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| This is an interesting one sociologically. To compare attitudes then and now to Marijuana.
'Hashish' for those who don't know, is not Marijuana. Marijuana is the plant name. 'Hashish' is a very concentrated extract made from Matijuana. And yes, ingestion of that can seriously impair your judgement.
Which is why [trivia fact coming up] the word 'Assassin' derives from it.'H Ashish -in'. This is an 'Anti-Drug comic I wasn't aware of. There weren't many (even until Marvel was asked to tackle it in Spiderman and in DC, Green Arrow's ward Speedy became a junky) and most of them are quite well-known.
Well done Freddy. |
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| There's a carload of irony in this issue. The sanctimonious strip on the inside front cover praises the moral superiority of newspaper strips over comic books, which are full of "jealousy, hate, tortures, and gory death." Then we get a newspaper strip story full of jealousy, hate, tortures, and gory (off-camera) death! On the mayhem scale this episode ranks right up there with the most vicious of the Dick Tracy sagas of the 1930s. |
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| Drake tokes up and comes down in three panels! Clearly a man of superhuman willpower. |
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| I liked Meatball’s comment “Dangerous things, cars – they shouldn’t sell them.” With 17,000 people killed on Britain’s roads this decade, he might have a point!
A good story, I enjoyed it and I’m looking forward to reading the conclusion in the next issue. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | September 1948 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Every other month |
| Notes | Avison art per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Alfred Andriola on pencils. |
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| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Kerry Drake; Meatball |
| Notes | Avison art per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Alfred Andriola on pencils. |
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| Comic Story | Ace Detective Proves Crime Can't Win (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Advocacy; Detective-mystery |
| Notes | The inside-front cover. |
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| Synopsis | Criminals turn kids into marihuana addicts. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Meatball (villain); Mossy Green; Cozy Caresse |
| Notes | Interrupted by the centerfold. |
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| Synopsis | House ad for Kerry Drake Detective Cases number 11. |
| Featuring | Kerry Drake |
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| Synopsis | House ad for Green Hornet Fights Crime number 41. |
| Featuring | Green Hornet |
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| Featuring | The Man in Black |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Synopsis | Snoopy goes for a walk during a holiday and bumps into a crook. |
| Featuring | Snoopy |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Crime; Detective-mystery | Characters: Snoopy |
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| Synopsis | Big Mike disguises himself as a woman but Snoopy sees through the deception: Mike had his change ready when he boarded a bus. |
| Featuring | Snoopy |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Crime; Detective-mystery | Characters: Snoopy; Big Mike |
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| Featuring | Sally and the Gang |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen |
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| Text Story | Killer's Challenge (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Detective Chris Crandell |
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| Featuring | Sally and the Gang |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Sally |
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| Text Story | The Eye That Never Blinked (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Detective Chris Crandell |
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