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| I'm a fan of Alden McWilliams (especially his later work). However he let me down this time. Our pages 10 through 14 are a master class in avoiding work. McWilliams reduces every action panel to the bare minimum: a close up of a foot or a pair of hands, overly tight shots with no background or context. For shame! |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | June 1948 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Detective-mystery | Characters: Toni Gayle |
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| Featuring | Cole Clues |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside-front cover; letters from Audrey Betz, Alan Brenner, Thelma Moires, Alfred M. Marques, Dorothy Mae Spanbauer, and Diana Linscott. |
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| Comic Story | The Black Smoke Curse (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | King Cole offers the Ski-Hi Diamond Company his detective protection for a million dollars show, but they turn his offer down, and the diamonds are stolen by fake firemen. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Young King Cole; Iris Norland; Whip Steele; Ursus Graham; Mr. Ice; Mr. Smoke (villain) |
| Notes | The art matches McWlliams's signed King Cole story in Criminals on the Run (Novelty / Premium / Curtis, 1948 series) v4 #3. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children |
| Notes | no feature or title |
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| Featuring | Homer K. Beagle |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery |
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| Text Story | Fruits of Crime (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children |
| Notes | no title or feature |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Stolen Rembrandt (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Larry Broderick, Detective |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery |
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| Featuring | Foxy |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Foxy (an office boy in a detective agency, who wants to be a super-snooper) |
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| Text Story | The Chump (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children |
| Notes | no feature or title |
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| Synopsis | A daredevil floating down the Niagara Falls in a rubber ballon is sabotaged and killed by his manager who had misused his funds in gambling. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Detective-mystery | Characters: Toni Gayle; Biff Muggson; Chick; Mr. Gule; Pete Potter; Archie Blinn (death) |
| Notes | Pete Riss is spotted by his tapering faces with eyes far apart.
Inker could be Valleau. |
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| Foiling the Lunatic's Revenge (1 page) |
| Featuring | "U.S." Royal |
| Content | Genre: Drama |
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| Featuring | Heathcliff the Hobo |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | This is the inside-back cover |
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