Authentic Police Cases (1948) comic books 1948-1950

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Cover art by Paul Parker. Untitled Crime on the Run story; During a payroll robbery one of the victims is shot and killed. Untitled Mystery Thriller of the Month story; A wave of bank robberies sweeps Los Angeles. Untitled Lucky Coyne story; Fate formed a peculiar partnership with a sadistic assassin. Untitled Hale! ...the Magician story, art by George Tuska; Hale is asked by the police to track down the deadly prophecies of the Signor Diablo. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Nick Cardy. Untitled Crime on the Run! story starring Sheriff Percy Way. Untitled Manhunters, Guardians of the Law story, art by Gus Ricca; A road builder turns into a desperate criminal. Untitled Johnny Rebel story, art by Bob Fujitani; German saboteurs blow up a dam near the Worth estate. Untitled Lady Satan story, art by George Tuska; Lady Satan vows to destroy the evil forces that killed her fiancee in a bombing raid on the ship taking them to New York. Untitled Crime on the Run! story. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Nick Cardy. Untitled Manhunters - Guardians of the Law story. Untitled Scoop Daily story, art by Joey Cavallo; Scoop is uncovering a full fledged war in the making between the United States and Mexico. Murderer! starring Lucky Coyne; A man is killed for not paying his gambling debts. The White Death, art by Gus Ricca; The mysterious deaths of society women, all by the draining of their bodies of blood, prompts the Veiled Avenger to pose as a wealthy society dame in order to lure the perpetrators out of hiding. Untitled Lucky Coyne story; A murdered lady found in a runaway car. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bob Lubbers. The Couple Who Came to Kill! (or The Case of the Whispering Bride). The Red Desperado, art by Gus Ricca; An escaped desperado is hunted by a posse of eight men with dogs. Case 1: Master Forgers--Science Corners the Criminals!, script and art by Jack Cole. Murder Fumbles a Doublecross, inks by Bernard Sachs; An antique dealer reports an emerald stolen and frames a released convict for the theft. The Phantom of Marco's Villa, art by Ralph Mayo; The ghost of Nancy's murdered father shows her where his money was hidden. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Baker and Ray Osrin. Stories and art by Walter Johnson and Jack Cole. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. This issue was mentioned in the illustrations for the anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent. The cops close in on Tony "The Human Cat" after his latest home invasion. The following line from the Human Cat's girlfriend was singled out by Fredric Wertham as "An invitation to learning" in Seduction of the Innocent: "Where ya goin' on a night like dis, Tony? Ya ain't gonna shoot anybody with dat rod, are ya?" Red Keenan's gang goes on a spree of murder and robbery, in a violent story with art by Plastic Man creator Jack Cole. The Mounties close in on the deadly Kurulak brothers in the Great White North. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Human Cat Trapped by Death Gun Slugs; The Diplomat Who Dabbled in Diamonds; Smashing the Red Keenan Gang; Crime Clean-up!; Phony Loot; Bullets Blaze the Mounties Trail; Fireman Save My Child; Murder Scare. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Paul Gattuso and Jack Cole. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Roy and Connor investigate a hot-check ring, in a story with art by Plastic Man creator Jack Cole. Reporter Scoop Daily is covering a goodwill mission to Mexico when he learns that corrupt billionaire Oily Welles is trying to start a war between Mexico and the U.S. McGuire, arrested for a crime he didn't commit, tries to prove his innocence. Plus the origin of the Masked Blackjack, the superhero formerly known as the Gay Desperado. And a biography of Legs Diamond. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Gerald Chapman; Master Forgers; Scoop Daily; Crime Does Not Pay!; Jack Diamond; How the Masked Blackjack Proved His Innocence; Two Minutes to Doom. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by John Celardo and others. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. The FBI and Scotland Yard track a gang of murderous jewel thieves to the frozen wastes of Greenland, in a story that may be early work by Frank Thorne. Mounties King and Bernard track poacher Johnson, described in the captions as a "human wolverine," but he proves too tough for just two Mounties. Donovan investigates when Marian denies that the body recovered from a plane crash is that of her husband Bill. And a biography of Jesse James. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. The Ghost With Silver Spurs; The Case of the International Jewel Thieves; Jesse James; The Arctic Menace; Storm Patrol; Corpses in the Caribbean. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.