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  • Item #50984266
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    VG- 3.5
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    $16.15
    • 1 1/2" cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple.
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    Cover by Frank Giacoia. Stories and art by George Tuska, Michael O'Malley, Edd Ashe and Walter Johnson. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John, featuring gunplay, betrayal, murder and just all-around bad people. The cops close in on Tony "The Human Cat" after his latest home invasion. In its original printing, the following line from the Human Cat's girlfriend was singled out by Fredric Wertham as "An invitation to learning" in the famous anti-comics tome Seduction of the Innocent: "Where ya goin' on a night like dis, Tony? Ya ain't gonna shoot anybody with dat rod, are ya?" Reporter Lawson Hunt stumbles on a gangland plan for murder by remote control, but now he must live to report it. High-class pickpockets Silk and Sandra fleece the crowd that has gathered to honor private eye Vic Flint. Crash-Dive of a Crime Career; Mr. Muscles Plays with Murder; Vic Flint: The Case of the Fabulous Silk-Hat Pickpocket; Buried Bullets Betray the Burglar; Murder by Remote Control. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10. Grade: VG- 3.5 explanation of grade Condition: Used (collectible)

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