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Crown Comics
Date | Number: 18 | Lang: English (en)
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SourceThis book was scanned from a copy in the JVJ Archive.
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PublicationMay 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly
NotesThe faces and clumsy movements point to Cataldo.
 
CoverThe Claws of Death
CreditsPencils: Anthony Cataldo | Inks: Anthony Cataldo
ContentGenre: Detective-mystery
NotesThe faces and clumsy movements point to Cataldo.
 
AdvertisementSeatcovers (1 page)
SynopsisGet De Luxe Seatcovers way below retail.
FeaturingGaylark Products
CreditsLetters: typeset
 
AdvertisementKid Safety Says Play Safe! (1 page)
SynopsisHow to have fun with the bicycle by playing safe.
FeaturingHarvey Comics Group
 
Bobby Shelby and His Pals (1 page)
SynopsisHalf page comic strip with Shelby bicycles.
FeaturingThe Shelby Cycle Company
CreditsPencils: Lee Elias (signed) | Inks: Lee Elias (signed)
ContentCharacters: Bobby Shelby
 
Comic StoryAdventure in El Chico (10 pages)
SynopsisA U.S. federal agent is killed in his hotel room, and Cutter is going to take his place to find the revolutionary outfit he was tracing.
FeaturingVic Cutter
CreditsScript: Frank Bolle? (plot); Leonard Starr?; Ken Fitch? | Pencils: Frank Bolle (signed) | Inks: Frank Bolle (signed)
ContentGenre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Vic Cutter (detective); Laura Ames (secretary); Major Martinez; Jay Thompson (U.S. agent); Senor Alvaros
NotesScript credits suggested by Bails' Who's Who.
 
Comic StoryThe Claws of Death (8 pages)
SynopsisThe curse of "The Claws of Death" has killed four of the Sherill brides for half a century, and now bride Cecille fears for her life. But Denton Bowles reveals the curse isn't supernatural at all.
CreditsScript: Ken Fitch? | Pencils: Anthony Cataldo | Inks: Anthony Cataldo
ContentGenre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Denton Bowles (ghost chaser); Roger Sherill; Cecilie Sherill; Anthony DeBleu; The Claw (pirate)
NotesFaces and movement of figures are all signs of Cataldo.
 
SynopsisFollow the dots and other puzzles with numbers and letters.
FeaturingLittle Artists' page
CreditsPencils: A. W. Nugent (signed) | Inks: A. W. Nugent (signed) | Letters: A. W. Nugent (signed)
 
Text StoryDangerous Flight (1 page)
SynopsisAdventures at an Air Force training center.
CreditsLetters: typeset
ContentGenre: Adventure | Characters: Cadet Jimmy Quentin; Captain James Quentin; Sgt. O'Shaughnessy
 
AdvertisementThe Tip That Turned the Table (1 page)
SynopsisBicycle contest with winner on Gillette tires.
FeaturingGillette Bicycle Tires
CreditsPencils: Harry Anderson? | Inks: Harry Anderson?
ContentCharacters: Jack; Jane
NotesThe faces look very much like Anderson's work, with short lines below the outer corner of eyes.
 
SynopsisA little about basketball.
FeaturingSportopics
CreditsScript: Tom Doerer (signed) | Pencils: Tom Doerer (signed) | Inks: Tom Doerer (signed) | Letters: Tom Doerer (signed)?
ContentGenre: Non-fiction; Sports | Characters: Ward Lambert
NotesThe letters are so integrated in the panels that it is most probably Doerer's work all the way.
 
SynopsisMany small cartoons and jokes. Not easy to read all the signed names.
FeaturingCartoons and Jokes
CreditsPencils: Kirk Stiles; Vic Herman; Ron; La? (all signed) | Inks: Kirk Stiles; Vic Herman; Ron; La? | Letters: typeset
ContentGenre: Humor
 
AdvertisementCan You Find the Secret Clues (1 page)
SynopsisWhat is the secret clues to Monark's popularity?
FeaturingMonark Bicycles
CreditsLetters: typeset
ContentCharacters: Sherlock Holmes
 
SynopsisMinnie and Haha are rafting on the river and stumble upon unfriendly white trappers.
FeaturingMinnie Soo with Little Haha and Tonka
CreditsScript: Ralph Heimdahl | Pencils: Ralph Heimdahl | Inks: Ralph Heimdahl
ContentGenre: Humor; Children; Western-frontier | Characters: Minnie Soo; Little Haha; Tonka (great warrior)
NotesUnusually, not signed, but art similar to the rest in this feature.
 
Text StoryCall to Action (1 page)
SynopsisTommy dreams of riding freight trains with a tramp.
CreditsLetters: typeset
ContentGenre: Adventure | Characters: Tommy; Buddy
 
SynopsisThe old chief is dead, and the new one has a dangerous rival.
FeaturingVoodah
CreditsScript: Ken Fitch? | Pencils: Anthone Cataldo [as AC] (signed) | Inks: Anthone Cataldo [as AC] (signed)
ContentGenre: Jungle | Characters: Voodah; Zanzi; Cheeko (monkey); Laga (crooked pretender); Chief Kuala
NotesScript credit suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
 
SynopsisFollow the dots and other puzzles.
FeaturingCrown Puzzle Page
CreditsPencils: A. W. Nugent (signed) | Inks: A. W. Nugent (signed) | Letters: A. W. Nugent (signed)
 
AdvertisementHere They Are Guys... (1 page)
SynopsisThe swell Reliance Boy's Wear you want.
FeaturingReliance
CreditsLetters: typeset
 
AdvertisementThey Laughed When I Started to Talk (1 page)
SynopsisA book about telling funny jokes.
FeaturingFun Parade, Inc.
CreditsLetters: typeset
 
AdvertisementIt "Zips" All the Way Around (1 page)
SynopsisZipper billfold offer.
FeaturingIllinois Merchandise Mart
CreditsLetters: typeset
 
AdvertisementThe New B-B Pak (1 page)
SynopsisShots for Daisy B-B Guns.
FeaturingDaisy B-B Guns
CreditsLetters: typeset
NotesBack cover.
 
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