If you are contemplating committing a crime, then our detective category
is certainly not the place to do it, as here reside the cream of sleuths.
Arguably the biggest fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes,
makes a brief appearance with Charlton's two issue run, maybe due to licensing issues.
Charlie Chan appears both in newspaper strip and comic book format.
The comic strip, drawn by Alfred Andriola, was abruptly dropped after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
After the war he made a comeback. Two examples we have are, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby's Prize Comics' Charlie Chan
and a later Charlton Comics title.
We have other big names. Simon Templar, known to us all as The Saint.
The Robin Hood of modern crime is a bad guy turned good. Ellery Queen, a mystery writer who helps his police inspector father solve murders.
The prolific Sexton Blake, plus a lot more!
We have 85 titles and 1,911 issues in our 'Detective Category' for you to enjoy.
Detective Comics And Books
2 Americanos en Europa |
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Online: | 24 Books |
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Publishing History |
Issues: | 24 |
From: | 1951 |
Seq: | 1 - 24 |
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Publisher: | Spanish Language Books |
Description: | Published by Ediciones Toray, Barcelona. 1951? A lilliput/striscia format series with art by Francisco Darnis. With thanks to http://tebeosycomics.blogspot.co.uk/ |
Aguia Negra |
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Publisher: | Portuguese Language Books |
Description: | Brazilian superhero comic published in Rio de Janeiro. Reminiscent of the Australian characters, Sir Falcon and Crimson Comet, without the wings. |
The Black Mask |
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Publisher: | Crime and Detective |
Description: | The Black Mask was a monthly Pulp magazine published by Pro-Distributors Publishing based in New York, USA.
It ran from April 1920 to July 1951 for a total of 340 issues.
April 1920 - April 1927 as The Black Mask
May 1927 - July 1950 as Black Mask
September ... |
Bob Crack |
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Online: | 4 Books |
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Publishing History |
Issues: | 19 |
From: | 1947 |
To: | 1949 |
Seq: | 1 - 19 |
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Publisher: | Dutch Language Books |
Description: | This was a Dutch series of Beeldverhaals which ran for 19 issues from 1947 - 1948. These tiny comics were published by Jago in Haarlem and measured 11 and a half centimetres by
8 centimetres, reflecting the paper shortage in The Netherlands after WW2.
They ... |
Buck Ryan |
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Publisher: | Newspaper Comic Strips |
Description: | Buck Ryan was a UK newspaper adventure comic strip created by Jack Monk and the writer Don Freeman. It ran in the Daily Mirror from 22 March 1937 to July 1962.
Buck Ryan, the strip's main character, is a young British private investigator who fights crime. ... |
Charlie Chan |
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Publisher: | Newspaper Comic Strips |
Description: | The Chinese-American sleuth Charlie Chan was created by Earl Derr Biggers, and based in part on an actual Honolulu detective, Chang Apana. Although Chan, like his real-life counterpart Apana, works for the Honolulu police he is very much a globe-trotter who solves ... |
Charlie Chan |
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Online: | 5 Books |
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Publishing History |
Issues: | 5 |
From: | Jun 1948 |
To: | Feb 1949 |
Seq: | 1 - 5 |
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Publisher: | Prize |
Description: | (1948 series)
June-July 1948 - February-March 1949
Issues: #1-5
Tracking: Numbering continues in CHARLIE CHAN (Charlton, 1955 series).
Artists on this title include Dick Briefer, Bill Draut, Tom Golden, Carmine Infantino, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon & Manny ... |
Charlie Chan Archives |
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Publisher: | Comic Book Compilations |
Description: | The character of Charlie Chan was originally created by Earl Derr Biggers in 1919, while visiting Hawaii. He was inspired to create a Chinese-American police officer, as an alternative to the stereotypical Asian 'Yellow Peril' villains, in particular ... |
Complete Detective Cases |
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Online: | 2 Books |
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Seq: | 1 - |
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Publisher: | Crime and Detective |
Description: | Published quarterly by Postal Publications based in New York.
These detective magazines are filled with supposedly true stories about various criminals. Stories of murder and other lurid crimes predominate throughout. A look at the covers reveals another important ... |
Crack Detective |
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Publisher: | Crime and Detective |
Description: | Crack Detective (Stories)
Published every other month by Columbia Publications based in New York.
Robert W. Lowndes: Editor
One of the most memorable feature of this pulp is the lurid covers depicting a gorgeous dame either being threatened or interestingly ... |
Crime Detector |
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Online: | 5 Books |
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Publishing History |
Issues: | 5 |
From: | Jan 1954 |
To: | Jul 1954 |
Seq: | 1 - 5 |
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Publisher: | Timor |
Description: | (1954 series)
January 1954 - July 1954
Issues: #1-5
Artists on this title include Bernard Baily, Sam Burlockoff, Mort Drucker, & Les Zakarin |
Detective Weekly |
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Online: | 4 Books |
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Publishing History |
Issues: | 379 |
From: | Feb 1933 |
To: | May 1940 |
Seq: | 1 - 379 |
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Publisher: | British Story Papers |
Description: | Detective Weekly was a continuation of the Union Jack, the storypaper which had begun in 1894 and which had for most of its life been famous as "Sexton Blake's own paper". Issue 1 of Detective Weekly was dated 25 February 1933, a week after the last ... |
Dixon Hawke Library |
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Publisher: | Crime and Detective |
Description: | The other, other "Great Detective", Dixon Hawke (although fans would say Hawke was a better read than Sexton Blake) appeared in The Dixon Hawke Library in 1919, which ran 576 issues till 1941. His adventures also appeared in the subsequent Dixon Hawke ... |
Domino Noir |
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Publisher: | French Language Books |
Description: | French Canadian pulp from the mid '40's.
Simon Antoine, millionaire, fights crime as Domino Noir, aided by the young reporter from Le Midi newspaper. |
El Encapuchado |
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Online: | 27 Books |
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Publishing History |
Issues: | 1 |
From: | 1946 |
Seq: | 27 - 27 |
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Publisher: | Spanish Language Books |
Description: | Landscape weekly published by Exclusivas Gerpla, Barcelona. Printed by Imp Moderna, Paris. Featuring the adventures of the hooded crimefighter, El Encapuchado. Art by Adriano. 1946 |
Front Page Detective |
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Publisher: | Crime and Detective |
Description: | Published monthly by Dell Publishing Co. based in Washington.
Front Page Detective was a forerunner to the comic books Dell would subsequently become more famous for.
A long running title, it featured articles and photographs on real-life crimes plus the odd fiction ... |
The Hotspur |
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Online: | 335 Books |
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Publishing History |
From: | Sep 1933 |
To: | Oct 1959 |
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Publisher: | British Story Papers |
Description: | One of the Big Five boys' story papers from D.C. Thomson. Featuring illustrated stories of adventure, sports, schooldays, crime, s.f. plus jokes.
They bear no relation to the American pulps or, in fact, the British pocket libraries. They are in a class ... |
The Informer |
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Online: | 5 Books |
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Publishing History |
Issues: | 5 |
From: | Apr 1954 |
To: | Dec 1954 |
Seq: | 1 - 5 |
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Publisher: | Sterling |
Description: | The Informer was based on a T.V. series. It ran 5 issues before changing name to After Dark. |
Jane Arden |
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Online: | 3 Books |
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Publishing History |
Issues: | 2 |
From: | Mar 1948 |
To: | Jun 1948 |
Seq: | 1 - 2 |
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Publisher: | St. John |
Description: | |
Jet Fury |
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Online: | 5 Books |
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Publishing History |
Issues: | 15 |
From: | 1950 |
To: | 1952 |
Seq: | 1 - 15 |
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Publisher: | Australian & New Zealand Comics |
Description: | Jet Fury and his mystery plane, The Comet, fights crime. Art by Larry Horak.
JET STARR is by Yaroslav Horak, who, after a move to England a decade later, became best known for his work on the newspaper comic strip JAMES BOND.
STARR evolved from the American ... |
Ken Winston |
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Publisher: | Newspaper Comic Strips |
Description: | Ken Winston was a shortlived strip created by Jerry Siegel, with pencilling by Ogden Whitney (and Mike Roy). Syndicated by General Features it featured a James Bond look-a-like. running for a year or so in the mid fifties.
"As most of Siegel's work ... |
Kerry Drake Detective Cases |
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Online: | 30 Books |
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Publishing History |
Issues: | 28 |
From: | 1948 |
To: | 1952 |
Seq: | 6 - 33 |
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Publisher: | Harvey Comics |
Description: | (1948 series)
1948 - 1952
Issues: 29 (#6-33)
Tracking: Numbering continues from KERRY DRAKE, Magazine Enterprises)
Artists on this title include Alfred Andriola & Bob Powell |
Lex Brand |
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Publisher: | Dutch Language Books |
Description: | Lex Brand is a Private Detective from The Netherlands. The comic is an example of a Beeldverhaal, a popular format , roughly 13cm. x 10cm., which reflects the paper shortage in the low countries in the years following WW2. Creator was Ben Abas. |