originally credited to Mort Meskin only. |
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