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    Authentic Police Cases (1948) #19 FR/GD 1.5
    Published Jun 1952 by St. John.
    FR/GD 1.5
    SOLD
    $115.00
    • 1" tear through front cover and all of interior (folded, oxidized corner). Small lateral spine tear.
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    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Edd Ashe, Antonio Toldo and Enrico Bagnoli. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Bank teller Paul starts off with some minor embezzlement, but when his wife needs an operation, he becomes the inside man for a gang of bank robbers. On the run from the Mob for crossing them, Danny realizes the safest place is prison. Model "Broadway Betty" realizes she can make a lot more money as the face of a jewelry-theft gang. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Murder Picks a Loser; I Turned to Crime; Murder Knocks at Cell No. 5; Broadway Betty; Gangland versus Willie Reuther; Smuggling Human Cargo. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10. Grade: FR/GD 1.5 explanation of grade Condition: Used (collectible)

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