All-Famous Police Cases (1952-1954 A Star Comic) comic books 1955 or before
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- Cover detached at one staple and coming loose at the other.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
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Cover by L. B. Cole. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. The "Flatheads" gang commits the first-ever armored car robbery on March 11, 1927. Attorney Ty Roper helps a bank robber escape justice, so that he can learn how to become the perfect criminal. A detective investigates when a concert violinist is strangled with his own violin string, in a story featuring art possibly by Matt Baker. Two other stories feature art that may be by Alvin Hollingsworth; if so, that makes this a rare issue to feature two of the pioneering African-American comics artists. Killer At Heart; The Mask of Crime; Wanted for Murder; Criminal Disguise; Death Is Its Only Reward; Trapped!! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Auction opens January 3
- Paper: Cream to off white
- Label #4126020016
$540.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Label #4443515002
- INCOMPLETE. Piece missing, affects "Counterfeit" story.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
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Cover by L. B. Cole. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Twins try to outdo each other in crime and murder. Poisoner Cordelia Botkin uses a deadly box of candy on her romantic rival, and accidentally sets a legal standard for the prosecution of interstate crimes. A superstitious hood consults a fortune teller to learn the path forward, but her predictions are dark indeed. The Twin Killers; The Poison Parcel; Murder for Money; I Predict Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Current bid: $19.00
Time left: 3d 0h 32m- Full length spine split with tape. Water damage. Cover oxidation.
Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by George Peltz, L. B. Cole and A. C. Hollingsworth. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. The reader gets a chance to follow the clues and solve the mystery of a shooting in the toughest part of town. Beautiful hitchhiker Jo Ardway robs the men who pick her up, and sometimes she kills them too. "The Singing Waiter" cases the homes of the wealthy while he works their parties, and then leads his gang in robbing them, with art by pioneering African-American artist A. C. Hollingsworth. The Perfect Murder???; Crime Run-Down; Roadside Murder; The Outlaw; Song of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.




