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| This is an odd cover. At first I thought the waiter was bringing the check, but apparently he's delivering a telegram to the fashionable couple at the table. This is the sort of excitement that would grab a potential reader? |
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| This is an odd cover alright. That awning looks just plain wrong. And the door doesn't seem to be attached to the wall. That's more a panel border than a wall. Are they on a terrace or in front of a mural backdrop? |
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| How did this artist get a job in comics? The awning is definitely wrong – although I did pick up they were on a terrace. The guy’s coffee cup is so small, it looks like it came from a child’s playset.
What exactly is a spot reducer? (first page) – looks like I could use one. Is it too late to fill in the reply coupon? |
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| [quote]the cover is not that well drawn so its confusing[/quote] My point exactly.
Cheers!
The woman has a compact on the table which you would expect her to be looking at, but instead she is staring vacantly into space at the reader.
And is that plant in the lower left-hand corner a TRIFFID? I've got to stop looking at this. My head hurts. |
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| She's not even looking at the reader, she's looking over the shoulder of the reader. Perhaps at the reader's mother telling him to put down the comic and do his chores? ;-) |
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| The coffee cups could be demitasse, but I tend to agree that it's mostly just ineptitude on the part of artist Al Camy. My biggest beef is that the cover is not exciting at all. This is a crime/detective comic but the cover looks like it belongs on a romance comic or an advertising brochure for swank vacations on the Riviera. See the exciting "waiter delivers telegram" action! |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | November-December 1948 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-Monthly |
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| Credits | Pencils: Al Camy | Inks: Al Camy |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Comic Story | The Car Cannibals (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Claims Agent |
| Credits | Pencils: Howard Larsen | Inks: Howard Larsen |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Comic Story | Post-Mortem Patent (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Comic Story | Rookie Cop (8 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils: Al Camy (signed) | Inks: Al Camy (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Featuring | Killer Dillers |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Forgetful Forger (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Nick Harder Crime Lab |
| Credits | Pencils: Walter Johnson (signed) | Inks: Walter Johnson (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Text Story | The Corpse That Walked (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Comic Story | The DePalma Mantilla (7 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils: Louis Schroeder | Inks: Louis Schroeder |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Comic Story | Who Killed Ann Marsden? (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Comic Story | Murder For Pennies (7 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils: "Red" Holmdale (signed) | Inks: "Red" Holmdale (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Comic Story | Antimony (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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