Headline Comics (1943 Prize) comic books 1949-1951

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Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Stories and art by Will Elder, Manny Stallman, Vic Donahue, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. A British swindler plots to steal an ocean liner in 1912; A story with early art by EC legend Will Elder; A crook plays a dangerous game by preying on other crooks. Premeditated Homicide!; The Man Who Stole An Ocean Liner!; The FBI and the Gun Happy Robber; How The FBI Trapped the Booby Trap Slayer; A Mother's Ominous Dream!; What Price Fate? ; The Shattered Alibi; Underworld Parasite! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Stories and art by John Giunta, Manny Stallman, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. 1890s outlaw Ned North brings cattle rustling to Old Australia; A story with possible early art by EC legend John Severin; A window washer turns to high-rise crime to impress a showgirl. Blackhearted Tony; Outlaw Down-Under; Twenty Second Story Man; The Frozen Fingerprints; Double-Cross; The Medium-Done Murder Case. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Stories and art by John Severin, Manny Stallman, Vic Donohue and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. The Darrow Brothers plot an armored car heist; A story with early art by EC legend John Severin; 1900s detectives the Baldwin Brothers use their offbeat methods to investigate a murder. Dead Or Alive; The Deadly Gilas; The Great Mouthpiece; Georgie's Last Ride; Independence Day; The Golf Links Murder; The Fabulous Baldwins. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Dick Rockwell and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Gambling czar Leo Fenner thinks he's getting away with murder; Reese Bailey's gang dons bizarre disguises during their robberies; Chinese-American gangs based in New York's Chinatown unleash the Tong wars during the early 1900s. Odds Against Murder!; The Masquerading Bandits; Shoe Box Annie; The Tell-Tale Letter; Dutch Ace Cretzer's Other Business; The Secret Rackets of the Hip Sing Tong. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover features Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Stories and art by John Severin, John Belfi, Vic Donahue, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. The Feds close in on a murderous outlaw who's too tough for local cops. Talented artist Greer falls in with art forgers in Europe. The photo cover features artists Jack Kirby as the burglar and Joe Simon as the cop, making this a rare and unusual item for the Kirby collector. Death of A Menace; Unlucky In Crime; Threat of the Clan; The Accusing Match!; One Man Posse; Artistic Swindlers. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover features Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Stories and art by John Severin and others. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Petty thieves plot to abduct the pets of wealthy New Yorkers; A rookie detective fakes evidence to catch a killer; Another photo cover featuring the artists: Joe Simon in the role of the cop and Jack Kirby as the crook. Train Robbery of 1949; The Clue That Stuck; No Escape; Rat Trap; Double Revenge; The Dog-Nappers. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Marvin Stein and others. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. The Better Business Bureau sets out to stop the swindlers behind phony charities. A "fingerman" plots out robberies for others to commit, and gets a cut of the loot. A Mountie investigates missing gold prospectors in the Yukon. The Boiler Room Racket; The Cheapest Thief in the World; The Fingerman; New Year Murder; Author of Violence; Arctic Ambush. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover by Theda Hall and Emerson Hall. Stories and art by Mart Bailey and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. George Gabor swindles a fortune by forging checks and impersonating people; Two boys grow up together in Fort Worth, but one becomes a crook and one an undercover G-man; The photo cover may feature another appearance by artist Joe Simon. The Case of Joe Andrews; Counterfeit Winners; Justice Has Icy Fingers!; The Human Bloodhound; Inside Information; The Man of Many Faces. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover by Theda Hall and Emerson Hall. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. A special issue commemorating the long career of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover; A guide to the FBI organization in 1950; The FBI infiltrates the gang of the mysterious mastermind known as The Count. Octopus of the Underworld; Reservation For Death; Know Your FBI; J. Edgar Takes a Hand; J. Edgar Hoover; G-Man Savvy; Guns For Sale. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover by Theda Hall and Emerson Hall. Stories and art by Mart Bailey, George Gregg and Marvin Stein. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Mary gets mixed up with a gang that swindles people with phony seances. A tough hood loses his black-market meal ticket after WWII is over. In a twist on romance comics, Helen is torn between the affections of two men - but they're both vicious ganglords. Also featuring an ad for the "Playking Athletic Belt," basically a girdle for chubby kids so they don't get teased during sports - a real sign of its times. Ghost Racket; Jewels of Death; Boomerang; Closeups; Diary of a Lawbreaker; Gang War. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover by Theda Hall and Emerson Hall. Stories and art by Jack Kirby and others. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Impoverished Claire gets mixed up with a blackmail gang; Buzz Tracy pulls the perfect heist, but fails to make the getaway; A sheriff uses rigged scales to trick a murderer to confess. Unlike the other photo covers, this cover combines dialogue balloons with photographs - a "fumetti" style rarely used in American comics of the era. Shakedown!; Dig Your Own Grave; Scales of Justice; Hit of the Show!; Closeups; Better Schools Make Better Communities; Ticket to Alcatraz; Our Swords Will Find You. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Stories and art by John Severin, Will Elder and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. A tale of murder and mythology in Mexico, featuring early art by EC legends John Severin and Will Elder. A Texas Ranger suspects a bounty on bank robbers will go horribly wrong. Modern-day pirates stalk the seas in 1928. Racket Empire; Feathered Serpent!; Too Many Corpses!; The Chapped Hands; Closeups; Demon Ship; Dynamite! 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Gangsters shake down disabled panhandlers for their daily take. Mild-looking Monsieur Rage is actually a professional assassin. Sideshow performer The Great Gambo uses gangster methods to take over the local carnival. Penny Shakedown; City in Terror; Eddie Was No Gent; Homicide--C.O.D.; Closeups; Dual Personality; Name Your Assassin. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. A cop in trouble is aided by the spirit of his dead partner; A G-man goes undercover in prison to nail a corrupt warden; A detective investigates murder on a remote tropical island. Enemy of Reform; Beyond the Grave; Buried Alive!; Death Flight!; Closeups; Ashes of Guilt; Jungle Sleuth. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Leonard rides a series of double-crosses to the top of the mob, but it can't last; A prisoner on Devil's Island uses a typhoon to plan an escape attempt; Crooks plan a jewel heist. The Fixer; Deadly Double-Cross; The Living Dead; Closeups; A Dead Man's Shadow; The Accusing Ledger; Madman at Work. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Police track a professional arson ring; A hood dons disguises to rob other criminals; The racketeering squad sets out to break an extortion ring. This Match for Hire!; Leech of the Underworld!; Racket Squad; Play Dead; Loophole! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Gangsters arrange accidents at stock-car races to collect insurance money. Phil deliberately spends 20 years in prison for stealing a gold shipment, confident his fortune will be where he hid it when he gets out. A DA realizes the killer he's looking for is a beautiful woman. Also featuring a full-page, full-color ad for a "Sonic Ray Gun" and other battery-operated toys from "Uncle Bernie's Toy Shop." Speedway Racketeers; One Foot in the Grave; Shroud For a Killer; Closeups; Come Share My Tomb; The Black Box; Female of the Species. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Moe Marcus, Jack Abel and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Gangsters seek the informant who is getting their nightclubs busted. A hood tries to arrange an inheritance by bumping off the other heir, a beautiful woman. A parolee resists going straight, despite a cop's insistence. Muscle Man; Legacy of Death; One Man Dog; Closeups; Time To Kill; Cross and Double-Cross! 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.