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Publication | March 1952 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
Notes | Art taken from Avon Paperback #143, entitled “Flash Casey” by George Harmon Coxe.
Art credit from Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1948. |
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Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Crime |
Notes | Art taken from Avon Paperback #143, entitled “Flash Casey” by George Harmon Coxe.
Art credit from Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1948. |
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Foreword/Afterword | Illustrated Table of Contents (1 page) |
Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Marie Swain; Rocky Lewis; John Scalisi; Albert Anselmi; Juanita Perez |
Notes | Four illustrated summaries of the main stories in this issue. Includes the indicia at the bottom of the page. On inside front cover. |
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Comic Story | Juanita Perez The Gypsy Killer! (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Gypsy thief, embezzler, dance-hall girl, gun-toting gang lookout, dope pusher, underworld queen -- the activities of this thrill-crazed murderess led her straight to the penitentiary and eventually to -- death! "Juanita Perez -- The Gypsy Killer!" (from Table of Contents) |
Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Juanita Perez [aka Janet Pollard]; Hutchins; Ed Reilly; Tony Arolla; Officer I.R. Moody |
Notes | It appears that only the word balloons in the splash panel are hand-lettered. |
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Comic Story | Insurance for Death! (7 pages) |
Synopsis | Rocky Lewis was a skilled butcher who was out to make a fast buck! he grubbed around until he uncovered a racket that filled his victims with terror and bathed then in blood! "Insurance for Death!" (from Table of Contents) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Rocky Lewis; Betty; Anthony Cardell; Hastings; Barton |
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Text Story | Habit Traps a Killer! (2 pages) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Jack Thompson; Chief of Police Wilson; Detective Walker |
Notes | The title is written entirely in lower case letters. |
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Comic Story | Crime's Homicide Squad! (6 pages) |
Synopsis | John Scalisi and Albert Anselmi were Al Capone's trigger-men! Theirs was the bloodiest alliance in the history of crime! So fierce was their appetite for slaughter that the underworld called them -- "Crime's Homicide Squad!" (from Table of Contents) |
Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: John Scalisi; Albert Anselmi; O'Banion; Mike Genna; Tony Lombardi; Al Capone |
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Comic Story | Marie Swain, "Rod-Baby!" (6 pages) |
Synopsis | A brutal, hardened criminal at the age of eighteen, pretty Marie Swain led her two-man gang on a crime wave all her own! The combination of her innocent face and her itchy trigger finger caused the police to tag her with the label -- "Rod-Baby!" (from Table of Contents page) |
Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Marie Swain; Frank; Harry |
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