Headline Comics (1943 Prize) comic books 1951-1953

Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Gangsters shake down disabled panhandlers for their daily take. Mild-looking Monsieur Rage is actually a professional assassin. Sideshow performer The Great Gambo uses gangster methods to take over the local carnival. Penny Shakedown; City in Terror; Eddie Was No Gent; Homicide--C.O.D.; Closeups; Dual Personality; Name Your Assassin. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. A cop in trouble is aided by the spirit of his dead partner; A G-man goes undercover in prison to nail a corrupt warden; A detective investigates murder on a remote tropical island. Enemy of Reform; Beyond the Grave; Buried Alive!; Death Flight!; Closeups; Ashes of Guilt; Jungle Sleuth. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Leonard rides a series of double-crosses to the top of the mob, but it can't last; A prisoner on Devil's Island uses a typhoon to plan an escape attempt; Crooks plan a jewel heist. The Fixer; Deadly Double-Cross; The Living Dead; Closeups; A Dead Man's Shadow; The Accusing Ledger; Madman at Work. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Police track a professional arson ring; A hood dons disguises to rob other criminals; The racketeering squad sets out to break an extortion ring. This Match for Hire!; Leech of the Underworld!; Racket Squad; Play Dead; Loophole! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Gangsters arrange accidents at stock-car races to collect insurance money. Phil deliberately spends 20 years in prison for stealing a gold shipment, confident his fortune will be where he hid it when he gets out. A DA realizes the killer he's looking for is a beautiful woman. Also featuring a full-page, full-color ad for a "Sonic Ray Gun" and other battery-operated toys from "Uncle Bernie's Toy Shop." Speedway Racketeers; One Foot in the Grave; Shroud For a Killer; Closeups; Come Share My Tomb; The Black Box; Female of the Species. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Moe Marcus, Jack Abel and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Gangsters seek the informant who is getting their nightclubs busted. A hood tries to arrange an inheritance by bumping off the other heir, a beautiful woman. A parolee resists going straight, despite a cop's insistence. Muscle Man; Legacy of Death; One Man Dog; Closeups; Time To Kill; Cross and Double-Cross! 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Moe Marcus, Jack Abel, Marvin Stein and Mart Bailey. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. An informant struggles to stay alive long enough to spill all he knows. A man murders his successful twin brother and takes his place. A forger finds success in faking passports for fugitives, until one of them fingers him. King Of The Stool Pigeons!; I Murdered Myself!; Passport to The Grave!; Hitchhike Killer; Closeups; Scheduled To Die! 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Gangsters take over a steel factory; A failing farmer turns his land into a successful gangster hideout; A woman tracks her counterfeiter husband around the world for revenge. Also featuring a PSA about teen drug abuse, similar to other anti-drug literature of the era. The Hideout Racket; Voyage of Vengeance; Telltale Match; You Only Die Once; Dope, Teen-Age Menace; Closeups; Coffin for a Killer. 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Costain's father gets him involved with arson, explosions, and murder. Ganglord Mart, who looks like Daddy Warbucks crossed with Lex Luthor, tries to take out rival mobsters. A man waits 25 years to prove his uncle killed his father. The Business Buccaneers; The Perfect Master-Mind; Initial Loss; Getaway; Closeups; The Accusing Corpse. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Johnny's murder-for-hire gang stays one step ahead of the cops, until it doesn't. A man tries to frame his partner for attempted murder, so his own murder looks like self-defense. A prank destroys a man's life when he thinks he committed a murder. Homicide Peddlers; Dirt Cheap; Shadow of the Gallows; Closeups; Twice Dead. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. A pickpocket gets the idea to make money shaking down other pickpockets; Crooks try to use a man's knowledge of the city's tunnel system; An escaped killer hides out in the swamp and meets a man who knows the safe places. The Grab-Bag King; Mr. Underground; Turnabout; Closeups; Death in the Swamp. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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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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.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. An illicit arms dealer finds the law closing in. A killer paints mystic symbols on the murder site, to implicate the nearby Amish people. An arsonist is trapped by police in a burning wax museum. Merchant of Death; Pitchfork Death; Hex Marks the Spot; Closeups; Crime Oddities; Blazing Justice. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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 hood works for two competing mob bosses, a game that can't possibly last. A killer is caught because of an F.B.I. radio broadcast. A bank job goes horribly wrong. Finger Man!; F.B.I. Radio Broadcast; Perfect Fit; G-Man Payoff; Circle of Death!; Closeups; Curious Crime Facts. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. A smuggler uses his band as a cover for his crimes; Kit falls for a man hunted by police and gets mixed up with a moonshine mob; A cop investigates a locked-room mystery. Moonshine!; The Homicide That Wasnt; Brain of the Underworld; First Mistake; Closeups; Candy Clue; Murder Solved By Mud! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. A G-man becomes involved in the hunt for foreign agents; A ganglord creates and trains an army of criminals; A woman realizes too late her husband's love potion is a poison. Espionage; Efficiency System; Blind Alley; Blather Mouth; Closeups; Kiss of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.