Crime Smashers (1950-53 Trojan) comic books in grade GD or better

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $179.95 or Best Offer View scans Cover oxidation. Residue. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Les Zakarin. Stories and art by Robert Leslie Bellem, Robert McCarty, Jerry Altman and Newton H. Alfred. Despite the title, not true "crime" comics, but mystery comics featuring detective heroes. In an action-girl story, Sally the Sleuth suspects a carny clown after a go-go dancer is murdered at a carnival, leading to a battle on a roller-coaster track. Reporter Ray Hale investigates the murder of a jade dealer and uncovers a smuggling ring. Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective investigates after a hated movie star is murdered on set, in a story with good-girl art by Robert McCarty. Gail Ford, Girl Friday: Blood on the Knife; Sally the Sleuth: The Carnival Murder; Ray Hale, News Ace: Hot Hijack; Trumpet of Doom; Dan Turner Hollywood Detective: Make-Up For Murder. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Auction Item: CGC 3.5 View scans 0 bids Time left: 9d 11h 44m Paper: White Label #4668586011

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $219.00 or Best Offer View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $175.00 or Best Offer View scans Edge chew to cover. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Stories and art by Robert Leslie Bellem and Newton H. Alfred. Despite the title, not true "crime" comics, but mystery comics featuring detective heroes. Action girl Sally the Sleuth and "The Chief" go undercover to catch an arson gang burning down houses for the insurance money. Reporter Ray Hale witnesses a murder by an abandoned house, but after the victim disappears, he learns he seemingly witnessed an crime that happened 18 years before. When a swimming film star dies during a dive, suspicion falls on her rescuers, who both had a reason to kill her. Gail Ford, Girl Friday: Bullet of Treachery; Sally the Sleuth: Peril in the Flames; Ray Hale, News Ace: The Mysterious Tip-Off; The Hand of Fate; Dan Turner Hollywood Detective: Dive to Death. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $299.00 View scans Paper: White Label #4667465007 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by A. C. Hollingsworth. Stories and art by Frank Frazetta, Robert Leslie Bellem, Max Plaisted, and Newton H. Alfred. Despite the title, not true "crime" comics, but mystery comics featuring detective heroes. Dan Turner attends a "midnight men's party" where the entertainment is magician Charm Marlowe, whose costume is skimpier than Zatanna's. But when a man dies by snakebite, Dan suspects "premeditated killery." Gail Ford goes undercover as a maid to get the drop on robbers targeting wealthy homeowners. Sally the Sleuth goes undercover as a model to find the deadly secret behind two women's deaths, in a story with plentiful good-girl art. Plus a classic religious PSA featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. Gail Ford, Girl Friday: The Fortune-Teller Robberies; Ray Hale: After-Hours Killing; Sally the Sleuth: Tumbling Corpses; Prayer Works Wonders; Theft by Appointment; Dan Turner Hollywood Detective: Mysto-Magic Murder. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $224.95 or Best Offer View scan Centerfold detached at both staples, cover detached at one. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by A. C. Hollingsworth. Stories and art by Robert Leslie Bellem, Max Plaisted, and H. C. Kiefer. Despite the title, not true "crime" comics, but mystery comics featuring detective heroes. The Hollywood Detective faces yet another on-set murder; the twist is that the victim was dressed in a gorilla suit at the time. Gail Ford investigates a crooked lottery using "punchboards," a popular pre-digital gaming system. Sally The Sleuth is on the case when a pin-up artist is stalked by a shapely killer in a cat's mask. Gail Ford, Girl Friday; Ray Hale: Terror on the Highway; Sally the Sleuth: Prowling Cat; Death on the Lam; Dan Turner Hollywood Detective: The Case of the Slain Gorilla. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $364.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4427465023 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $189.95 or Best Offer View scans 3" spine split from top. Cover coming loose at one staple. Cover oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Robert Leslie Bellem, Tony Tallarico, Ray McClelland, Pierre Charpentier, John C. Mitchell, Bill Fraccio, William Grew and H. C. Kiefer. Despite the title, not true "crime" comics, but mystery comics featuring detective heroes. The ol' "injury-to-the-eye motif" returns, as Dan Turner seeks a killer who fires poison darts into his female victims' eyes! This story also features a deadly Punch & Judy show, hilarious Dan Turner tough-guy dialogue, and a villainous puppet-master who resembles Marvel's Puppet Master. Gail Ford goes undercover at a costume party to catch a wealthy man's killer, in a story with plentiful action-girl art. Sally the Sleuth and "The Chief" are mystified when an executed killer seemingly returns from the dead...for revenge. Gail Ford, Girl Friday; Ray Hale: Murder at First Base; Sally the Sleuth: Back From the Dead; Steve Wilder: Stuck With Murder; Dan Turner Hollywood Detective: The Poisoned Puppet. Final issue under this title; series continues as Crime Mysteries (1952-1954 Trojan Magazines) #7, while the numbering continues with Secret Mysteries (1954) #16. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.