Criminals on the Run (1948) comic books 1949
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Issue #4
Published Jan 1949 by Novelty Press.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Bob Plate, Harvey K. Fuller, Milt Hammer, Bill Allison, B. G. Guth, Al McWilliams and Art Helfant. Sometimes listed as Criminals on the Run Vol. 04 #4. Bespectacled, eccentric detective "King" Cole Jr. takes over his father's detective agency. Young King Cole probes the connection between a mob war and the mysterious Green Death. Goatee'd criminologist Doctor Doom (no relation to Victor) investigates the puzzling murder of travel writer Wilfred Trotter. Also featuring a vintge ad for the Slinky spring toy, then a new concept. Nice shark cover by L. B. Cole. Young King Cole: The Mystery of the Green Death; Hammertoones; Merkin Gerkin; Dr. Doom: The Case of the Decoy Parrot; Homer K. Beagle; Boitram the Boiglar; Move Fast Doctor; The Case of the Suspicious Fisherman. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #5
Published Mar 1949 by Novelty Press.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Cover by Al McWilliams. Stories and art by Bob Plate, Harvey K. Fuller, Milt Hammer, and Al McWilliams. Sometimes listed as Criminals on the Run Vol. 04 #5. Bespectacled, eccentric detective "King" Cole Jr. takes over his father's detective agency. A note on the cover insists that the comic is "without gore, without morbidness, without suggestiveness." Young King Cole and Iris Norland investigate a murder on a steamer ship. Bumbling detective Homer K. Beagle seeks the stolen worms needed by the zoo to feed the platypus. Doctor Drew, who can talk to animals, investigates snakebite deaths on a snake farm. Young King Cole: Murder on a Steamer; End of the Line; Homer K. Beagle: The Missing Worms!; Dr. Drew: Fangs of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #6
Published May 1949 by Novelty Press.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Art Helfant, Milt Hammer, and Al McWilliams. Sometimes listed as Criminals on the Run Vol. 04 #6. Bespectacled, eccentric detective "King" Cole Jr. takes over his father's detective agency. Young King Cole is hired to help a man spend a million dollars. Bumbling detective Inspector Klooz must prove whether a house is actually haunted. Goatee'd criminologist Doctor Doom (no relation to Victor) sets a trap for cabbies who are gassing and robbing their passengers. Young King Cole: The Case of the Wild Spending Spree; Dead Giveaway; Heathcliff the Hobo; Dr. Doom; Boitram the Boiglar; The Pardner; Jolly Jokes and Corn; Inspector Klooz. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #7
Published Jul 1949 by Novelty Press.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Art Helfant, Milt Hammer, and Al McWilliams. Sometimes listed as Criminals on the Run Vol. 05 #1. Bespectacled, eccentric detective "King" Cole Jr. takes over his father's detective agency. Young King Cole and his team are marked for death as a result of their latest investigation. Boitram the Burglar goes to the beach. Doctor Drew, who can talk to animals, investigates a murder at the zoo after the hippos go berserk. Young King Cole: The Shocking Murders; Murder at the Rodeo; Men to the Right; Dr. Drew the Zoo Man; Boitram the Boiglar; Inspector Klooz. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #8
Published Sep 1949 by Novelty Press.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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Issue #9
Published Nov 1949 by Novelty Press.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Volume 5 #2 Cover price $0.10.
