Crime Detective Comics Volume 2 (1950) comic books 1951-1953

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Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Dick Rockwell, Paul Parker, John Prentice, Al McWilliams, Gerald McCann, John Daley, Floyd Torb and Mort Lawrence. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. Ex-college roommates reunite years later, when one is a successful football star and the other is a crook who wants his help fixing a game. A strong-arm man and a pickpocket who were once cellmates meet up on the outside, and their attempts at going straight end in murder with an ironic twist. How police and forensic science recover evidence from burned documents. The Puddle of Success; Only the Best for Frenchy; The Charitable Pickpocket; Prince of Pennies; A Gift from the Cellar; Cat Markey's Mistake; Science vs. Crime; The French Farmer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Mike Suchorsky and Bill Ely. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. In 1700s England, a woman is convinced that her son-in-law is a highwayman, and tries to get her disbelieving daughter to look in his mysterious sack. Little-known facts and trivia from the history of crime and detection. A cheap hood in 1925 robs a bank to buy a new car, never dreaming the cops will connect the two actions. The Sack from London; New Face on the Rock; Train from the West; This and That of Crime!; Green Rainbow; Nabbed; Joey's Glass Chariot. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.