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    Published Aug 1954 by Toby Press.

    Johnny Danger (1950) 1 CGC 5.0

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #1035137023

    Ended Aug 14 2012
    Winning Bid $27

    Stories and art by Jack Sparling and Mell Lazarus. Toby Press re-presents the adventures of private eye Johnny Danger, "the name that spells doom to the underworld." Billy faces a grim fate in Chinatown while seeking the Jade Lady, in a pre-Code story with bondage and torture elements. Billy puts his fists to work for political activism when a reform candidate is targeted by the establishment machine's thugs. Johnny searches New York for an oil heiress who's run away to get into showbiz, but wound up on 52nd St. or "Swing Street," where dreams go to die. Photo cover for this one-shot is the quintessential tough-guy image. The Chinatown Caper; The Election Caper; O'Rourke Remembers; The Swing Street Caper; The Line-Up. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10. Grade: CGC 5.0 explanation of grade Condition: Used (collectible)