Crime Detective Comics Volume 2 (1950) comic books 1955 or before

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Mort Lawrence, Leo Morey, George Roussos, E. J. Smalle and Gene Colan. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. Brooklyn gangster Subways Galgane decides to get into the cigar business, in a story with early art by comics legend Gene Colan. Twin sisters Rose and Elizabeth Benson progress from shoplifting to murder, in a story with some stylish Victorian bad-girl art by Mort Lawrence. A murder mystery in 1895 Paris features Monsieur Lecoq, the pioneering detective character who was a forerunner of Sherlock Holmes. Bad Boy of Brooklyn; The Deadly Benson Sisters; Paris after Dark; The Smith Pier Gang; The Case of the Sensitive Feet; The Perfect Crime. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Leo Morey, Dan Zolnerowich, John Prentice, Charles Raab and Dick Briefer. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. In a story with art by Dick Briefer, a swindler targets a con woman when he learns about her inheritance, but who's conning whom? An ice-cream vendor is casing an armored car delivery, and his cart hides a tommy-gun rather than tutti-frutti. The Queen's forces seek a way into pirate captain Red Dog's stronghold in the Florida Keys. Bessie's Little Darling; War of the Empties; One Afternoon in Brooklyn; The Old Con's Story; Scarface of the Keys; One of Uncle Sam's Muscles. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $31.50 View scans Centerfold detached at one staple. Cover loose at staples. 1" Cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation.

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Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Dick Rockwell, Paul Parker, John Prentice, Al McWilliams, Gerald McCann, John Daley, Floyd Torb and Mort Lawrence. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. Ex-college roommates reunite years later, when one is a successful football star and the other is a crook who wants his help fixing a game. A strong-arm man and a pickpocket who were once cellmates meet up on the outside, and their attempts at going straight end in murder with an ironic twist. How police and forensic science recover evidence from burned documents. The Puddle of Success; Only the Best for Frenchy; The Charitable Pickpocket; Prince of Pennies; A Gift from the Cellar; Cat Markey's Mistake; Science vs. Crime; The French Farmer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.