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| Date | | Number: 8 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Approved Comics 8 - Crime on the Run | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Crime |
| Comic Story | A Tough Beat (6 pages) |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | Joe Bryant (hero, honest cop); Kid Coy [Joe Bryant Jr] (hoodlum) |
| Pencils | Leonard Starr |
| Inks | Leonard Starr |
| First Line | Get him, Mike -- Shoot! |
| Notes | Starr is credited on both pencil and ink on crime stories for St. John by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. He can be spotted by his faces, with quite broad mouth. He had most of the Bantam Buckaroo stories for ACG. |
| Comic Story | Durable Mike Malloy (8 pages) |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | Michael Malloy; Tony Marino; Joe Murphy; Harry Green; Frank Pasqua; Dan Kreisberg; Doctor Frank Manzella |
| First Line | Michael Malloy was a mere shell of a man... |
| Comic Story | The Squealers (6 pages) |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | Michael Malloy (alcoholic tramp); Eliot Graham (reporter); Captain Mike Farrow; Tony Benuiti; Joe Ashly (crook); Red Hogan (crook); Gus Hall (crook); Detective Willy Rose; Charlie Winters (pawnbroker); Detective Ed Worth |
| Script | Carl Wessler ? |
| Pencils | Leonard Starr |
| Inks | Leonard Starr |
| First Line | A trio of gun-punks turned to killing... |
| Notes | Notes as for the first story. |
| Comic Story | Kill-Crazy John Dillinger (6 pages) |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | John Dillinger; Melvin Purvis |
| Pencils | George Olesen |
| Inks | George Olesen |
| First Line | On the night of July 22, 1834... |
| Notes | Art was originally credited to Louis Ravelli?, but faces with bushy eyebrows drawn with lines perpendicular is a sure sign of Olesen, as can best be seen on the last page. He did many western stories of The Hawk for St. John. He is also credited on crime stories for St. John by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
| Comic Story | The Dream Horse Winners (6 pages) |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | Rick Fraser (horseplayer); Horace Fraser; Mr. Wickham (bank manager); Sleet Higgins (bookie); Handle (bookie); Pete Petrone (jockey) |
| Pencils | Bob Powell |
| Inks | Bob Powell |
| First Line | Rick Fraser, incurable horseplayer... |
| Notes | Art identification from Gary Watson, July 2009. |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
