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Authentic Police Cases (1948 St. John) comic books 1949-1951

  • Issue #7
    Authentic Police Cases (1948 St. John) 7

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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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    $6,299 Authentic Police Cases #7 CGC NM- 9.2 White Pages Mile High Matt Baker Cover!

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  • Issue #8
    Authentic Police Cases (1948 St. John) 8
    • Interior is complete. Near-complete spine split. 10" front cover tear.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by George Tuska and Dean Franklin. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Reporter Lawson Hunt uncovers a gangland scheme to eliminate a key witness, in a story with art by future Marvel artist George Tuska. Even the New York underworld isn't sure what to do with the straight-up crazy behavior of Kid Dropper. Crime reporter Rocky Stone and his two-fisted sidekick Frank fight their way to the Mystery of the Evil Eye. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Who Killed Walter Neilson?; Newsman Balks Scheme to Kill Key Witness; Kid Dropper, Manhattans Mad Mobster; Pseudo-Murder; Rocky Stone: Gem Cache Uncovered Before Mansion Burns; The Diplomat Who Dabbled in Diamonds; Monument to Death; Crime Reporter Nabs Stage Beautys Killer. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $1,400 Authentic Police Cases #8 1950 CGC 5.0 VG/FN C/OW High Definition Scans**

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  • Issue #9
    Authentic Police Cases (1948 St. John) 9
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #18-1347365-009
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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.

  • Issue #10
    Authentic Police Cases (1948 St. John) 10

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    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ray Osrin, Ralph Lane and Michael OMalley. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Terry is the one cop who can stop Chad Ludwig and his mob, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. In another Baker story, the Mounties go after outlaw James J. "Make-a-Million" Milton, otherwise known as "the red-bearded rogue." Vic Flint takes a vacation to the lake with an old Marine buddy and stumbles on a blackmail plot. Cover by Baker. Crash-dive of a Crime Career; Midwest Cops Smash the Crimson Gang!; Vic Flint: The Case of Lake Mystery; The Case of the Red Bearded Rogue. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $500 AUTHENTIC POLICE CASES #10 CGC 4.0 OW/WH PAGES // MATT BAKER ST JOHN 1950

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  • Issue #11
    Authentic Police Cases (1948 St. John) 11

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    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ray Osrin, Ralph Lane and Michael OMalley. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Rookie cop Bill goes up against his own uncle, a powerful crime boss, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. In another Baker story, detectives Pete and Hugh go after the Bulletproof Bandits, who elude pursuit, resist witness description, and are seemingly immune to bullets. A judge hires private eye Vic Flint to investigate the gangland-style murder of gambler Jimmy Jerce. Cover by Baker is a reversal of the standard woman-in-jeopardy image of many crime-comics covers. Crooked Paths to Prison; Rookie Cop Traps the Kingpin of Crime; Vic Flint: The Jerce Murder; Police Valor Defies the Bulletproof Bandits. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $385 Authentic Police Cases 11 CGC 3.5 Matt Baker Cover

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  • Issue #12
    Authentic Police Cases (1948 St. John) 12

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    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ray Osrin, Ralph Lane and Michael OMalley. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Army investigators gather evidence against a post-WWII black market profiteer, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. In another Baker story, Detective Logan sets out to capture a mob hitman who has never been seen or identified. Private eye Vic Flint is hired to solve a 20-year-old murder and prevent a new one. Cover by Baker. No Alibi for Cicero Sam; Army Crime Busters Corner Black Market Racketeer; Vic Flint: The Still Murder; Police Dragnet Traps the Phantom Fingerman. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #13
    Authentic Police Cases (1948 St. John) 13
    • 3.5" cumulative spine split, cover coming loose at staples, staple rust.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Bert N. Dean, Ralph Lane and Michael OMalley. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Police set a trap for the burglar known as the Tarantula, who "scrambled on all fours, spiderlike," and his redheaded accomplice, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Everyone believes Red Vance is dead after he disappears while escaping from Alcatraz, but Sergeant Daniel O'Connor knows better. Inspector Growl tells private eye Vic Flint that he's a suspect after his latest client turns up dead at the bottom of his building's elevator shaft. Cover by Baker. Odds against the Outlaws; The Trail of the Human Tarantula; Vic Flint: Pearl of Sorrow; The Killer Who Broke Alcatraz. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #14
    Authentic Police Cases (1948 St. John) 14

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    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ray Osrin, Ralph Lane and Michael OMalley. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Inspector Joe Ballard tracks a diamond-smuggling ring, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Cop Vince takes a dangerous undercover assignment to get inside the waterfront crime gangs. Private eye Vic Flint knows that gangster Nifty Felix has fixed Battler Denver's next fight, but how can he stop it? Cover by Baker. The Killer Who Trapped Himself!; Diamonds, C.O.D. (Care of Death); Vic Flint: The Fight Fix; Police Smash Waterfront Crime Gangs. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #15
    Authentic Police Cases (1948 St. John) 15

    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.

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    $799 Authentic Police Cases #15 VG+ Matt Baker Headlights Cover 1951 Golden Age

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  • Issue #16
    Authentic Police Cases (1948 St. John) 16
    • 6" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Gene Colan, Matt Baker, and Enrico Bagnoli. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Believing that "juvenile delinquency must be stamped out!" patrolman Bob goes undercover in the city's teen gangs, in a story with early art by future Marvel legend Gene Colan. Crooked contractors commit murder after murder to conceal the truth about the sub-standard houses they're selling to veterans, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Blonde bad girl Millie has a scheme to get her hands on the money from the bank job, even if it means turning her companions against each other, in the sort of story that a young Frank Miller's parents might have read to him at bedtime. Cover by Baker. Mystery Man of the Death House; The Moll Who Gambled on Murder; Teen-age Gangs Tangle With Cops!; Cover Up For Murder; Hit-and-Run Killer!; The Killer Who Played CORPSE. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.