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  • Item #24130743
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    GD/VG 3.0
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    $83.00
    • Restored (see item notes)
    • 1" spine split, minor color touch.
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    June-July 1936. Cover by John Newton Howitt. The storyline Purple Invasion begins here and runs sequentially through March 1938. This is the 1st appearance of the Purple Empire in The Operator #5 story "Death's Ragged Army" by Curtis Steele (All Operator #5 stories are written under the house-pseduonym Curtis Steele). Other stories include "Red Finger - Spy Poison!" by Arthur Leo Zagat and "Red Dust of Death" by Frank Gruber. Interior illustrations by J. Fleming Gould. 7-in x 10-in; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10. Grade: GD/VG 3.0 explanation of grade Condition: Used (collectible)

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