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| Nice to finally see Eisner's Muss 'Em Up Donovan, thanks for posting this one! |
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| Here is an article on 'Muss em up.'
https://www.facebook.com/ken.quattro/posts/2614667418804676 |
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| Eisner is a league above the rest but I enjoyed Dowling's Case of the Four Haircuts |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | March 1937 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Credited on the Table of Contents. |
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| Cover | The Case of the 4 Haircuts |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
| Notes | Credited on the Table of Contents. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Contents | Contents (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Egan |
| Notes | Features the full figure of the person on the cover of Detective Picture Stories #1. |
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| Comic Story | Fifty Dollar Ride (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A kid agrees to drive a car to Chesterton, then discovers a dead gangster in the trunk. He informs the police and they prepare an ambush to catch the other gangsters. |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Toni Blossi (dead gangster); Joe Padroni |
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| Comic Story | Muss 'Em Up (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Hammer Donovan is called back onto the Police force, with no legal limitations, to track down a notorious killer and his gang that have been bumping off cops, and whose identity and whereabouts are being protected by the underworld. |
| Featuring | Hammer Donovan |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Hammer Donovan; Captain Spencer; Fen Soo (Donovan's servant); Mike Moarelli (villain); Tony (villain, death); Curley [aka as Curly] (villain, death); Hophead Harry (villain) |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for the magazines Double-Action Western and Real Western. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Shows the covers of Funny Pages #8, Funny Picture Stories #4, Detective Picture Stories #3, and Western Picture Stories #1. |
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| Synopsis | Jack wasn't invited to a party because he can't do anything and his dad suggests he learn to play the harmonica. |
| Content | Characters: Jack; Mabel |
| Notes | Ad in comic form for Hohner Harmonicas. |
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| Comic Story | Stand-In Girl (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dot is hired to replace a society girl, Jane Dexter. |
| Featuring | Pat O'Day |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Dot Brown; Tony; Whitey Powell; Mrs. Dexter; James P. Dexter; Billings; Pat O'Day |
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| Comic Story | Kidnapped (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Football player Tom Collins is kidnapped by Spike and Rose to affect the outcome of a match, but Tom feigns illness. When Spike and Rose try to drive him to a hospital Tom crashes their car, informs on them to a nearby policeman, then gets to the match in time to win the game. |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Tom Collins (football player); Spike (gangster); Rose (gun moll) |
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| Illustration | Radio Car Patrol (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
| Notes | Double page spread. |
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| Synopsis | After millionaire Stuart is poisoned, Kane and Abel solve the crime, proving it was the man's nephew. |
| Featuring | Kane & Abel Private Detectives |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Kane; Abel; Stuart (dies); Parker (butler); Evelyn Latimer (actress) |
| Notes | Strangely, the nephew who commits the murder never appears in the story. |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Four Haircuts (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A con man cheats a barber out of four haircuts. |
| Featuring | Clem Bowers |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Clem Bowers; Donovan; Angelo; Willie; Lena; J. H. Worthington; Kreisler |
| Notes | On page five a news stand has a copy of 'Funny Pages' visible. |
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| Text Story | Sapphire Seas (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Allen Starr is called in to investigate a shipboard murder. |
| Credits | Script: C. W. Scott [as Captain C. W. Scott] | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Lauenberg; Allen Starr; Eve Foster; Mr. Foster |
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| Comic Story | Enemy Spy (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Inspector Darrin has to stop a plot by the mastermind known as the Brain. |
| Featuring | Inspector Darrin |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: John Darrin; Brixton; The Brain; Gorilla; Rat-Face |
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| Comic Story | The Will of Uncle Dan (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Cousins Banning and Tom head to the bedside of their dying uncle Dan. Banning tries to murder Tom so he can claim the full fortune but Tom survives the attempt, informs the police and arrives in time to keep his uncle from changing the will. |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Banning (gangster); Tom (heir); Mr. Clark (Tom's boss); Captain Bangs (policeman); Mary (wealthy woman); Dan Darling (dying man); Karp; Lefty |
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| Featuring | Teen Age |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen |
| Notes | Six one-panel cartoons about teenagers. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for the Crowell Publishing Company and how one can win a Monark Silver King bicycle. |
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| Credits | Pencils: various | Inks: various | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Shows the covers of Funny Pages #8 and 9, Funny Picture Stories #4 and 5, Detective Picture Stories #3 and 4, and Western Picture Stories #1 and 2. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for Remington Rand typewriters.
Back cover. |
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