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Authentic Police Cases (1948 St. John) 15 GD- 1.8

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ray Osrin, Enrico Bagnoli, Ralph Lane and Michael OMalley. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Bad girl Molly Stamm is the brains behind an international market in stolen "wonder drugs," in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. A major gang figure who was going to testify to a Senate committee is murdered in broad daylight on Millionaire Beach by men in scuba gear wielding spearguns. Private eye Vic Flint is hired to find out who is blackmailing wealthy industrialist AJ Mogul. Cover by Baker. Trapping the Triangle Gang; Death on Millionaires Beach; Vic Flint: Blackmailers at Work; Racketeering in Drugs. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Authentic Police Cases (1948 St. John) 29 FR/GD 1.5

3" cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple. Cover oxidation with chipping. Water damage.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Antonio Canale, Enrico Bagnoli, and Ralph Mayo. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. A farmhand named Joe goes to the big city - Chicago - where he falls in with the Mob and becomes a hired killer. A cop goes undercover as a night watchman to get the goods on a robbery gang. Armored-car hijackers count on a thick fog to disguise their watery escape. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Killer from Hicksville; Foremost Fugitive; A Dangerous Job; Hard-Luck Lefty; Escape by Water; Every Crooks a Loser; When Ex-Cons Meet! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Reporter (1948) 3 CGC 2.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4728830008

Cover by Matt Baker and Ray Osrin. Stories and art by George Tuska and Paul Gattuso. Mystery and adventure comics from St. John featuring heroic reporters. Jinx Jordan investigates the murder of wealthy Diana Von Kyll, and the killers abduct his girlfriend Ginny. Rod Holmes uses his X-ray vision and powerful eyebeams to search for a missing heir. Ventrilo and his allies - his sister Cora and his scientist brother, "Dr. Doom" - battle a snake cult in a small town. Lawson Hunt must save a key witness before a trial, in a story with art by future Marvel legend George Tuska. Another stunning cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Jinx Jordan: Gang Victim Avenged by Crime Reporters; Blue Monk: Dynamite Switch Foils Payroll Loot Payoff; Lawson Hunt, Newsman Balks Scheme to Kill Key Witness; Pseudo-Murder; Ventrilo: Murder Unmasks Snake Cult Chiefs Swindle; Rod Holmes: Poison Death Linked to Fake Heir Fraud; Mock Murder. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Hawk 3-D (1953 St. John) 1 GD 2.0

2 Center wraps detached. All wraps detached at one staple. Water damage. Interior oxidation. Includes unrelated 3D glasses.

Does not include original 3-D glasses. Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by John Buscema and others. Tough marshal Bob Hardie is better known to friend and foe alike as The Hawk. St. John was a pioneer in 3-D comics during the original 3-D craze of the 1950s. Rowdy buckaroos start a fire on a Saturday night, but it's just a diversion for a gold shipment robbery. Two outlaws believed long dead return to make trouble, and what's worse, the Hawk's bullets don't stop them. Outlaws get the drop on the Hawk and leave him stranded in the desert without water or horse. Plus a story with art by future Marvel and Conan legend John Buscema. Gunslingers Greed; Desert Eagle: Wheel of Fortune; The Ghost Bandits; The Apaches; Custers Last Stand; The Desperados Gamble. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Jackie Gleason (1955 St. John) 1 GD/VG 3.0

Stories and art by Frank Ryan, Bill Shelly, Mike Roy and Mike Peppe. St. John presents a comic based on the many characters of comedy legend Jackie Gleason, including his influential TV series The Honeymooners, inspiration for The Flintstones. Wealthy lunatic Reggie van Gleason is so insulated from real life that he can't function without servants. Mr. Finch endures the nonstop chatter of Charlie Bratton, the Loudmouth. Plus a message from Mother Fletcher, The Famous Sponsor of the Late Late Late Late Show. The Honeymooners; Reggie van Gleason; The Poor Soul; Charlie Bratton the Loudmouth; Fenwick; Mother Fletcher; Rudy the Repairman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Strange Terrors (1952 St. John) 2 GD 2.0

1" Cumulative spine split with lateral spine tearing.

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Cover by George Meyerriecks. Stories and art by Don Perlin, Abe Simon, Paul Gattuso and Bob Forgione. Classic pre-Code horror from St. John. Ronald and Miram inherit an old English mansion that comes complete with a haunted mirror, in a story with art by future Marvel legend Don Perlin. Clyde McGovern investigates a shipboard murder that is somehow connected to a Buddha statue. Dr. Craven has discovered the secrets of life and death - but mostly death. Revenge from the Grave; Birth of a Corpse; Keeper of the Skulls; Dr. Webb's Weird Discovery; The Shadow of Death; The Curse of the Mirror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Texan (1948 St. John) 8 GD+ 2.5

Centerfold detached. Water damage.

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Cover by Matt Baker and Ray Osrin. Stories and art by Matt Baker, George Tuska, Richard Speed and Howard Larsen. "The Texan" and other heroes battle owlhoots and rustlers in the Old West. Smoky Horse dreams of peace between the Apaches and the settlers, but that makes him suspect to both groups, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. In another Baker story, action girl Yukon Jane battles wolfpacks and pelt poachers in the northern woods. The Marshal of Eagle Springs tracks masked raiders who use silver bullets, but these are no Rangers. Plus biographical pages on Crazy Horse, Harry Tracy, Jesse James, and Arizona Pete. And a story with art by future Marvel legend George Tuska. Cover by Baker. Jesse James; Scalp Hunters Hide Their Tracks; Arizona Pete; Ghost Riders Defy the Range Law; Crazy Horse; The Renegades' Last Raid; The Lone Vigilante; Tracy the Outlaw. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.