Authentic Police Cases (1948) comic books 1953-1955

Stories and art by George Tuska, Jack Abel, William Weltman, Antonio Canale, Enrico Bagnoli, Antonio Toldo, Manning Lee Stokes, Charles Raab¸ André LeBlanc, and Bill Molno. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. 100-page giant. Ernie decides to collect enough for a nest egg by becoming a killer for hire. Private eye Steve Bullitt is hired to find the mysterious and rare statue of the Winking Buddha, a case that leads to murder. In a story that's a product of its times, with art by future Marvel artist George Tuska, agent Nelson seeks an enemy agent during the Korean War. I was a Killer for Hire!; Strange Facts About Crime; Greed Betrays the Bonanza Mob; Oddities in Crime; Kick-Back King; Quips and Queries Fun Time; The Dinner Gang; The Case of the Winking Buddha; Thieves Tavern; Traitors Trail; The Waiting Killers; Gag Bag Quips & Queries; The Little Black Box. 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Antonio Canale, Mario Norberto Leone, Enrico Bagnoli, Michael O'Malley¸ Ralph Lane, and Bill Molno. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. 100-page giant. Lou Terril and his gang set their sights on a million-dollar pension payroll... but is it all just a trap set by the cops? Private eye Vic Flint is hired to keep wealthy murder witness Monte De Carlo alive, but he has no such deal with the hoodlums Peewee and Egghead. Blackie becomes an expert at a particular skill: torching buildings for the insurance money. Million Dollar Steal; Vic Flint: The Case of Kid Slick; Confessions of a Police Informer; Vic Flint: Blood on the Snow; Arson Expert; The Final Proof; Last Cruise of the Ibex; Murder by Appointment; Ups and Downs in Crime; Hit and Run; Plunder on Patrol; Gag Bag; The $80,000 Stick-up; 3 Dimes; The Tough Guy; Comedy Column. 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Antonio Canale, Edd Ashe, Ken Landau, George Olesen, Bernard Sachs, Enrico Bagnoli, Michael O'Malley¸ Ralph Lane, and Bill Molno. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. 100-page giant. Holdup man "Lefty" reveals the secrets of his past to a reporter as he's on the way to Alcatraz. Private eye Vic Flint goes to a fancy dinner and gets a lead on a cold murder case, in the evocatively titled "Hell-Bent for the Hot Squat." Nate is released from prison after five years and immediately picked up by his ex-partners, who want to know where he stashed the loot. Gunmans Gamble; Full Dress Shakedown; The Killer Quartet; The Push-Button Murder; Kingpins in Crime; The Short Beer Kid; Boomerang Booty; Ticketed for Murder; Escape by Night; Too Dumb to Be Dangerous; Guns for Gangland!; Vic Flint: Hell-Bent for the Hot Squat; Comedy Column; Gag Bag; Mr. Bluebeard Takes Wife No. 13. 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Antonio Canale, Enrico Bagnoli, Michael O'Malley¸ Ralph Lane, and André LeBlanc. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. 100-page giant. Art and his gang kidnap the adult daughter of a wealthy Vegas casino owner, but she turns out to be smarter and more formidable than they expected. Private eye Vic Flint investigates a murder, and gets set up as a fall guy for his trouble. Crooks set their sights on a lavish party for millionaires aboard the yacht Sea Nymph. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Las Vegas Loot; Lou Erskines One Man War; The Kidnapped Sea Nymph; The Crown Prince of Frisco; Vic Flint: The Case of the Jumping Beans; The Police Always Win; Piracy on Route One; Easy-Money Kid; The Tailor-Made Crime Wave; First Offense; The Body on Demand. 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Antonio Canale, Enrico Bagnoli, and Ralph Mayo. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. A farmhand named Joe goes to the big city - Chicago - where he falls in with the Mob and becomes a hired killer. A cop goes undercover as a night watchman to get the goods on a robbery gang. Armored-car hijackers count on a thick fog to disguise their watery escape. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Killer from Hicksville; Foremost Fugitive; A Dangerous Job; Hard-Luck Lefty; Escape by Water; Every Crooks a Loser; When Ex-Cons Meet! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Antonio Canale, Enrico Bagnoli, and Antonio Toldo. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Police track a safecracking gang and set a trap with tear gas. A wealthy newlywed couple at the racetrack meets the mysterious Nelson Drumm, who places bets on their behalf and wins every time. Larry works his way into high society so he can better apply his talent: big-money insurance fraud. Telltale Blood; A Winner Every Time; Smart Crooks Are a Myth; Larry the Cat. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Antonio Canale, Enrico Bagnoli, and Antonio Toldo. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Vinny gets caught by the cops after a dramatic and violent pre-Code car chase, but they don't know what he did with the loot from the defense plant. Joe Dollar figures out how to muscle his way into the bookie business, but first he has to get rid of the competition. Vannie gets nervous when fellow crimelord Doc demands to retire, with years' worth of evidence as his insurance policy. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Seven Years Late for Death; Joe Dollars Last Loan; The Jensen-Kelly Feud; You Can Fight Crime; The Man Who Couldnt Die. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Antonio Canale, Enrico Bagnoli, and Antonio Toldo. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Giant Edition. The Keely Mob finds a new angle: taking over a Catskills resort. A killer counts on the fact that his wife is the only one who can identify him. The Coney Island gang finds death on the boardwalk. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Killers on a Spree; Coney Island Jackpot; Short Circuit Trap; The Strange Fugitive; Bandits Bride. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Gene Colan, Enrico Bagnoli, and Antonio Canale. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Giant Edition. Appalachian hillbillies feud violently over "Mountain Dew," back when the phrase was slang for moonshine whiskey. Johnny Usher is dangerous, but he's never killed anyone...yet. Pittsburgh Phil and Kid Twist are ordered to knock off stool pigeon Rudnick, in a story with art by future Marvel legend Gene Colan. Terrific bad-girl cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Mt. Dew Murder; Murder, Inc.s #1 Boy; Nothing to Lose; The Criminals Worst Enemy; Jim the Penman; Shield Against Death. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by John Celardo and others. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. The FBI and Scotland Yard track a gang of murderous jewel thieves to the frozen wastes of Greenland, in a story that may be early work by Frank Thorne. Mounties King and Bernard travel by dogsled to track poacher Johnson, described in the captions as a "human wolverine," but he proves too tough for just two Mounties. Donovan investigates when Marian denies that the body recovered from a plane crash is that of her husband Bill. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. The Case of the International Jewel Thieves; Monument to Death; The Arctic Menace; Storm Patrol; Corpses in the Caribbean. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ray Osrin, Ralph Lane and Michael OMalley. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Terry is the one cop who can stop Chad Ludwig and his mob, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. In another Baker story, the Mounties go after outlaw James J. "Make-a-Million" Milton, otherwise known as "the red-bearded rogue." Vic Flint takes a vacation to the lake with an old Marine buddy and stumbles on a blackmail plot. Cover by Baker. Odds Against the Outlaws; Midwest Cops Smash the Crimson Gang!; Vic Flint: The Case of Lake Mystery; The Case of the Red Bearded Rogue. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Henry Sharp. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ray Osrin, Ralph Lane and Michael OMalley. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Rookie cop Bill goes up against his own uncle, a powerful crime boss, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. In another Baker story, detectives Pete and Hugh go after the Bulletproof Bandits, who elude pursuit, resist witness description, and are seemingly immune to bullets. A judge hires private eye Vic Flint to investigate the gangland-style murder of gambler Jimmy Jerce. Cover by Baker is a reversal of the standard woman-in-jeopardy image of many crime-comics covers. Crooked Paths to Prison; Rookie Cop Traps the Kingpin of Crime; Vic Flint: The Jerce Murder; Police Valor Defies the Bulletproof Bandits. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Gene Colan and Enrico Bagnoli. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Murderous art forgers escape from postwar Europe disguised as American soldiers, in a story with early art by future Marvel legend Gene Colan. A clue found on a charred corpse sets police on the trail of an arsonist. Cops try to figure out who's fixing horse races by drugging the horses, but no one suspects groomer Joey. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. The Payoff Is Punishment; Five-Alarm Torch!; 9,000 Miles to the Noose!; Daily Doubles Death Trap; The Angel Mob; Blackmail Photography. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker and Enrico Bagnoli. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Beautiful but evil Margo enlists crooked makeup artist Marty to help her impersonate and fleece the wealthy, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Counterfeiters abduct a retired US Treasury engraver and his wife to force him to create fake bills for them. A solve-it-yourself mystery gives the reader three suspects, and lets them figure out which one is the killer. Cover by Baker. Double Dynamite; The Gory Twenties Trail; The Man Who Came to Murder!; Rutzie Quits the Rackets; Fifty Grand Frame-up; Murder in Mink. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.