Cri Cri comic books issue 8

Vintage supermarket tabloid magazine full of high profile true crime stories of the FBI and the CIA, some with testimonials from those involved in, or close to the cases themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.25.

Vintage supermarket tabloid magazine full of high profile true crime stories of the FBI and the CIA, some with testimonials from those involved in, or close to the cases themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.25.

Vintage supermarket tabloid magazine full of high profile true crime stories of the FBI and the CIA, some with testimonials from those involved in, or close to the cases themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.25.

Vintage supermarket tabloid magazine full of high profile true crime stories of the FBI and the CIA, some with testimonials from those involved in, or close to the cases themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.25.

Vintage supermarket tabloid magazine full of high profile true crime stories of the FBI and the CIA, some with testimonials from those involved in, or close to the cases themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.25.

"The Human Bomb," "Blades of Doom!" (art by Sy Grudko), "The Man Who Talked Too Much," "The Ghoulish Gambler" (art by Frank Giacoia), and a two page story, "The Death Signal," by Alan Ross. Astute collectors seek pre-code comics featuring transvestism, hypodermic needles, "injury to eye" panels, and other oddball story devices. This issue features transvestism in "The Human Bomb," featuring three panels in which the villain dresses like a woman to evade capture. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by John Prentice. Art by John Prentice, Gerald McCann and Reed Crandall. Another crime comic from the prolific studio of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, this one featuring crimes throughout history as well as the standard gangster tales. Sometimes listed as Real Clue Crime #56. No issue # on cover; Vol. 5, issue #8 in indicia. Missouri country boys decide to go to the big city and pull some crimes. Frankie joins a jewelry heist after his own crime goes awry. American gangsters are out of their league in Paris. Missouri Mastermind; Frankie Was an Orphan; The Monk Loves His Cabbage; The Last Time Nick Saw Paris; Room 1010 in Miami; The Heel Wins His Letter. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $28.00 Interior is complete. Full length spine split.

"The Corpse Who Came Back," "His Gun Was for Hire," "Clarence Evans," one page filler, "Are You a Detective?", and two page text story, "Tough Torpedo." 36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Robert Leslie Bellem, Max Plaisted, Ray McClelland, and Keats Petree. Despite the title, not true "crime" comics, but mystery comics featuring detective heroes. Action girl Sally the Sleuth faces a life-or-death struggle with the murderous female doctor behind the Green Circle extortion ring. Gail Ford goes undercover to infiltrate a shoplifting ring, in a story with good-girl art by Ray McClelland. A one-armed teddy bear holds the key to solving a murder for Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective. Gail Ford, Girl Friday: Girl Snatchers; Sally the Sleuth: Death by Appointment; Ray Hale, News Ace: Problem in the Park; The Dead Accuser; Dan Turner Hollywood Detective: Bear-Trap Kill. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Max Allan Collins, Mike Pellowski and Nicola Cuti. Art by Dick Locher, Joe Staton and Mike Zeck. Cover by Dick Locher. ACG Comics reprints stories from Chester Goulds cops-and-robbers comic strip, Dick Tracy. These strips are from the team who stepped in after Goulds retirement in the 1980s, acclaimed mystery novelist Max Allan Collins (Road to Perdition) and artist Dick Locher. B.O. Plenty opens his Land O' Plenty theme park, but disaster looms when it is revealed that the park was built on the site of an illegal toxic waste dump. These strips date from March to April 1984. Featuring the villains Dye and Oxen Cixot. Also featuring backup stories from Charltons The Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves. Toxic Trouble, Part 2; The Things in the Subway; Curiosity Killed the Cat. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Stories and art by Bill Fraccio and Lou Cameron. Pre-Code tales of two-fisted criminals and the scales of justice from Story Comics. Rocky and Shadow hide out from the cops in a cave with gun moll Rosemarie, but then they encounter a pair of deadly snakes. Escaping from both cops and his double-crossed pals after a payroll robbery, Stan steals an antique knife that carries an ancient curse. Dave falls for his boss's beautiful wife Lorrene, and helps her plot her husband's murder. Strangler Snake's Revenge!; The Knife of Death; Shot By a Corpse; Death Backfired; Shaft of Death. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Bill Ely and Joseph Gagliardi. Another crime comic from the prolific studio of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, this one featuring crimes throughout history as well as the standard gangster tales. Sometimes listed as Real Clue Crime #68. No issue # on cover; Vol. 6, issue #8 in indicia. A convict escapes Devil's Island, but tiny poppy seeds give him away. A thief steals a fancy wig for his mother and winds up facing a murder rap. Childhood friends from France and Germany grow up and find themselves on opposite sides of the law and World War II. Keeper of the Poppies; Me Old Lady's Wig; The Baker Rolls No More; Waltz of the Wallets; Red-Hot Refrigerators; Locked; The Five-Foot Mouse; The Well-Packed Iceman. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by John Prentice. Art by Lorence Bjorklund, Dan Zolnerowich, and Dick Briefer. Another crime comic from the prolific studio of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, this one featuring crimes throughout history as well as the standard gangster tales. Sometimes listed as Real Clue Crime #80. No issue # on cover; Vol. 7, issue #8 in indicia. Carnation Willie's daring scheme to make a heist getaway is to take the city bus, in a story with possible art by EC legend Bernie Krigstein. A spy being tailed by US agents hires a hit man to carry out his plans. French jewel thieves set out to steal a necklace from a famous detective's wife. Ten-Cent Waterloo; No Two Alike; The Dummy of Page 10; Get in Line Please; The Phantom Badge; The Leather Orphan; The Sepulchre on the Mantle. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Big Blast" (art by Marion Sitton), "The Victim" (art by 'Margie' creator Morris Weiss), "The Last Day of Growler Erics" (art by Dan Loprino), and "The Arm of the Law" (art by Manny Stallman). Two page text story, "Operation - Murder!" Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 8 - 1st printing. Collects Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955) #50-53. Pyromaniacs, murderous thugs, and pinstriped goons wreak havoc in the notorious pre-Code Crime Does Not Pay anthology. This collection-featuring every uncensored page from Crime Does Not Pay - also includes a new foreword. Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated series! Foreword by Joel Rose (Get Jiro!, Miami Vice)! Hardcover, 240 pages, full color. Cover price $49.99.

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Cover by William Zeller. Stories and art by Richard Kahn, Mo Marcus, Robert Leslie Bellem, Bill Fraccio, Art Gates, Jack Miller, Ray McClelland and Mike Esposito. Crime and adventure comics featuring detective heroes. Dr. Lance Storm's arch enemy Professor Zarno sets his sights on the British Crown Jewels during the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (a hot topic at the time). To solve a murder at the United Nations, Chinese-American scientist Dr. Foo employs his natural deductive skills, and perhaps even his supernatural skills. Wax figures confuse the clues in a case for Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective (the most famous sleuth in the pages of Crime Mysteries). Bondage-themed cover by William Zeller is an homage to (or swipe from) an early Jack Kirby cover, for Champion Comics (1939-1940 Worth Publishing) #10. Lance Storm: Death Stalks the Crown; Dan Turner Hollywood Detective: Murder in Wax; Kitty Vale: Picture of Death; Murder is a Skin Game; The Fantastic Dr. Foo: Prayer of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by H. C. Kiefer, Ed Waldman and Ann Brewster. E.C.'s Pre-Trend crime title started as adventure, changed to grisly crime stories and eventually metamorphosed into straight-up horror. Country sleuth Ellis Parker is called in after a strange murder case stumps the local police. Modern-day pirate and supervillain The Octopus wages a crime spree on the high seas, but luckily, heroic Igor the Archer stands in his path. A handsome hoodlum has a way with the ladies and excels at both love and larceny, until he kisses one woman too many. The Deadly Grease Monkey; The Alibi; Igor the Archer: The Fable of the Flying Dutchman; The Ghost of Markham Manor; The Case of the Kissing Killer. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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In order of appearance: "Barbary Bill" retitled and reprinted as "Giant of Terror" in Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #58; "Constantine, The Killer" retitled and reprinted as "Madhouse of Crime!!" in Startling Terror Tales (1952-53 1st Series) #12; "Payoff, Death!" retitled and reprinted as "The Deadly Trail..." in Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #59; and "You Can't Escape Justice! Aids to Crime Detection..". "Mr. Blackburn Should Have Known Better." text story reprinted in Crimes by Women (1948) #14 and retitled and reprinted as "Trial and Execution." in Startling Terror Tales (1952-53 1st Series) #12 and Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #55. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dan Barry. Art by Bob Fujitani, Dan Barry, Art Helfant, Bernard Sachs and Carmine Infantino. Another crime comic from the prolific studio of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, this one featuring crimes throughout history as well as the standard gangster tales. Sometimes listed as Real Clue Crime #20. No issue # on cover; Vol. 2, issue #8 in indicia. A jolly crimelord commits one kidnapping too many. Actor "Johnny" Booth plans the highest of crimes in 1865 Washington DC. Stories with early art by Carmine Infantino and future Flash Gordon artist Dan Barry. Also featuring a vintage ad for reproduction WWII pistols - "German P-38 and Italian 7.65 Brevettata" - for only $1.25 each. Last Laugh For Willie; The Mark Of Akron; America's Most Heinous Crime; You Can't Split Murder; The Tell-Tale Ear; French Death In Grey Gloves; La Savate; Fetlock Groans the Detective; Baron Buckskin. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Dan Zolnerowich cover (signed as "Zolne"). "Policeman's Pledge," "Little Adam and the Duchess" (art by Mort Lawrence), "The Ghouls" (by Williams and John Belfi, we're not sure which Williams this is), "The Little Guillotines," "Louie's Dream Cottage" (also by Williams and Belfi), and "The Little Gunman's Debt" (art by Alfonso (?) Greene and Belfi). Two page text story, "There's Many a Slip." Cover price $0.10.

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Written by Kurt Lustgarten and Kiwi Smith. Art by Leisha Riddel. Cover by Audrey Mok. Now that Mia's old enemy is hot on their trail, Mia and Brenda go into hiding. There's only one problem...Mia's mom has escaped from prison, and she's determined to find her daughter! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Art by John Prentice and Ed Moore. Another crime comic from the prolific studio of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, this one featuring crimes throughout history as well as the standard gangster tales. Sometimes listed as Real Clue Crime #44. No issue # on cover; Vol. 4, issue #8 in indicia. A courier stumbles on a lucrative Ponzi scheme. A fence extorts from the thieves who must sell to him in 18th century London. A cop refuses to carry a gun after he's shot by a fellow cop in the line of duty. Miller the Clipper; The Thief-Taker; Empty Holster; The Linguist; The Bookkeeper; Just Like the Birds. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Charles Raab, George Roussos, Jules Steiner, Jack Keller, Art Helfant, Max Elkan and Leonard Starr. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. The Secret Service tracks a smuggling gang in 1885 Boston, but the smugglers are always one step ahead. A Chinese farmer becomes a bandit king to provide for his son's education, but fate has a nasty trick in store. Spinster sisters Tabby and Birdie Rosebud, "the 70-year-old teenagers," take a scheming car salesman on the test-drive of his life. The Boston "Ice" Party; The Rembrandt of the Tracks; The Lesson; The Typewriter; Whistle Stop; The Rosebud Sisters; Drama Dept.; Alfie and Ralphie; The Book of Life. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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.

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Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. "A Flash of the Lightning!" Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Perez and Jerry Odrway. Fresh off his set-back of last issue, the nefarious Anti-Monitor is reborn and he's more powerful and more determined than ever to destroy all life in the multiverse. As this sinister villain threatens to destroy all life in the positive universe, the only one left to stop him is the Flash, but at what cost. Don't miss one of the most heroic moments in the history of this medium as the Scarlet Speedster sacrifices all to preserve life in the DCU. Featuring the heroic death of the Flash (Barry Allen). NOTE: This was a character defining moment that can still be felt in the Post-Crisis DCU today. Cover price $0.95.

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Volume 8 - 1st Printing. Written by Shirow Masamune. Art and Cover by Rikudou Koushi. Translated by Casper Kazor. Adapted by Kat Adler. PEACE AT LAST? The fight is over – to all appearances, at least! Nene and Clarion have finally thwarted both Kurtz and the conspiracy headed by Poseidon, the mysterious organization backing him. And now that Buers central nervous unity has been safely recovered, the battle in the Geofront is well and truly over! But just as things are settling down, an unknown ship appears on the horizon. And when it comes into contact with the island, new trouble springs to life! Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 180 pages, B&W. Teen Cover price $12.99.

"An Informal Science Fiction & Fantasy Journal." Cover by Tim Kirk. In this issue: Ted White, John Brunner, Robert Bloch, Richard Delap. 52 pages plus 16-page Ace catalog. Cover price $1.00.

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"Dead End," "A-Bomb" (art by Jon D'Agostino), "Arson Squad," and "The Case of the Missing Martian" (art by D'Agostino). Cover price $0.10.

Volume 8, Issue 1 - April, 1953. True crime magazine with stories and article about women in the world of organized crime, murder, robbery, and debauchery. Softcover Magazine, 8.5" x 11", 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 8, Issue 2 - September, 1953. True crime magazine with stories and article about women in the world of organized crime, murder, robbery, and debauchery. Softcover Magazine, 8.5" x 11", 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 8, Issue 2 - September, 1953. True crime magazine with stories and article about women in the world of organized crime, murder, robbery, and debauchery. Softcover Magazine, 8.5" x 11", 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VF+ 8.5 $375.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 8, Issue 4 - January, 1954. True crime magazine with stories and article about women in the world of organized crime, murder, robbery, and debauchery. Softcover Magazine, 8.5" x 11", 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.