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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published March 1951
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Charles J. Levy; Charles Santangelo

Cover Details

Genre Crime
Pencils Art Gates [as A. G.]
Inks Art Gate [as A. G.]

1 page story "It's a Crime"

Genre Crime
Pencils Stockbridge Winslow ? [as S. Winslow]
Inks Irwin Hasen (signed)
Notes Inside front cover.

5 page story "Crimes Doctor The Sordid Story of... Joseph West M.D."

Characters Joseph West; Shiek Dugan
Synopsis A young doctor decides he can make more money by treating criminals.
Genre Crime
Pencils Irwin Hasen ?
Inks Stan Aschmeier ?
Notes Supposedly based on a true story.

7 page Crime on the High Seas story "Gun Runners' Racket"

Characters Pete Ronson; Rusty; Blackie Horne
Synopsis Pete and Rusty sign onto a ship and discover that it's operated by gun runners.
Genre Crime
Notes Art appears to be a product of the Iger shop.

6 page story "Johnny Bellows City Detective"

Characters Johnny Bellows; Peg (a reporter); several unnamed crooks
Synopsis Johnny sets a trap for some crooks.
Genre Crime

2 page text story "Dangerous Dough"

Genre Crime
Script ? [as Justin D. Triem]
Letters typeset

6 page story "Justice on the Hoof"

Characters Clem Barrow; unnamed homesteaders
Synopsis Homesteaders get revenge on a vicious cattle baron.
Genre Western

6 page story "Death Takes the Wheel"

Characters Death; Jim Ryder; Paul Lawrence
Synopsis A romantic triangle proves deadly for a race car driver.
Genre Crime

1 page story "Clever Clues"

Synopsis How some criminals trap themselves through carelessness.
Genre Crime
Script Ken Brickley
Pencils Ken Brickley
Inks Ken Brickley
Letters Ken Brickley