Special Agent (1947) comic books
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Issue #2
Published Sep 1948 by Parents' Magazine Institu.$5.70
- Water damage. Staple rust. Chew.
Stories and art by Jack Sparling and Edd Ashe. Adventures of FBI agent Steve Saunders, originally a backup feature in True Comics (1941). Steve Saunders seeks escaped convicts after a prison break; Steve pursues a draft dodger who claims he won't be taken alive; Hollywood actresses receive threatening letters and inform the FBI. Includes a note that the series is "presented with the cooperation of the FBI" and based on authentic cases. What's Your FBI-Q?; The Case of the Seven Hunted Men; The Case of the Barefoot Bandit; The Mad G-Man; The Case of the Disguised Bandits. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #4
Published Jan 1949 by Parents' Magazine Institu.$8.00
Stories and art by Jack Sparling, Edd Ashe and Phil Berube. Adventures of FBI agent Steve Saunders, originally a backup feature in True Comics (1941). Steve Saunders tracks a cunning Nazi spy; T-Man Michael Trigger hunts vicious gun smugglers; Steve Saunders is called in after a bank robbery in Morton, Texas. Includes a note that the series is "presented with the cooperation of the FBI" and based on authentic cases. Oddities in Sports; Steve Saunders; Dick Powell - the Man Who Didn't Forget; What's Your Sky I.Q.?; T-Man Michael Trigger. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #6
Published May 1949 by Parents' Magazine Institu.$9.60
Stories and art by Phil Berube and others. Adventures of FBI agent Steve Saunders, originally a backup feature in True Comics (1941). Steve Saunders must hunt a childhood friend who was raised in a life of poverty and crime; Michael Trigger goes undercover in a smuggling gang; Saunders tries to prove that an embezzler is faking mental illness to stay out of prison. Includes a note that the series is "presented with the cooperation of the FBI" and based on authentic cases. Official Story of the FBI; The Case of the Desperate Swimmer; T-Man Michael Trigger; Sports Champs: Gene Bearden; The Case of the Insane Banker; Boy of the Year; Robbery on the High Seas; Easy Ed Macauley. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #7
Published Jul 1949 by Parents' Magazine Institu.$17.00
View scans- .5" Spine split from bottom.
Stories and art by Floyd Torbert and Edd Ashe. Adventures of FBI agent Steve Saunders, originally a backup feature in True Comics (1941). A crook learns as much as he can to improve his capers; Radium thieves accidentally unleash a deadly virus; Michael Trigger tracks an old chum who has turned to crime. Includes a note that the series is "presented with the cooperation of the FBI" and based on authentic cases. Official Story of the FBI; The Case of the Studious Bank Robber; T-Man Michael Trigger; Sports Champs: Robert Grant; The Boys' Club of America Prepares for the Camping Season; Chip Downs' Crime Lab; Ellsworth Vines. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
