Cri Cri comic books issue 7

March 1948. Volume 7, No. 12. Photo cover. True crime articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 10 3/4-in., 98 p, B&W Cover price $0.25.

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36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Wally Wood. Stories and art by Robert Leslie Bellem, Adolphe Barreaux, Max Plaisted and Keats Petree. Despite the title, not true "crime" comics, but mystery comics featuring detective heroes. Action girl Sally the Sleuth suspects that a bowling alley is a front for an illegal gambling den. Reporter Ray Hale investigates the murder of a dance-hall girl and uncovers a dope ring. Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective (who dresses like '50s-era Jimmy Olsen in these stories) investigates blackmail and murder on a movie set, in a story with an extended girl-fight sequence. Bondage-themed cover is early work by comics legend Wally Wood. Gail Ford, Girl Friday: The Clutch of Evil; Sally the Sleuth: Death Rolls a Strike; Ray Hale, News Ace; Bump the Jackpot; Dan Turner Hollywood Detective: Off Stage Kill. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Max Allan Collins. Art and 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 plans to use his lottery winnings to build a Dick Tracy theme park, but his long-lost brother Goodin Plenty returns, threatening to expose B. O.'s dark past. These strips date from February to March 1984. Also featuring a Winnie the Witch backup story from Charltons Ghostly Haunts. The Saga of B.O. Plenty; The Creep. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Cover by Bill Fraccio. Stories and art by Tony Tallarico, A. C. Hollingsworth and Hy Fleishman. Pre-Code tales of two-fisted criminals and the scales of justice from Story Comics. Chance allows a murder victim to identify its killer from beyond the grave. Criminals think they've found a foolproof way to elude the law, but justice has an ironic fate in store. Grave-robbing pre-Code cover by Bill Fraccio. Death Needs No Alibi; Foul Play; Dead Men Will Talk; The Unknown Killer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Bernie Krigstein 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 #67. No issue # on cover; Vol. 6, issue #7 in indicia. A superstitious thief uses the horoscope to plan his crimes. A locksmith moonlights as a safecracker to put his daughter through college, in a story with early art by EC legend Bernie Krigstein. A successful trucking magnate has a sideline in stolen cars. March and Starry Bejak; The Touch of Gentle George; The Gun on the Shelf; Whistle-Stop Surprise; Felix the Rustler; Newsstand Nocki; Artie's Alibi. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by John Prentice. Stories and art by Mike Suchorsky, Bill Ely, Chuck Winter, Bill Molno, John Daly, Dan Zolnerowich, Ed Smalle and John Prentice. 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 #79. No issue # on cover; Vol. 7, issue #7 in indicia. A gangster learns that his key rival has fallen in love with his daughter; An occult medium's son learns that he can raise the dead, but doesn't know how to send them back. Imprisoned spies try to make each other laugh. Violent bad-girl cover by John Prentice. The Sunshine Sentence; The Last Man; Just Dessert; The Boss's Comedy; Steam-Heated Headquarters; The Miller of Tens; The Ambitious Mouse. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 7 - 1st printing. Collects Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955) #46-49. A crooked path of theft, extortion, and murder can only lead one place: the electric chair! When will these no-good mugs learn? The latest volume of the Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated archival series collects issues of the wildly popular 1940s true-crime comic series, with a new foreword by Lorenzo Carcaterra (Sleepers). 2013 Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated series! Foreword by Lorenzo Carcaterra (New York Times best-selling author of Sleepers)! Hardcover, 216 pages, full color. Cover price $49.99.

Cover by Harry Harrison. Stories and art by Richard Kahn, Mo Marcus, Al Gordon, Paul S. Newman, Tony Tallarico, Cerrone, Al Tyler, John Belfi, Ray McClelland and Pierre Charpentier. Crime and adventure comics featuring detective heroes. Dr. Lance Storm's arch enemy Professor Zarno gets his hands on an atomic bomb. A hunted man seeks help from Chinese-American scientist Dr. Foo and gets him involved in international intrigue. Sally the Sleuth uncovers the secret of the mysterious House of Death. Good-girl mummy cover by future sci-fi author Harry Harrison. Sons of Satan!; Dead at the Wheel!; The Fantastic Dr. Foo: The Case of China's Stolen Funds!; Terror in the Dark; Sally the Sleuth. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Gardner Fox. Art by Sheldon Moldoff and Johnny Craig. Numbering continues from International Crime Patrol (1948) #6. E.C.'s Pre-Trend crime title started as adventure, changed to grisly crime stories and eventually metamorphosed into straight-up horror. A criminal takes the name Trigger Hancock and starts a gang to rival Grimmler's band of international thieves who want to heist Fort Knox, but he's actually setting a trap. A stray kite is the clue that leads the Chessmen to the villainous Ventor, who launches death from above by rocket. Action girl Madelon is the only person who can stop mad Ventor from launching his destructive rocket from his ruined castle. Captain Crime!: The Field-Marshal of Murder!; Van Manhattan: Death By Rocket Bomb!; Chessmen: Slaughter From the Sky!; Madelon: The Rocket In the Ruins! 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Jack Abel, George Appel, John Sink and Daniel Sheldon. Classic pre-Code crime comics from Fawcett. During Prohibition, the rivalry between the gangs of Knobby Peters and Bull Jackson flares up into a mob war. District Attorney candidate Fred is blackmailed by old crony Muggsy over his criminal past, but he has plans to turn the tables, even if it means murder. Slim and Hickey become black marketers during World War II by ignoring federally imposed quotas and rationing. The character on the cover bears a strong resemblance to the Golden Age Sandman. The Dictator; Blackmail; The Tin Can Murder; The Payoff. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by B. Tirado and others. One of the era's notorious crime comics, presenting violent acts, some inspired by actual events, as cautionary tales. The rise and fall of Philadelphia gang kingpin Joe Santori; Educational comics about the history of the New York Police Department; Wyoming's Wyman Henger is a rural poacher, battling game wardens and earning a reputation as a backwoods Tarzan. This issue was mentioned in Seduction of the Innocent. Vince Nabori: The Life and Death of a Gangster; Joe "The Boob" Santori; Talking About Cops; Tarzan: The Wyoming Killer; The Cab Riding Robber. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Mr. Reed Waddell" (art by Joe Simon/Jack Kirby); "The Brooklyn Jackpot" (art by Bob Fuje); "Gang War!" (art by Simon/Kirby); "The Human Hyena" (art by Fuje); "The Mad White God of Palm Island" (art by Simon/Kirby); and "Iron Lady" (art by Bernard Sachs). Simon/KIrby cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Art by Mike Roy 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 #31. No issue # on cover; Vol. 3, issue #7 in indicia. A cheap hood's big score turns out to be bigger than he can handle. The true story of the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911. A crook studies criminology to learn how to perfect his crimes. Itchy's Big Score; The Smile; The Candy Kid; The Grease-Rack Hold-Ups; Pals, a True Story; Eddie the Wise. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Written by Kurt Lustgarten and Kiwi Smith. Art by Leisha Riddel. Cover by Audrey Mok. Brenda and Mia, having pulled off the ultimate heist but lost the prize, are pulled back in for one more round in the fight for the Net of Indra! It's all or nothing as they take on Mia's arch-nemesis from the 1960s: the nefarious, notorious, ignominious Hatch Leonard. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

"Switch on the Light," "I'll Take the Money" (art by Paul Parker), "The Swimmer" (art by Al Eadeh), "One Grand," "The Gypsies," "The Story of Danny Brooks" (art by Robert Q. Sale, signed "Robbins Q. Sale"), and "Throw Back the Small Ones" (art by Mort Lawrence). Two pages of filler, "The Manly Art" and "Old Rockin' Chair," both by Jules Steiner. Two page text story, "The Professor." Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Ray Willner, Al McWilliams, Clem Weisbecker 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. The legendary sale of the island of Manhattan to Dutch settlers is portrayed as the work of a world-class con artist. Corrupt delivery workers scheme to identify and steal jewelry packages from their company. Spinster sisters Tabby and Birdie Rosebud, "the 70-year-old teenagers," have a wacky adventure involving a fugitive astronomer and an impending planetary collision. Harvest Time; Manhattan's First Con Man; The Artist; The Vise; Right on the Dot; The Rosebud Sisters: Riot in Simon's Spyglass; Tony's Best Job; The Paycheck. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Paul Parker, Lawrence Dresser, Gerald McCann, George Olesen and Bernie Krigstein. 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 blackmails the husband of a famous actress with evidence of his criminal past. A successful executive and her jealous husband are bound by a childhood accident and her fear of fire, in a story with early art by EC legend Bernie Krigstein, by now displaying his recognizable style and signature. A US Savings Bonds PSA, with art by Crime Does Not Pay legend Charles Biro - a rare appearance of that artist in this comic. The Actress and Her Puppet; The Kind Right Arm; Uncle Sam Has a Green Thumb; The Shepherd Boy; The Fractured Mint; The Letter from Italy; The Price Tag; The Huckster's Castle. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Art Helfant, Milt Hammer, and Al McWilliams. Sometimes listed as Criminals on the Run Vol. 05 #1. Bespectacled, eccentric detective "King" Cole Jr. takes over his father's detective agency. Young King Cole and his team are marked for death as a result of their latest investigation. Boitram the Burglar goes to the beach. Doctor Drew, who can talk to animals, investigates a murder at the zoo after the hippos go berserk. Young King Cole: The Shocking Murders; Murder at the Rodeo; Men to the Right; Dr. Drew the Zoo Man; Boitram the Boiglar; Inspector Klooz. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Canadian edition with $1.60 cover price. "Beyond the Silent Night!" Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Perez, Dick Giordano, and Jerry Odrway. At last the origins of the most mysterious players in this story are revealed. Learn the secret pasts of Pariah, and why he is destined to witness world after world die, the tragic past of Harbinger, the mysterious Monitor, and evil incarnate, the Anti-Monitor. Plus, in order to stop the Anti-Monitor from destroying the last remaining Earths in the multiverse, a cadre of the DCU's most powerful heroes mount an all out assault on the villain's stronghold in the dangerous Anti-Matter Universe. It is a task not everyone will survive. Featuring the heroic and tragic death of Supergirl. Cover price $1.60.

Volume 7 - 1st Printing. Written by Shirow Masamune. Art and Cover by Rikudou Koushi. Translated by Casper Kazor. Adapted by Kat Adler. UNITED WE STAND! Not long after Nene and Clarion have been safely reunied, theyre confronted by Colonel Kurtzs terrifying combat android, Fear! While theyre distracted, Kurtz himself breaks through the powerful firewalls that have kept Buer the boring machine sealed – and finally sets the massive multi-legged contraption free. Nene and Clarion might be back together, but do they have what it takes to deal with Kurtz and his android?! Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 180 pages, B&W. Teen Cover price $12.99.

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Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and Jess Cole. Classic pre-Code crime comics from Fawcett. Police are unable to topple the masked and mysterious Black Hand gang, but lone citizen John Stephens wages a one-man campaign of vengeance to bring them down. Ace and Killer agree to take the rap for a warehouse job in exchange for a cash payoff, but a cop goes undercover in prison to see if he can get Killer to crack. Moonshiner Poison Mike has souped-up the roadster he uses to escape the Feds on winding mountain roads, to deadly effect. Cover, possibly by Edd Ashe, contains elements of bondage and the ol' injury-to-the-eye motif. Two Bullet Holes; The Man Who Broke The Black Hand; Muscle Hedd; Careless Clara; Trapped!; Surgeon Sturgess; Important Man Manners; The Saga of "Poison" Mike McCroy. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"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.

"The Rope of Death," "Duncan Stuart, M.D.," "the Horse Parlor Game," and "Double or Nothing" (art by Jon D'Agostino). Cover price $0.10.

Volume 7, Issue 1 - May, 1952. 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", 74 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 7, Issue 2 - July, 1952. 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", 74 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 7, Issue 3 - September, 1952. 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", 76 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 7, Issue 4 - January, 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", 74 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.