Real Clue Crime Stories Vol. 3 (1948) comic books in grade GD or better

Add to cart GD 2.0 $32.00 View scan 2" cumulative spine split with tape. Only one staple (manufacturing). Lateral spine tears. Cover oxidation with chipping. Water damage. Staple rust with migration.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Dick Wood and George Gregg. Another crime comic from the prolific studio of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, this one featuring crimes throughout history as well as the standard gangster tales. Sometimes listed as Real Clue Crime #26. No issue # on cover; Vol. 3, issue #2 in indicia. Boss Tweed's name becomes synonymous with political corruption as he runs 19th-century New York City and State. A serial killer conceals a gun in his wooden peg-leg. Honey Boy Allison's gang goes on a cross-country shooting and robbery spree. Boss Tweed; The Hatchet Gang; A Dangerous Little Man; Honey Boy; 10,000 People Saw It; The Snake of Socorro; The Girl Who Walked Like a Man; Man's Best Friend. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $24.00 View scan 1" cumulative spine split with tape. Water damage. Staple rust with migration.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by C. W. Winter and others. Another crime comic from the prolific studio of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, this one featuring crimes throughout history as well as the standard gangster tales. Sometimes listed as Real Clue Crime #28. No issue # on cover; Vol. 3, issue #4 in indicia. A crook targets a traveling jewelry salesman, but he's only as smart as his dumbest cohort. The story of Verne Miller and the Kansas City Massacre. Identical twins complicate a murder investigation. Also featuring a vintage ad for reproduction WWII pistols - "German 9MM Luger and Italian 7.65 Brevettata" - for only $1.25 each. Follow the Ice Man; Cute With a Tommy Gun!; Some Money Don't Count; The Bullet That Lied!; The Last Bullet; On Deck in Rio; Menace of the Month; Mean Farm Boy; Room Service. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $66.00 View scans

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Art by Mort Lawrence, Sid Greene and John Belfi. Another crime comic from the prolific studio of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, this one featuring crimes throughout history as well as the standard gangster tales. Sometimes listed as Real Clue Crime #33. No issue # on cover; Vol. 3, issue #9 in indicia. Legendary queen of the underworld Fredericka "Marm" Mandelbaum runs a hugely successful fencing operation in 19th-century New York; The Mother Mandelbaum story was cited in the text of anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent as an example of supposed anti-Semitism. The true story of Big Jim Colosimo, Chicago's first gangster. Also featuring a vintage ad for the "All-Over Rain Cover," basically a tent-shaped two-person umbrella. That Fascinatin' Woman...Mother Mandelbaum; The Kid's New Toy; The Sydney Ducks; The Corpse That Talked; The Good Provider; The First Racketeer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $29.95 or Best Offer View scan 2" cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached at one staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

"The Writin' Fool" (art by Leonard Starr), "The Orphan in the Shoe Box," "The Man Who Was Too Smart," "The Case of Senor X," "Pals," "The Set-Up," and "City Without Crime" (signed by Doore and John Belfi, we're not sure who Doore is). Two page text story, "Blackbeard the Pirate." Cover price $0.10.