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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published July 1949
Cover Price $0.10
Pages 36
Editing Ruth Roche; Robert W. Farrell (Managing Editor); S. M. Iger (Art Director)
Notes Indicia states Ellery Queen Vol. 1 #2 published bi-monthy by Superior Comics Ltd. Robert W. Farrell Managing Editor, Ruth Roche Editor and S. M. Iger Art Director.

Cover Details

Genre Mystery; Suspense
Notes Indicia states Ellery Queen Vol. 1 #2 published bi-monthy by Superior Comics Ltd. Robert W. Farrell Managing Editor, Ruth Roche Editor and S. M. Iger Art Director.

1 page advertisement

Script ? (ad copy)
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Notes Inside front cover ad for Binoculars.

7 page Ellery Queen story "Terror Tide"

Characters Ellery Queen
Synopsis Death came to Surfside Manor in a weird and uncanny manner that baffled the regular police.
Genre Mystery; Suspense

8 page Ellery Queen story "Calamity Clock"

Characters Ellery Queen
Synopsis Gloria Webb was lovely, wealthy and impulsive....
Genre Mystery; Suspense

2 page text story "The Bell That Screamed"

Script Maxfield R. Pater
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7 page Ellery Queen story "The Case of the Vanishing Phantoms"

Characters Ellery Queen (as narrator)
Synopsis The Ghost wasn't a Ghost, the red head wasn't a red head but the diamonds were missing!
Genre Mystery; Suspense

6 page Ellery Queen story "The Devil In the Vault"

Characters Ellery Queen
Synopsis A simple routine business of opening a bank vault for the day's work and out popped the devil.
Genre Mystery; Suspense

1 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis 1 page promo ad for Bruce Gentry comics
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1 page advertisement

Synopsis Inside backcover ad for a camera
Script ? (ad copy)
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1 page advertisement

Synopsis Back cover ad for Illinois Merchandise items.
Script ? (ad copy)
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