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Issue Details

Issue #10
Published June-July 1949
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth
Notes DC's France Herron plays the cop in the picture. Jack Schiff plays the crook in the picture.

Cover Details

Genre Crime
Pencils Emerson Hall (photo); Theda Hall (photo)
Inks Emerson Hall (photo); Theda Hall (photo)
Colors Emerson Hall (photo); Theda Hall (photo)
Notes DC's France Herron plays the cop in the picture. Jack Schiff plays the crook in the picture.

Half page The Grapevine text article "How T-Men Work"

Genre fact; crime
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover. Sequence data added to original index by Arthur Lortie via the GCD Error List (20 May 2005).

Half page The Grapevine text article "Wrong Torch Job"

Genre fact; crime
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover

8 page story "Fourth Offender"

Genre crime
Pencils Dan Barry (signed)
Inks Dan Barry (signed)
Notes Barry's signature noted by Arthur Lorrie via the GCD Error List (20 May 2005).

9 page story "Deadline in the Morgue"

Script Phil Evans
Pencils Nick Cardy
Inks Nick Cardy
Notes Page count correct by Arthur Lortie via the GCD Error List (20 May 2005); the original indexer indicated 10 pages. script credit from Evans Estate (Comics Buyers' Guide June 15, 1990)

1 page story "The Gay Masquerader"

Synopsis Fernand J. Rousselot, masquerading as a Marquis in 1917 New York is unmasked by Det. George Busby.
Genre fact; crime
Notes Data for sequence added to original index by Arthur Lorite via the GCD Error List (20 May 2005).

7 page The Plainclothes Squad in Action story "Penny Larceny"

Genre crime
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Sy Barry
Notes Feature title added to original index by Arthur Lortie via the GCD Error List (20 May 2005).

7 page story "Four Hours to Kill"

Genre crime
Script Phil Evans
Pencils Ramona Fradon
Inks Ramona Fradon
Notes script credit from Evans Estate (Comics Buyers' Guide June 15, 1990)

Half page The Grapevine text article "Suspect: Hands Off"

Genre fact; crime
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover

Half page The Grapevine text article "Blotter Jottings"

Genre crime
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "DC: Tops in Comics"

Synopsis House ad for DC Comics
Notes back cover