| Additional Information |
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| Publication | March 1948 | Price: 0.10 CAD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Cover features cop chasing crook. |
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| Cover | Daring Crime Cases |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
| Notes | Cover features cop chasing crook. |
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| Advertisement | Good Luck to You (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for birthstone ring from Dean Studios. |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
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| Synopsis | Jake and Lil are a couple of circus performers with a penchant for crime. They give seemingly innocent rubber balls to the children of wealthy parents, but the balls are filled with deadly gas that gets released when the balls are exposed to light. Jake and Lil then swoop in and steal from the rich folk. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Dynamic Man [Bert McQuade]; Dynamic Boy |
| Notes | Last appearance of Dynamic Man [Bert McQuade].
Scan of story available at http://home.comcast.net/~pfeonline/PEC_05/STRY0701.HTM
The artwork with many googly-eyed faces, straight upturned noses, and some protruding lower lips, matches Asch's stories in Lawbreakers Suspense Stories, one signed. Also The Voice stories in Feature Comics have some of these googly eyes. Most probably his work, but as he is not confirmed, a question mark. |
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| Comic Story | The Northampton Bank Robbery (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Dunlap Gang pulls off a string of bank robberies. |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: The Dunlap Gang [John Perry]; Mr. Evans; Duggan; Miss Gadsby; Mr. Pratt; Inspector O'Brien; Whittlesly |
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| Comic Story | Atkinson the Jewel Fence (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Skip captures a stolen jewel fence. |
| Featuring | Skip Randall |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Skip Randall; Margay Hamilton; Mullen; Ginger; George |
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| Text Article | Cosmetics (1 page) |
| Featuring | Facts! |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Advertisement | Fiesta Dress (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ads for a Fiesta Dress (from Michigan), books (from Dominion Mail Order Agency, Toronto) and 5 books about gangsters (from Thriller Books, New York). |
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| Featuring | "Chuck" Torance |
| Content | Genre: Aviation |
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| Advertisement | These Great Stories Now For Only 39c Each!! (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ad for classic books from the Dominion Mail Order Agency, Toronto. |
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| Comic Story | Desert Grave (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
| Notes | Story is signed in last panel, but signature is impossible to make out. |
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| Advertisement | Flying Helmet (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for war surplus, from Chicago, Ill. |
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| Text Story | Alias Mr. Howard (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Charley Ford; Bob Ford; Ed Lincoln; Frank Howard; Darby Smith |
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| Advertisement | It's Easy to Learn Dancing (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for dancing book from Dominion Mail Order Agency, Toronto. |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (signed) | Inks:? (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
| Notes | Story is signed, but signature is difficult to read. Same signature as Desert Grave. |
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| Advertisement | These Famous Books - - Now Only 39c Each (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ad for books from Dominion Mail Order Agency, Toronto. |
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| Comic Story | The Poodle Caper (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Inspector Fumble looks for a lost dog. |
| Featuring | Inspector Fumble |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Inspector Fumble |
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| Advertisement | Rapid-Fire Tommy Gun (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for Dick Tracy gun from Chicago. |
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| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Inspector Straub; Dwight; Mrs. Dwight |
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| Advertisement | America's Greatest Zipper Billfold Bargain (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ads for billfolds (from Chicago), a camera (from Chicago) and Baby Ruth candy (from Chicago). |
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