Crime Detective Comics comic books issue 5

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Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Leo Morey, Dan Zolnerowich, John Prentice, Charles Raab and Dick Briefer. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. In a story with art by Dick Briefer, a swindler targets a con woman when he learns about her inheritance, but who's conning whom? An ice-cream vendor is casing an armored car delivery, and his cart hides a tommy-gun rather than tutti-frutti. The Queen's forces seek a way into pirate captain Red Dog's stronghold in the Florida Keys. Bessie's Little Darling; War of the Empties; One Afternoon in Brooklyn; The Old Con's Story; Scarface of the Keys; One of Uncle Sam's Muscles. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Mike Suchorsky, Ed Smalle, Paul Parker, Allen Ulmer, John Giunta, Jack Keller, Jules Steiner 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 British bank clerk has a sideline in embezzling, in a story with early art by EC legend Bernie Krigstein. The notorious Shanghai Kelly was known throughout 19th-century San Francisco for kidnapping men to serve on outlaw sailing vessels. The strange true tale of the Beast of Gevaudan, the animal - or something - that terrorized rural France in the 1700s. Shakedown; King of the Crimps: Shanghai Kelley; The Man Who Always Used His Head: Goat Riley; The Wise Beast of Gevaudan; Stickup Artist; The Rosebud Sisters; The Inside Man; The River Rats. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bill Ely and others. 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's personal hit man decides to expand his horizons when his artist son convinces him to diversify his client list. A spur-of-the-moment crime drives a chauffeur to distraction with guilt. Con men set out to swindle an aging French count by creating a phony heir. Live a Little Longer, Father...; The Call of the Ice; The Gypsy Rig; The Cinderella of La-Bas; Gismo of the Ballet. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.