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Issue Details

Issue	#5
Published	Summer 1952
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Herbert W. Rogoff
Notes	Indicia states "Crime Clinic", cover states "The Crime Clinic". Indicia states "published quarterly by Approved Comics". Cover art credit from David Saunders, Norman Saunders' son, via e-mail (January 6, 2008)

Cover Details - "No Second Chance"

Characters	Dr. Tom Rogers
Genre	Crime
Pencils	Norman Saunders (painting)
Inks	Norman Saunders (painting)
Colors	Norman Saunders (painting)
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Indicia states "Crime Clinic", cover states "The Crime Clinic". Indicia states "published quarterly by Approved Comics". Cover art credit from David Saunders, Norman Saunders' son, via e-mail (January 6, 2008)

6 page Crime Clinic story "No Second Chance"

Characters	Dr. Tom Rogers; Edgar Jay Adams; Stuart Manly
Synopsis	Edgar Jay Adams, newpaper publisher, doesn't hire Stuart Manly due to his being a parolled convict.
Genre	Crime

1 page Major Mars; Popsicle advertisement "Mission to the Moon"

Characters	Major Mars
Genre	Science Fiction
Pencils	Sam Glankoff ?
Inks	Sam Glankoff ?
Notes	Sam Glankoff ? credit from comparison with later Major Mars strips that appear to be signed. See http://majormars.pbwiki.com/.

6 page story "One Last Hope"

Characters	Robert Cranshaw; William Jayson Sykes
Synopsis	Board chairman Sykes originally denies parole for Robert Cranshaw, but after he is hit on the head and imagines himself in prison, he changes his mind.
Genre	Crime
Pencils	Everett Raymond Kinstler
Inks	Everett Raymond Kinstler
Notes	Everett Kinstler credit from comparison with other artwork signed by him.

2 page text story "Double Dose! The Criminal Always Loses"

Genre	Fact; Crime
Letters	Typeset

Half page G.I. Joe promo (ad from the publisher) "Meet G.I. Joe"

Synopsis	Ad for first issue of G.I. Joe.
Genre	War
Notes	Other half of page is ad for electric razor.

7 page story "The Two-Bit Hierloom"

Characters	Jake Dutton
Synopsis	Jake Dutton is released from jail but goes back to a life of stealing jewels, starting with the Bradley Pearls.
Genre	Crime
Pencils	Everett Kinstler ?
Inks	Everett Kinstler ?
Notes	Everett Kinstler ? credit from comparison with other work by him which is signed. First page may have been inked by someone else.

Half page Law Laffs filler "Stop pestering Mommy or I'll put you back in stir again."

Synopsis	Four gag cartoons involving crime.
Genre	Humor
Notes	Bottom half of page is ad for book on Hypnosis.

6 page Crime Clinic story "The Lady Killer"

Characters	Dr. Tom Rogers; Harvey Sheppard
Synopsis	Harvey Sheppard, the penitentiary librarian, is in jail for killing his wife but Dr. Rodgers thinks he may be acting a martyr and covering up for his wife's ex-lover.
Genre	Crime

1 page It's a Crime! filler "Identification? Will this do?"

Synopsis	Six gag panels about criminals.
Genre	Humor
Script	Vic Martin (signed)
Pencils	Vic Martin (signed)
Inks	Vic Martin (signed)
Letters	Vic Martin ?