Cri Cri comic books issue 9

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.

Vol. 9, No. 10. August 1951. 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.

In order of appearance: "Movie-Struck Maniac!" reprinted in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #42 and in Justice Traps The Guilty (1951) UK #34; "Trail of the Airborne Ransom"; "Sinister Heritage" art by Bill Walton; and "Rex Lewis, Escape Artist". "A Cutting Clue, A True Crime Story" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by John Prentice. Art by Bernie Krigstein and others. 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 #57. No issue # on cover; Vol. 5, issue #9 in indicia. A small-time hood decides to start an old-fashioned protection racket. An aging forger realizes he can imitate a dying millionaire's unsteady scrawl. The lure of easy money draws legitimate businessman Joe Rivers into the criminal underworld, in a story with early art by EC legend Bernie Krigstein. Also featuring a vintage ad for "Zombie" and "Frankenstein" rubber masks by The Magic Center. The Cop in the Cabinet; Age; The Kid from the South; Around the World with Willie; The Rookies; Lily-White Joe. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

November 1949. Volume 9, No. 8. Photo cover. True crime articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 10 3/4-in., 98p, B&W Cover price $0.25.

36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Robert Leslie Bellem, Max Plaisted, Ray McClelland, H. C. Kiefer and Keats Petree. Despite the title, not true "crime" comics, but mystery comics featuring detective heroes. Action girl Sally the Sleuth uses her feminine wiles to infiltrate a hot-jewelry ring, in one of several stories in this issue featuring good-girl art.Gail Ford goes undercover to find a mobster's killer, in a story with good-girl art by Ray McClelland. Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective investigates murder in a sleeper-car train movie set, in a story with plentiful good-girl art by Max Plaisted. Gail Ford, Girl Friday: The Case of the Frustrated Moll; Sally the Sleuth: Blonde Decoy; Ray Hale, News Ace; Brains Pay Off; Dan Turner Hollywood Detective: The Corpse in Lower 9. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by John D'Agostino, A. C. Hollingsworth and Hy Fleishman. Pre-Code tales of two-fisted criminals and the scales of justice from Story Comics. By this point, Fight Against Crime was edging away from crime stories to EC-style horror, as these stories demonstrate. Mob boss "Gassy" Webb meets an ironic fate when he stows away on a cargo ship to escape prosecution. In the frozen wastes of northern Canada, Rod murders his partner in an ice-cave that was used for native burials, but meets poetic justice. Rats Die by Gas; Corpse in the Ice; Picture of Death; Death Was the Winner; Shaft of Death. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Bill Ely, George Olesen, Gerald McCann, John Prentice 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 #69. No issue # on cover; Vol. 6, issue #9 in indicia. One member of a heist gang has the location of their loot tattooed on his back. Dave tries to intercede after his kid brother becomes a hoodlum. A killer crosses an ocean and spends his life in fear of the son of the man he killed, in a story with art by comics legend Dick Briefer. The Well-Etched Rainy Day; The Hand of Paavo Pranda; The Floating Book; Drury of the River; The Homing Pigeon; The Hound of Cul De Sacque; Greeter. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by John Rosenberger and others. 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 #81. No issue # on cover; Vol. 7, issue #9 in indicia. A two-bit hood dares to steal a coat and a small fortune from a ganglord. Rhoda fears the house built by the husband she murdered is trying to kill her. A US double agent pretends to be a traitor to infiltrate an enemy air force. Barney's Blanket; The Ames Ice Box; Ten Minute Traitor; The Naked Cabbage; Parents: Visit our Schools; The Empty Apple; The Spanish Clip; Crime Vignettes. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 9 - 1st printing. Collects Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955) #54-57. Our latest collection - including every uncensored page from the Crime Does Not Pay series - is brimming with razor-sharp work by artists George Tuska, Fred Guardineer, Dan Barry, Charles Biro, and others! This volume also features a new foreword by crime and comics storytelling all-star Max Allan Collins (Road to Perdition, King of the Weeds)! Hardcover, 224 pages, full color. Cover price $49.99.

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Stories and art by Mo Marcus, Al Gordon, Art Gates, Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. Crime and adventure comics featuring detective heroes. Dr. Lance Storm's latest case involves three beautiful but deadly women, his arch enemy Professor Zarno, and a killer robot. Chinese-American scientist Dr. Foo learns the thief at the museum's Egyptian ward is a mummy - or so it seems - in a story featuring early art by future Marvel legends Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. A yogi with the power to put people in a deathlike state becomes a stage sensation, until his Hollywood agent and his wife begin an affair and scheme to get rid of him. Cover by an unknown artist is an homage to (or swipe from) H. J. Ward's cover for pulp magazine Spicy Mystery Stories (1934-1942 Culture Publications) Pulp, Nov 1937. Lance Storm: Revenge of Professor Zarno!; You Are the Murderer!; Susan and the Devil; One Last Bullet; The Fantastic Dr. Foo: The Ancient Thief. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Gardner Fox, Johnny Craig and Al Feldstein. Art by Johnny Craig, Al Feldstein 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. Gangsters become accidental assassins after the rich guy they killed for his cash turns out to be a high-ranking Mob figure. Action girl Madelon goes in search of a legendary idol in the Blue Grottoes of the Mediterranean, and encounters a very real tentacled Kraken, in a story featuring art by rare 1940s female artist Ann Brewster. A handsome killer has a Dorian Gray relationship with his mirror in Double-Crossed: The Finger of Death, the first story by future EC legend Al Feldstein. The Slaughter Syndicate: Murder by Appointment!!; Madelon: The Grotto of The Green Stone Man; Crooked as a Corkscrew; Double-Crossed: The Finger of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by J. A. Maxwell and others. One of the era's notorious crime comics, presenting violent acts, some inspired by actual events, as cautionary tales. Hit man Vincent Mad Dog Coll was so feared, even other crooks wanted him dead; Educational comics on the forensic techniques of the 1940s; Outlaw Harry Tracy becomes the last survivor of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch. "Mad Dog" Coll; James Pottler & Harry Flack: Rats on the Loose; Science vs. Crimes; Manhunt for Harry Tracey. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dan Barry. Art by Art Helfant and Dan Barry. 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 #21. No issue # on cover; Vol. 2, issue #9 in indicia. Crimelord Kid Twist gets tragically too confident in his hired goons. The true story of the rise and fall of Prohibition gangster Legs Diamond. The unkillable Michael Malloy survives multiple murder attempts. Also featuring a vintage ad for reproduction WWII pistols - "German P-38 and Italian 7.65 Brevettata" - for only $1.25 each. Kid Twist; Legs Diamond; The 9 Lives of Michael Malloy; Hare vs. the Hangman; Counterfeit Count; Alfie and Ralphie; New Kind of Murder; Fetlock Groans the Detective; Baron Buckskin. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Art by Mort Lawrence, Sid Greene and John Belfi. 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 #33. No issue # on cover; Vol. 3, issue #9 in indicia. Legendary queen of the underworld Fredericka "Marm" Mandelbaum runs a hugely successful fencing operation in 19th-century New York; The Mother Mandelbaum story was cited in the text of anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent as an example of supposed anti-Semitism. The true story of Big Jim Colosimo, Chicago's first gangster. Also featuring a vintage ad for the "All-Over Rain Cover," basically a tent-shaped two-person umbrella. That Fascinatin' Woman...Mother Mandelbaum; The Kid's New Toy; The Sydney Ducks; The Corpse That Talked; The Good Provider; The First Racketeer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Al Ulmer and others. 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 #45. No issue # on cover; Vol. 4, issue #9 in indicia. A strange force turns an Amsterdam jeweler into a raving madman. The strange true story of the Shakespeare forgeries. A crook plays a dangerous game by informing on other crooks to the cops. Don Pedro Discovers America; The Touch of the Spider; The Bleach Jobs; Silk Game; The Duel of Quills; A Canary Named Pete; Silk Game. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Al Borth and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Vic and Pat Colby struggle their way to the top of the Prohibition-era mob, only to make one double-cross too many. Evans Healey takes his sweetheart on a romantic cross-country trip, but she doesn't know he's robbing people along the way to bankroll the trip. A young woman and her brother choose the wrong car while hitchhiking, and soon the police are looking for Bennet Shields. Vic and Pat Colby; On the Level; Evans Healey; This'll Kill Ya!; Stanley Flint and Steve Parker; Our Police Hall of Fame; Behind the Bennet Shields Reign of Terror. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich and Herb Rogoff. Stories and art by Charles Raab, Art Peddy, Jules Steiner, Jack Keller, and Dan Zolnerowich. 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 notorious cover of this issue portrays a spoof of anti-comics crusader Dr. Fredric Wertham bound and gagged, something acknowledged by the artists and Wertham himself, who points it out in both the illustrations and text of his 1954 anti-comics classic, Seduction of the Innocent. A female crimelord tries to turn herself and her fellow crooks into high-society types in 1880s New York. Spinster sisters Tabby and Birdie Rosebud, "the 70-year-old teenagers," enter a stock-car race in their ancient jalopy and astound fans and drivers alike with their speed. Beautiful Meat-Hooks; Elmo's Penthouse; No Mice Are Nice; The Apple; Strange Confession; The Rosebud Sisters; Smith Does It Again; The Witness; Corkscrew Alley. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. A gangster takes the city dump by force while looking for an old enemy who may still be alive. A Central Park carriage driver is also an expert at getting rid of bodies for gangsters. A mobster, obsessed with becoming a Hollywood star, tries to intimidate his way into showbiz. Peacock on the Dump; Once Around the Park; The Rustle of Silk; The Sunshine Kids; The Ship with Two Faces; Seven-Key Judson; Ernest the Actor. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. "War Zone!" Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Perez and Jerry Odrway. This one is big. The dastardly duo of Brainiac and Lex Luthor assemble the greatest force for evil the multiverse has ever seen. With the heroes distracted by the Crisis, the villains of the DCU unite into an army the likes of which has never been seen before and perform a coup de tat on the remaining Earths. Can the heroes mount a counter attack and still remain vigilant against the Anti-Monitor? Plus, Guy Gardner, arguably the most rash character in the DCU, is finally given the Power Ring that was always meant to be his. Featuring the death of the Golden Age Lex Luthor of Earth-2 and Aquagirl. Cover price $0.95.

Volume 9 - 1st Printing. Written by Shirow Masamune. Art and Cover by Rikudou Koushi. Translated by Casper Kazor. Adapted by Kat Adler. LAST SUPPER! Bunny-san continues to have the worst luck ever. Stuck in a top-secret facility, captured by mysterious robots, and handcuffed, it is looking less and less certain that shell be getting out of this one alive. When shes offered dinner instead of death, she is understandably skeptical. Is it all a trick or is Bunny-sans luck finally changing?! Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 180 pages, B&W. Teen Cover price $12.99.

1947 Canadian Reprint. Cover by Jack Cole. Art by Jack Cole and Alex Toth. Reuses cover of True Crime Comics (1947 Magazine Village) #1. Parts of this issue are reprints from True Crime Comics (1947 Magazine Village) #1, but with artwork by Wally Wood removed. Full color. 36 pages. 7" x 10". Cover price $0.10.

An Informal Science Fiction & Fantasy Journal." Cover by Tim Kirk. In this issue: John Brunner, Gene Wolfe, the Panshins on Heinlein. Cover price $1.00.