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  • Item #49655500
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    Crime and Justice (1951) #23 GD- 1.8
    Published Mar 1955 by Capital.
    GD- 1.8
    SOLD
    $82.00
    • 3.75" Cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached at one staple.
    • This item has sold.

    Cover by Harry Anderson. Stories and art by Harry Anderson, Dennis Laugen and Earl Lonsbury. There was no issue #22. Crime comics from Charlton that (briefly) survived the arrival of the Comics Code. A prison psychiatrist interviews the ex-con who earned the name The Boomerang Kid, by trying to break back into prison after his release. Eddie is torn between being a cop like his father, or going into the ring to make it as a boxer. A former state legislator on Death Row asks to speak to the detective called Crime Smasher and makes a final request. First issue with the Comics Code seal on the cover. Having temporarily survived the Comics Code, the new title logo emphasis "Justice" instead of "Crime." The Crime Clinic Starring Dr. Tom Rogers: The Boomerang Kid!; Crime Tracks: Clues in Breaking Glass; Rookie Cop: Fateful Decision; Booked for Murder!; Counterfeiting; Crime Smasher: The Last Request. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10. Grade: GD- 1.8 explanation of grade Condition: Used (collectible)

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