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| Buried Bullets Betray the Burgler is a reprint of Authentic Police Cases number 6, also it was a story featured in SOTI. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | June 1952 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bimonthly |
| Notes | Art credit from JVJ index card attached to online scanned version. |
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| Credits | Pencils: Frank Giacoia | Inks: Frank Giacoia |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
| Notes | Art credit from JVJ index card attached to online scanned version. |
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| Text Story | Crash-Dive of a Crime Career (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
| Notes | Inside front cover and inside back cover. |
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| Comic Story | Mr. Muscles Plays with Murder (8 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils: Edd Ashe | Inks: Edd Ashe |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
| Notes | Art credit from JVJ index card attached to online scanned version. |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Fabulous Silk-Hat Pickpocket (13 pages) |
| Featuring | Vic Flint |
| Credits | Script: Michael O'Malley | Pencils: Ralph Lane? |
| Content | Genre: Crime; Detective-mystery | Characters: Vic Flint; Libby; Silk; Sandra |
| Notes | Reprint of newspaper strip. Credited creators are (Michael) O'Malley and (Ralph) Lane, although O'Malley was a pen name and Ralph Lane was replaced by Dean Miller, Art Sansom, and John Lane. It is not known who drew this particular story. |
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| Comic Story | Buried Bullets Betray the Burglar (6 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils: Walter Johnson | Inks: Walter Johnson |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Morton Fogg "The Devil Diver" |
| Notes | Original title: "Human Cat Trapped by Death Gun Slugs."
Revisions include that some of the captions and dialogue have been changed, the protagonist's name has been changed from Tony "The Human Cat" to Mort "The Devil Diver," and Walter Johnson's signature on the splash panel has been erased.
Johnson imitates Simon & Kirby's artwork mostly, but on the splash page the female character is a swipe of "P'Gell" from Eisner's "The Spirit." |
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| Comic Story | Murder by Remote Control (5 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils: George Tuska | Inks: George Tuska |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
| Notes | Art credit from JVJ index card attached to online scanned version. |
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