Ellery Queen (1949 Superior) comic books 1955 or before
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Issue #3
Published 1949 by Superior Comics.$494.00
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
- Label #4587442018
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Adventures of the famed detective from Canadian publisher Superior, also featuring some early horror classics. In a pre-Code drug story, Ellery discovers that kids are finding the dope hidden in gumballs by smugglers. Ellery ponders a twist on the locked-room mystery when an isolated lighthouse keeper is killed in the middle of a storm. A pair of pajamas is linked to a mysterious death. Cover may be the work of EC horror legend Jack Kamen. The Bubble Gum Mystery; The Turbulent Tomb!; Dead Man's Pajamas. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #4
Published Nov 1949 by Superior Comics.- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Art by Jack Kamen and others. Adventures of the famed detective from Canadian publisher Superior, also featuring some early horror classics. A romantic weekend is interrupted by mystery, adventure - and the secret of The Crooked Mile. A beast-man stalks the unwary... or does he? Cover by an unknown artist is a crazy over-the-top mash-up of romance and horror comics cover tropes. The Case of the Seventh Raven; The Crooked Mile; The Werewolf. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
