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| Publication | July 1948 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Per the consensus of the members of The Reed Crandall Appreciation Page on Facebook on 6 August 2021, this work is not by Reed Crandall. The original indexer suggested maybe the pencil and ink work was done by Crandall.
The members of The Reed Crandall Appreciation Page suggested maybe this was Al Bryant. However, Per Bails' Who's Who, Bryant left comics by 1948 due to a self-inflicted car crash and subsequent eight-year hospitalization, placing any 1948 credits for Bryant in doubt. So currently, no creator can be confirmed for this cover. |
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| Cover | Death Comes in a Black Box! |
| Credits | Pencils:? (see notes) | Inks:? (see notes) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane] |
| Notes | Per the consensus of the members of The Reed Crandall Appreciation Page on Facebook on 6 August 2021, this work is not by Reed Crandall. The original indexer suggested maybe the pencil and ink work was done by Crandall.
The members of The Reed Crandall Appreciation Page suggested maybe this was Al Bryant. However, Per Bails' Who's Who, Bryant left comics by 1948 due to a self-inflicted car crash and subsequent eight-year hospitalization, placing any 1948 credits for Bryant in doubt. So currently, no creator can be confirmed for this cover. |
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| Comic Story | Death Came in a Black Box (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Johnny brought back a strange green light from the war, and now Faro Cullen is going to use it to make himself a big time hood. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Johnny O'Gorman; Helen; Mr. Siegel; Faro Cullen (villain); Martha Roberts; Dr. Roberts |
| Notes | Art is not by Al Bryant who left comics by 1948. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Swing Sisson; Maurice Raque (villain) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Perky |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Officer Shenanigan |
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| Text Story | The Falcon and the Flea (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Alababa; Pierpont Lee]; Shark (villain) |
| Notes | All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Roscoe; Tuffy Tiger (villain) |
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