| Additional Information |
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| Publication | January 1946 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Credits | Pencils: Charles Biro (signed) | Inks: Charles Biro (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Advertisement | Premiums or Cash given (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustrations) | Inks:? (spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for Wilson Chemical Co. |
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| Comic Story | The Bookkeeping Bandit (12 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Mr. Crime; Officer Common Sense (ghost cop) |
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| Comic Story | Case of the Love Sick Clown (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | When Sophie and her sweetheart take rooms at a local boarding house, a visit from a clown proves to be disastrous, and anything but funny. |
| Credits | Script: Dick Wood | Pencils: Rudy Palais (signed) | Inks: Rudy Palais (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Crime | Characters: Sophie Singer (actress, death); Mr. Worthen (Sophie's sweetheart); the Clown (villain) |
| Notes | writer confirmation by Martin O'Hearn. |
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| Comic Story | Ghouls' Gold (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Crime; Horror-suspense | Characters: Hare; Burke; Dr. Knox; Mary Patterson; Mr. Patterson; Mrs. McGowan |
| Notes | Story is later plagiarized in "Corpses - Cash and Carry" in Exposed (D.S. Publishing Co., 1948 series) #1 (March-April 1948).
This appears to be the first published comics work by Robert Bernstein. |
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| Text Story | The Folly of Johnny Bananas (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Woody Hamlton (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Featuring | What's On Your Mind |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Impossible Suicide (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Comic Story | Doctor of Evil (6.75 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Dick Wood | Pencils: Vernon Henkel (signed) | Inks: Vernon Henkel |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
| Notes | bottom quarter of last page of story is a promo for the "Big 3" Lev Gleason comics (Boy, Daredevil and Crime Does Not Pay)
writer confirmation by Martin O'Hearn. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Pre-War ... War ... Post-War |
| Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustrations) | Inks:? (spot illustrations) |
| Notes | Advertisement for "The Big 3" comics; Daredevil Comics (Lev Gleason, 1941 series), Boy Comics (Lev Gleason, 1942 series), and Crimes Does Not Pay (Lev Gleason, 1942 series). |
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| Featuring | Who Dunnit Mystery? |
| Credits | Pencils: Jack Alderman (signed) | Inks: Jack Alderman (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| PSA | 13 Million Men and Women Will Wear One!! |
| Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) |
| Notes | Promoting respect for honorably discharged servicemen and women. |
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| Advertisement | Given Your Choice of Valuable Gifts ... (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustrations);? (photograph) | Inks:? (spot illustrations);? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for Dean Studios. |
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| Advertisement | Here's the Greatest Billfold Bargain ... (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustrations) | Inks:? (spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for Illinois Merchandise Mart. |
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| Advertisement | Speedy Wheeler Saves the Day and Wins a Bike (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils: Milt Youngren (signed) | Inks: Milt Youngren (signed) |
| Notes | Advertisement in comic strip form for Arnold, Schwinn & Co. |
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