Headline Comics (1943 Prize) comic books 1951-1953
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Issue #56
$13.00
View scan- 1/2" Cumulative spine split.
Cover by Marvin Stein. 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. Cops use technology to track down dealers in black-market medicines; An ex-con goes to work for a crooked charity run by mobsters; G-men track murdering train robbers for five years. The Charity Chiselers!; Closeups; An Eye for an Eye!; Shoe Tipoff; The Has-Been!. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #57
$18.50
View scan- Water damage.
$15.75
View scan- Staples added (not manufacturing). Centerfold detached.
Cover by Marvin Stein. 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. Cops use forensics to reconstruct a killer from his footprints; An embezzler is forced to join a counterfeiting ring; A killer tries to strong-arm another man into taking the rap. Counterfeit; Closeups; The Deadly Alibi; Public Eye; See No Evil. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #59
$33.00
View scans- Cover oxidation.
$21.50
View scan- Cover oxidation.
Cover by Marvin Stein. 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. A gang arranges getaways for fugitives from the law. A thug tries to outsmart his partner when he thinks he's being double-crossed. A frustrated writer kills a rival, and thinks he's found the perfect place to hide the corpse. Getaway Mob!; The Lines on the Map!; Killers Are Never Alone!; Closeups; Deadly Angle; Find the Corpse. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
