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Authentic Police Cases (1948 St. John) comic books in grade FN or better

  • Issue #21
    Authentic Police Cases (1948 St. John) 21
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #0962931008
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Edd Ashe, Al Tyler, Bob Forgione and Enrico Bagnoli. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. A comics biography of notorious bank robber Willie Sutton, who supposedly said he robbed banks "because that's where the money is." Also, a short text piece on the forty-year long career of Sutton. Ex-GI McKay, in Paris on the GI Bill, gets involved in a scheme to smuggle stolen diamonds into the US. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Willie Suttons Worst Enemy - Himself; Willie Suttons Career in Crime; Diamonds Can Kill! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #29
    Authentic Police Cases (1948 St. John) 29
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4549769004
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Antonio Canale, Enrico Bagnoli, and Ralph Mayo. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. A farmhand named Joe goes to the big city - Chicago - where he falls in with the Mob and becomes a hired killer. A cop goes undercover as a night watchman to get the goods on a robbery gang. Armored-car hijackers count on a thick fog to disguise their watery escape. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Killer from Hicksville; Foremost Fugitive; A Dangerous Job; Hard-Luck Lefty; Escape by Water; Every Crooks a Loser; When Ex-Cons Meet! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.